Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav's birth anniversary: Google Doodle pays tribute to India's first individual athlete to win Olympic medal
Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav's birth anniversary: At the 1952 Helsinki Olympics, Jadhav, who was also known as the "Pocket Dynamo", defeated wrestlers from Germany, Mexico, and Canada before losing to the eventual champion.
Jan 15, 2023, 06:59 AM IST
KD Jadhav's family to auction India's first individual Olympic medal after Maharashtra Government fails to fulfill promise
It was a moment of glory of India, a moment to rejoice and feel proud as a citizen of this country when Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav had clinched the first ever medal for India at Olympics. It was back in the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki that the late athlete had grabbed a bronze in wrestling.
Jul 25, 2017, 13:36 PM IST
Champion's Pledge: Rio Olympics medallist Sakshi Malik wants to make wrestling India's favourite sport
Besides shuttler PV Sindhu, she was one of the two Indians to win a medal at the recently concluded Olympics Games at Rio.
Sep 16, 2016, 23:17 PM IST
