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8 defining moments in sports for India

India, a country of 1.2 billion people, has been on the lower rungs of sports compared to developed countries, as far as Olympics events, FIFA World Cup, grand slam tennis and hockey is concerned. We

PTI Updated on: November 19, 2012 6:39 IST
2 . All England Badminton Championship,1980



Prakash Padukone became the first Indian to win the cherised All England Badminton Championship crown beating Indonesia's Liem Swie King.

Padukone has made India proud many a times he won his first major international title, the men's singles gold medal at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Canada. In 1979, he won the Evening of Champions at the Royal Albert Hall, London.



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