The iconic Indian hockey team competed for the first time as an independent nation and won gold in the 1948 London Olympics
Back in 1951, under Syed Abdul Rahim, India won the gold medal in football at the Asian Games
KD Jadhav won India's first wrestling Olympic medal in the 1952 Helsinki Olympics
Ramanathan Krishan became the first Indian tennis player to reach Wimbledon's semifinals
Under Kapil Dev, for the first time, India won the World Cup in 1983
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