India had its biggest medal haul ever in the XIXth Commonwealth Games with 30 Gold medals and 69 total medals in that edition of the game. A 52 year record was broken first by Krishna Poonia who won Gold in Discus Throw and by the Indian team again in Women's 4x400m relay. While Somdev created history by winning the first ever Men's tennis event, Deepika Kumari won the first Gold medal in Archery. (It's a hindustantimes.com & newzstreet TV presentation)
