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India to Host 2030 Commonwealth Games
- 27 Nov 2025
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The Prime Minister of India congratulated the nation as India won the Centenary Commonwealth Games (CWG) 2030 bid, with Ahmedabad (also known as Amdavad) in Gujarat set to host the CWG 2030.
- About: CWG is the world’s second-largest multi-sport event after the Olympics, featuring athletes from 71 nations and territories, most of which are former British colonies.
- CWG was the brainchild of Canadian sportswriter Melville Marks Robinson.
- The idea of CWG originated from the 1911 Inter-Empire Championships in London, held during the Festival of Empire for King George V’s coronation.
- The first official CWG, then known as the British Empire Games, were held in 1930 with Canada’s Hamilton as hosts.
- Canadian athlete Gordon Smallacombe won the first gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in the triple jump.
- Since the first edition, the Games have been held every four years except in 1942 and 1946, and they were formally renamed the Commonwealth Games in 1978.
- Governing Body: Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) is responsible for the direction and control of the Games.
- India at CWG: India last hosted the Commonwealth Games in 2010 in New Delhi, where it recorded its best-ever performance with 101 medals, including 38 golds, finishing second overall.
- Its next-best tally was 69 medals, including 30 golds, at Manchester 2002.
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