In which year did India participate in the Olympics for the first time?
1900
1900 is correct.
India first took part in the Olympic Games at the 1900 Paris Olympics, represented by the athlete Norman Pritchard, who won two silver medals in the 200 m and the 200 m hurdles. The International Olympic Committee records these medals under India, making 1900 India’s first Olympic appearance.
India sent its first official national team to the 1920 Antwerp Olympics, won its first hockey gold at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics, and took part in 1948 London as an independent nation, winning hockey gold. These were later milestones, not the first participation.
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