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Anju Bobby George

25 year-old Anju Bobby George created history in August this year when she won a bronze medal in the long jump event ofthe World Athletic Championships at Paris. She thus became the first Indian to win a medal in athletics at any world event.

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------- Don Bradman

The Padma Bhushan was conferred on him in 1956.The ‘National Sports Day’ in India is observed on his birthday, 29 August.

Prakash PadukoneIn 1979 he won his first major international title,that of the Commonwealth games followed by London Masters’ Open, the Danish Open and the Swedish Open .

In 1984-5, at the age of 15 he became International Master,the youngest Asian to do so. In 1987, he became World Junior Champion, India’s first Grandmaster and the world’s youngest.

He has won the Arjuna Award and the Padma Shri, perhaps the youngest to do so. He has also been conferred with the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award.

19 year old Pankaj Advani, after becoming only the second Indian to win the World Snooker Championship, in Jiangmen, China in October.

"This is perhaps the defining moment of my career, but I also realize that this is just the beginning. I amproud to be the first Indian on the PGA Tour and, hopefully, this will provide a big boost to the game back home."

--------Arjun Atwal after qualifying for the US PGA Tour.

Lala Amarnath Nanik Bhardwaj, in short, 'Lala‘was India's first centurion in test cricket, havingscored a brilliant hundred on test debut against England at the Bombay Gymkhana in 1934.

Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1980, Gavaskarhas been conferred with the Padma Bhushan by the Government of India

He was Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1947.Mankad will be counted amongst the finest allrounders of the world of all time.

Mulvantrai Himatlal 'Vinoo' Mankad

Named after Sachin Dev Burman, the great music composer of yesteryears. He is one of the few personalities the world over who can change the mood of an entire nation by his deeds.