1987 South Asian Games
south asian game officially rd south asian federation game multisport event held kolkata india november november largest sporting event ever held kolkata west bengal whole also first time india hosted game game opened indian president r venkataraman game flame carried indian runner milkha singh leslie claudius lighting flame total discipline contested game india major medal winner event garnering approximately medal seven nation participated game medal sport athletics basketball debut boxing football kabaddi swimming table tennis debut volleyball debut weightlifting wrestling demonstration sport kho kho host nation india