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title: "India first took part in the Olympic games in which year?"  
description: "India first took part in the Olympic games in which year?"  
author: "Gurmeet Kaur"  
published: 2019-08-18  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/72243/india-first-took-part-in-the-olympic-games-in-which-year  
category: "sports"  
tags: ["olympics", "india"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# India first took part in the Olympic games in which year?

[India](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/23266/how-rooftop-solar-can-benefit-india-s-healthcare-industry) first took part in the [Olympic games](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/audio/1226/chronicle-of-the-olympic-games-a-journey-through-history) in which year?

## Answers

### Answer by Gurmeet Kaur

## Answer : 1900

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In the year 1900, India took part in the biggest world level multi-sports event Olympics. It was British India (India before independence in 1947) which took part in the event with a single athlete Norman Pritchard.

India won two medals (both silver) in athletics and since its debut in 1920, it has participated in every Summer Olympics.

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