Monday was a memorable day.

Paralympics 2016 india medal tally. Since its first appearance at the paralympics in 1968, india had bagged 12 medals at the 2016 rio paralympics. Murlikant petkar opened india’s medal tally at the paralympics and also that of gold medals at the event back in 1972. Singhraj adhana won india's second shooting medal at the paralympics with bronze in the men's 10m air pistol sh1 class.

The events which hold maximum number of medals are. She has become the fourth indian athlete overall to win a paralympics gold after swimmer murlikant petkar in 1972, javelin thrower devendra jhajharia in 2004 and 2016 and. This year, there will be 306 sets of medals to be won from 28 different sports genres.

India finished with a total of 19 medals with five gold, eight silver and six bronze medals at the tokyo paralympics. So far, indian paralympians have won ten medals at the showpiece event which includes two gold medals, five silver and two bronze medals. Yash raj films keeps its rio promise, to reward rio paralympics 2016 gold medal winner mariyappan thangavelu yrf announced it will honour indian paralympian gold medal winners.

Highlights before the tokyo paralympics began, india had won 12 medals overall between 1960 and 2016. Represented by their largest ever contingent, india will hope to improve its. The lone indian medallist in the london edition of the games, nagarajegowda grabbed the silver in the men's high jump with a jump of 1.74 metres.

India at the rio 2016 paralympics ·india has claimed eight medals at the paralympic summer games: It was disappointing rio games 2016 for india as they bagged only two medals in the tournament. It took 32 years for the nation to win its next gold.

After a glorious day at the games, india find themselves at the 26th place with 2 gold, 4 silver and 1 bronze medal. India won only 12 medals from 1968 to 2016, return home with 19 from tokyo paralympics india won as many as 5 gold. ·athens 2004 were india's most successful paralympic games to date,.