India in Olympics
Norman Pritchard won two silver medals for India in the 1900 Paris Olympics. And after that it was not until 1952, when Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav won a bronze in wrestling, India's medal tally rose above one. Besides these two medals India did not manage to win any other events other than in hockey until 1996. At this point in time, for someone judging Indian sports from a 100 year Olympic history, Hockey was a natural choice for a national sport . Because, it seemed, a nation of one billion played nothing but Hokey. But after 1996 India won medals in Tennis, Weightlifting, Shooting, Etc. This year India doubled its previous medal count, a total of 6 medals. This is the best medal count for India in all of its Olympic history. Despite the increase in medal count India still remains the last in the list of per-capita medals . You can witness this yourself from the chart titled PerCapita Medal History. The Scroll on the right takes you through 1956 to 2008. The size of th