Development of para swimming in India-A review

The study deals with the development of para swimming in India. It was started in the year 1996 for the purpose of aqua therapy and rehabilitation at L.N.I.P.E. Gwalior (M.P.). First nationals were held in the year of 2000 at Gwalior and now there are almost 150 international para swimmers, who participates in different international meets. The para Swimmers represents through there different states para governing bodies are governed by Paralympic committee of India (PCI) and headquarter is situated in Bengaluru Karnataka. Now para swimming has come across a long way with swimmer participating in the Paralympics, different para world championships and international long-distance swimming which includes ENGLISH CHANNEL. We have many EKLAVYA awardees, VIKRAMA awardees and national awardees for the best sports person. Since 2000 the committee has successfully conducted 17 para swimming national meets and the 17th national was conducted under the guidance of (IPC) INTERNATIONAL PARALYMPIC COMMITTEE.