India at 75: From 1983 World Cup win to Abhinav Bindra's Olympics gold - India's greatest sporting achievements, Part One

India became ODI World Champions for the first time ever in 1983 under Kapil Dev. India defeated two-time World Champions West Indies in the final at Lord's. (Source: Twitter)

PV Sindhu won the first Indian shuttler to win an Olympic silver medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Sindhu became second Indian Olympic medal-winning shuttler after Saina Nehwal's 2012 London Olympics bronze. (Source: Twitter)

Vishwanathan Anand won the World Chess Championships for first time in 2000 and four in a row since 2007. Anand beat the likes of Alexei Shirov, Vladimir Kramnik and Veselin Topalov over the years. (Source: Twitter)

India won their first Olympic gold medal in hockey at 1948 London Olympics. India won all their group matches and scraped past Netherlands 2-1 in the semis. In the final, India went on to defeat Great Britain 4-0 to clinch gold. (Source: Twitter)

Abhinav Bindra won the 10m rifle event at 2008 Beijing Olympics. Bindra became India's first individual gold medallist in Olympics.

Check this section for Part 2 of India's greatest sporting achievements series. (Source: Twitter)