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Detailed explanation-1: -Detailed Solution. The correct answer is Milkha Singh . Milkha Singh is the Indian track-and-field athlete who became the first Indian male to reach the final of an Olympic athletics event when he placed fourth in the 400-meter race at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome.

Detailed explanation-2: -KD Jadhav became the first Indian to win an Olympic medal. The bronze he bagged was more than just reward for a four-year-long effort and the mental stress of hooping through bureaucratic and financial hardships.

Detailed explanation-3: -Milkha Singh was India’s first athlete to gain success at a global level, earning the nickname “The Flying Sikh". He won a 200 metres/400 metres double at the 1958 Asian Games before going on to take the 440 yards title at the British Empire and Commonwealth Games – India’s first winner at that competition.

Detailed explanation-4: -Anju Bobby George made history when she won the bronze medal in long jump at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics in Paris. With this achievement, she became the first Indian athlete ever to win a medal in a World Championships in Athletics jumping 6.70 metres (22.0 ft).

Detailed explanation-5: -Abhinav Bindra became the first Indian to win an individual Olympics gold medal when he won the gold in the 10-metre Air rifle event at the Beijing Olympics in 2008.