India's first Olympic gold medal after Independence was secured by the Indian hockey team in London. The team won eight gold medals between 1928-80.
India won its first-ever Cricket World Cup in 1983. It was held in England and Wales in which India defeated West Indies in the finals by 43 runs.
Viswanathan Anand, the Indian chess grandmaster won Fédération Internationale des Échecs five times and became the world champion.
India became the first to win the T20 World Cup title, which started in 2007 in South Africa. In the finals, India beat Pakistan to win the trophy.
Abhinav Bindra became the first Indian individual to win an Olympic gold medal. He won the men's 10m air rifle at the Beijing in 2008.
Neeraj Chopra participated in the men's javelin throw at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Games and won the gold medal, becoming India's second individual Olympic champion.
India bagged the title of T20 World Cup for the second time in 2024 by defeating South Africa by 7 runs, ending their 13-year-long drought.
Manu Bhaker became the first female Indian shooter to win an Olympic medal by winning two bronze medals at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in 10-metre air pistol events.