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Singh Babu led the Indian team to a Gold Medal win, and at the
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1665:Gurbux Singh
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1594:Bandu Patil
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1437:Udham Singh
1335:India squad
1279:Udham Singh
1216:D. P. Rathi
1144:A. W. Caleb
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1040:Udham Singh
929:Raghbir Lal
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764:Udham Singh
754:C. S. Dubey
704:Raghbir Lal
674:Keshav Dutt
643:K. D. Singh
622:India squad
558:Udham Singh
439:East Africa
290:Asian Games
22:Udham Singh
1769:Categories
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1487:Kishan Lal
1407:John Peter
919:Amir Kumar
467:References
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256:1964 Tokyo
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369:Tokyo
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114:Years
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364:and
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