15 Women lead India's success in sports

International Women's Day (IWD) is celebrated on the 8th of March every year. It is believed that after the Socialist Party of America organised Women's Day in New York City on February 28, 1909, the German revolutionary Clara Zetkin proposed at the International Socialist Woman's Conference the following year that March 8 be honored as a day of working women. Over the years, this day came to be celebrated as a day of and for all women.

There was a time when female sportswomen were unheard of in India. But, times have changed now, women from India are making their presence felt in the international sports circuit.  Here is a list of women in sports whose performances have given a new life to games in India.

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