In 70 minutes 70 years ago, independent India won its first Olympic gold

England had refused to play India pre-independence as it was one of their colonies. But they had no choice in the 1948 Olympics final, which India won 4-0 to clinch their first gold as an independent nation and the tricolour was hoisted for the first time at the Olympics.

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