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Akshay Kumar's Gold: All you need to know about independent India's first Olympic gold

Gold movie starring by Akshay kumar. The film, which marks the Bollywood debut of television actor Mouni Roy, went on floors on Saturday. Gold also features Kunal Kapoor and Amit Sadh in key roles, and is scheduled to release on Independence Day next year. The film will bring to celluloid the story of independent India's first Olympic gold win. Here's what you need to know before you see Gold on the big screen: 1. The Indian men's hockey team won the country's first Olympic medal as a free nation in 1948 at the 14th London Olympiad. 2. The London Olympics was the first Olympics held post World War II. It was held after a gap of 12 years, with the previous one being the 1936 Berlin Olympics. 3. The India team that played in the London Olympics was a brand new one, with all the great players from the earlier gold-winning team, including top goal scorer Dhyan Chand, having retired. 4. The captain of the new team was Kishen Lal, with KD Singh (Babu) being ...

THE MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS OF INDIA IN SPACE

Dr Vikram Sarabhai is considered to be the father of Indian Space Programme. He had a vision of making India venture into space and play a meaningful role in developing technologies. Ever since 1980, India had managed to make a mark by developing its own satellite. Dr Vikram Sarabhai is considered to be the father of Indian Space Programme. He had a vision of making India venture into space and play a meaningful role in developing technologies. Ever since 1980, India had managed to make a mark by developing its own satellite. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is one of the largest domestic communications satellite systems in the entire Asia-Pacific. Indian National Satellite System helps in weather forecasting, disaster warning along with providing search and rescue services. ISRO is located in Bengaluru and was established in 1969. Jawahar Lal Nehru along with Vikram Sarabhai had founded INCOSPAR (Indian National Committee for Space Research) in 1962. MILESTONE...

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