Norman Pritchard: The Doubts Behind India's First Two Olympic Medals
India officially have 35 medals in the Olympics. But two of them - their first two medals - are dubious, and carry a lot of doubt around them. 124 years ago, even before the Indian golden era in field hockey, India's first two Olympic medals were won by athlete Norman Pritchard, who lived in Kolkata (then known as Calcutta). But in a period when the British ruled in India, and having his own origins from Britain, several doubts remain over whether Norman Pritchard's Olympic medals actually belong to India.
