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<div>{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2019}}<br />
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2019}}<br />
{{infobox country at games<br />
| CGA = IND<br />
| CGAname = [[Indian Olympic Association]]<br />
| games = British Empire and Commonwealth Games<br />
| year = 1966<br />
| flagcaption = <br />
| oldcode = <br />
| website = {{url|olympic.ind.in }}<br />
| location = [[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]], [[Jamaica]]<br />
| competitors = <br />
| sports = <br />
| flagbearer = Opening:<br />Closing:<br />
| rank = 9<br />
| gold = 3<br />
| silver = 4<br />
| bronze = 3<br />
| officials = <br />
| app_begin_year = 1934<br />
| app_end_year = <br />
| seealso = <br />
}}<br />
This was the 5th time [[India]] participated in [[Commonwealth Games]]. Probably the Best Commonwealth Games for India so far, in terms of Medals won. India participated in most sports this time, involving, Athletics, Badminton, Boxing, Weightlifting and Wrestling.<br />
<ref>http://www.thecgf.com</ref><br />
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==Athletics==<br />
India won silver in Men's Hammer Throw, where [[Praveen Kumar (actor)]] threw Hammer to a distance of 60.13m.<br />
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==Badminton==<br />
[[Dinesh Khanna]] won first medal in Badminton for India in [[Commonwealth Games]]. He won Bronze medal. Gold and Silver was won by Malaysian players.<br />
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==Weightlifting==<br />
India won Silver in Weightlifting too. In Men's 60&nbsp;kg Combined, [[Mohon Lal Ghosh]] won silver. [[Arun K. Das]], placed himself 5th in same event.<br />
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==Wrestling==<br />
The Medal hunt in Wrestling continues for India in this games too. India won all three Gold medals this year in Wrestling only, with additional 2 Silver and 2 Bronze medals.<br />
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{| class="wikitable"<br />
|'''Event'''<br />
||<br />
|!align="center" bgcolor="gold"|'''Gold'''<br />
|!align="center" bgcolor="silver"|'''Silver'''<br />
|!align="center" bgcolor="#a67d3d"|'''Bronze'''<br />
|-<br />
|Flyweight||Men||Muhammad Nazir {{flagicon|PAK}}||Shamrao Sable {{flagicon|IND}}||Peter Michienzi {{flagicon|CAN}}<br />
|-<br />
|Bantamweight||Men||Bishamber Singh {{flagicon|IND}}||Kevin McGrath {{flagicon|AUS}}||Muhammad Saeed {{flagicon|PAK}}<br />
|-<br />
|Featherweight||Men||Muhammad Akhtar {{flagicon|PAK}}||Randhawa Singh {{flagicon|IND}}||Albert Aspen {{flagicon|ENG}}<br />
|-<br />
|Lightweight||Men||Mukhtiar Singh {{flagicon|IND}}||Ray Lougheed {{flagicon|CAN}}||[[Tony Greig (wrestler)|Tony Greig]]{{flagicon|NZL}}<br />
|-<br />
|Welterweight||Men||Muhammad Bashir {{flagicon|PAK}}||Richard Bryant {{flagicon|CAN}}||Hukum Singh {{flagicon|IND}}<br />
|-<br />
|Middleweight||Men||Muhammad Faiz {{flagicon|PAK}}||Sébastien Donison {{flagicon|CAN}}||Michael Benarik {{flagicon|AUS}}<br />
|-<br />
|Light Heavyweight||Men||Robert Chamberot {{flagicon|CAN}}||Wallace Booth {{flagicon|SCO}}||Bishwanath Singh {{flagicon|IND}}<br />
|-<br />
|Heavyweight||Men||Bhim Singh {{flagicon|IND}}||Ikram Ilahi {{flagicon|PAK}}||Denis McNamara {{flagicon|ENG}}<br />
|}<br />
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==References==<br />
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{{country at games navbox|India|Commonwealth Games|1934}}<br />
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[[Category:Nations at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games]]<br />
[[Category:India at the Commonwealth Games]]<br />
[[Category:1966 in Indian sport]]</div>2405:201:4016:98B9:9C37:3D2A:1C59:6A35