Q. Who was independent India's first individual Olympic medalist?
Answer: Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav
Notes: Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav won India's first individual Olympic medal post-independence: bronze in wrestling at 1952 Helsinki. Before him, only Norman Pritchard won for colonial India. Jadhav was from Maharashtra and was posthumously awarded the Arjuna Award in 2000.