Multiple choice general knowledge history

The first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal

  1. Karnam Malleswari

  2. P.T.Usha

  3. Meira Kumar

  4. Lakshmi Sahgal
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Karnam Malleswari created history at the 2000 Sydney Olympics by winning bronze in weightlifting (54kg category). This made her the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal. P.T. Usha famously missed a medal by 1/100th of a second in 1984.

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