India at Tokyo Paralympics:

• India scripted history at Tokyo Paralympics 2020 with its best-ever medal tally of 19 medals, which includes five gold medals, eight silver medals, and six bronze medals. 
• The 19 medals were clinched by Indian para athletes across five sporting disciplines including shooting, javelin throw, badminton, athletics and archery. 

• India has won a total of 31 medals in the 11 editions of Paralympic Games since its introduction in 1960, which includes nine gold, 12 silver and 10 bronze, more than half of these came at Tokyo Paralympics 2020.

• The Indian gold medalists at Tokyo Paralympics include shooter Avani Lekhara, javelin thrower Sumit Antil, shooter Manish Narwal and shuttlers Pramod Bhagat and Krishna Nagar.