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Who won India’s first Commonwealth Games gold medal in athletics, at Cardiff in 1958?

  1. AMilkha SinghCorrect answer
  2. BRashid Anwar
  3. CKarnam Malleswari
  4. DMirabai Chanu
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A. Milkha Singh

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Milkha Singh won India’s first Commonwealth Games athletics gold at Cardiff in 1958. This question specifies athletics rather than claiming the first gold across all sports.

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