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Even though shooters like Jaspal Rana have been doing well in various prestigious competitions, it was Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore's Olympic silver medal that catapulted the Indian shooters to instant stardom. The fact that in the last five years, three shooters (Rathore, Bindra and Bhagwat) have grabbed the nation's highest sporting award, the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, is ample testimony of the growing clout of Indian shooters.
The rich haul of medals at the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games is another shot in the arm to shooting sport in India. Indian shooters blazed the shooting ranges to come home with a tally of 27 medals (16 gold, 7 silver and 4 bronze).
Here is a list of famous Indian shooters:
