Before independence, it was a person named Norman Pitcher who won two silver medals for athletics. After independence it is Dadasaheb Yadav who won a bronze in wrestling.
The first individual medalist representing India was Norman Pritchard who won silver in the 200 meter dash and 200 meter hurdles in the 1900 Olympics in Paris. Pritchard was of British descent and moved to England permanently in 1905. The first individual medalist of Indian descent from India was Khashaba Jadav who won bronze in Men's Freestyle Bantamweight wrestling at the 1952 Games in Helsinki.
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Norman Pritchard (India) won a silver for India at 1900 Paris Olympics in Athletics - Men's 200 metres category.
Norman Pritchard
it was called the first war of independence because it was the first time when we united and fought as onenation...!
P . T . Usha
Milkha Singh
Indian hockey captain Mr. Jaipal Singh in 1928 in Amsterdam Olympics
1857 is supposed to be called as the First War of Independence of India but the Britishers called it as Mutiny.
Shiny Wilson
The Indian Rebellion of 1857 or The First War of Indian Independence depending upon your point of view.