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Who was the first Indian to take part in olympic games?

  1. Norman G Pritchard

  2. Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav

  3. Madhumita Bisht

  4. Jamyang Namgial
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Norman G. Pritchard was the first Indian to participate in the Olympic Games, competing in 1900 in Paris where he won two silver medals in athletics. Though he was British-born and raised in India, he represented India at a time when India didn't have an official Olympic committee. Khashaba Jadhav was independent India's first individual Olympic medalist (1952 bronze), but came decades later.

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