Q. Who was the first Indian in independent India to have won a medal in an individual Olympic event ?
Answer: K D Jadhav
Notes: Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav (1926-1984) won a bronze medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki in wrestling and was one of the first athletes from India to win a medal in the Olympics.

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