answers: 1948 Summer Olympics
context: best for the country with a total of six medals. Wrestler Sushil Kumar became the first Indian with multiple individual Olympic medals (bronze at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and silver at the 2012 Summer Olympics) since Norman Pritchard in 1900. Saina Nehwal won bronze medal in badminton in Women's singles getting the country's first Olympic medal in badminton. Pugilist Mary Kom became the first Indian woman to win a medal in boxing with her bronze medal finish in Women's flyweight. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, a record number of 118 athletes competed. Sakshi Malik became the first Indian woman wrestler </s> became independent. Leslie Claudius<br>Keshav Dutt<br>Walter D'Souza<br>Lawrie Fernandes<br>Ranganathan Francis<br>Gerry Glackan<br>Akhtar Hussain<br>Patrick Jansen<br>Amir Kumar<br>Kishan Lal - Captain<br>Leo Pinto<br>Jaswant Singh RajputLatif-ur-Rehman<br>Reginald Rodrigues<br>Balbir Singh Sr.<br>Randhir Singh Gentle<br>Grahanandan Singh<br>K. D. Singh - Vice Captain<br>Trilochan Singh<br>Maxie Vaz Head coach: Balaidas Chatterjee Indian water polo team ranked 9th in tournament. Gora Seal<br>Samarendra Chatterjee<br>Ajoy Chatterjee<br>Suhas Chatterjee<br>Dwarkadas Mukharji<br>Durga Das<br>Jamini Dass<br>Sachin Nag<br>Isaac Monsoor<br>Jahan Ahir India at the 1948 Summer Olympics India competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in Wembley Park, London, England. 79 competitors, all men, took part in 39 events in 10 sports. It was the first time that India competed as an independent nation at the Olympic Games. </s> the Maharaja of Burdwan. In 1923, a provisional All India Olympic Committee was formed, and in February 1924, the All India Olympic Games (that later became the National Games of India) were held to select a team for the Paris Summer Olympics. The Indian delegation at the Paris Olympics comprised seven athletes, seven tennis players and team manager Harry Buck. In 1927, the provisional Indian Olympic Committee formally became the Indian Olympic Association (IOA); its main tasks were to promote the development of sports in India, choose host cities for the national games, and send teams selected from the national
question: india 's first olympic medal win as a free nation