<P> India competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016 . Indian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Paralympic Games since 1968 (except 1976 & 1980 edition). </P> <P> On August 8, 2016 Paralympic Committee of India announced a list of 19 competitors (16 Men & 3 Women) to be part of Rio 2016 paralympic games for India in 5 sports . </P> <P> India has sent its largest ever delegation in the history of summer paralympic games i.e. 19 competitors in 5 sports . it has been India's best ever performance in the history of the summer Paralympic games with a total of 4 medals won (2 Gold, 1 Silver and 1 Bronze) with Devendra Jhajharia breaking the World Record to win a gold medal at the Paralympics . Mariyappan Thangavelu is the first gold medallist for India in 2016 Paralympics . </P> <P> Every participant at the Paralympics has their disability grouped into one of five disability categories; amputation, the condition may be congenital or sustained through injury or illness; cerebral palsy; wheelchair athletes, there is often overlap between this and other categories; visual impairment, including blindness; Les autres, any physical disability that does not fall strictly under one of the other categories, for example dwarfism or multiple sclerosis . </P>

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