Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav or KD Jadhav, he won the Wrestling Bronze medal in type bantamweight in the 1952 Helsinki Olympics, and made history as Independent India’s first individual Olympic medalist. Before that Khashaba Jadhav bagged 6th place in the 1948 London Olympics (freestyle/flyweight). Before Khashaba Jadhav India had won the Gold medals in Hockey only. [...]
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