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India's First Paralympic Hero

In 1972, war veteran Murlikant Petkar won India's first Paralympic gold medal.

In 1972, war veteran Murlikant Petkar won India's first ever Paralympic gold medal at the Heidelberg Games. Petkar had been shot and paralysed seven years earlier in a battle during the war with Pakistan, but then took up sprint swimming. He talks to Adrian Moorhead. The programme is a Sparklab Production for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service.

(Photo: Murlikant Petkar with his medals)

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Tue 13 Sep 2016 23:50GMT
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