Seventy-one (71) countries and dependencies competed in the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Ten countries that competed at the 2006 Commonwealth Games were Australia, New Zealand, England, Scotland, Wales, India, Pakistan, South Africa, Kenya and Jamaica.
215 athletes from India competed at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
Australia organised the Commonwealth Games before India did.
71 Countries competed in 21 sports and 272 events.
The last two Commonwealth Games were held in Scotland (Glasgow) and India (Delhi).
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India is part of the Commonwealth; a number of countries under British rule. All countries in the Commonwealth are entitled to host the Commonwealth Games. If by "should", you mean that it is seen as a rather poor country, you are wrong. India is a fairly big business capital, because lots of trade happens there. It is on par with, say, Thailand or Malaysia.
Two other Commonwealth Games nations are India and Kenya.
India joined the Commonwealth Games in 1934.
New Zealand, Jamaica and Malaysia, and in 2010, India.
India has been to fourteen Commonwealth Games.
No countries competed for the East India Company; it was British and never for sale. But other countries traded - sometimes through 'East Indies' companies of their own - with India and competed with the East India Company, such as the French, the Portuguese and the Dutch.