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[caption id="attachment_20770" align="alignnone" width="580"] PV Sindhu after winning Silver for India in Rio 2016. File Pic[/caption] Internet Desk: India poured their support for P V Sindhu after she became the first Silver Medalist woman of India. From the first citizen of India to the celebrities and sports personalities all round the country poured their wishes to the youngest Medalist of India. As soon as the match ended President of India Pranab Mukherjee tweeted, "Great game played with grit; Hearty congrats P V Sindhu on creating history by winning for India Olympic Silver medal." He further tweeted, "Proud moment for India, whole nation rejoices with your family and you."

Great game played with grit ; Hearty congrats #PVSindhu on creating history by winning for India Olympic Silver medal #PresidentMukherjee

— President of India (@RashtrapatiBhvn) August 19, 2016

Proud moment for India, whole nation rejoices with your family and you #PresidentMukherjee

— President of India (@RashtrapatiBhvn) August 19, 2016

Prime Minister Narendra Modi through his tweet boosted up Sindhu for her fighting spirit. he wrote, "Congrats for the Silver P V Sindhu. Very well fought. Your accomplishment at Rio is historic and will be remembered for years."

Congrats for the Silver @Pvsindhu1. Very well fought. Your accomplishment at #Rio2016 is historic & will be remembered for years.

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) August 19, 2016

Indian Goodwill Ambassador for this Olympic Sachin Tendulkar kept continuous tweeting when the match was in progress. finally after the match he tweeted, "Well played India's youngest individual Olympics medal winner P V Sindhu. You have won our hearts with the splendid performance."

Well played India's youngest individual @Olympics medal winner @Pvsindhu1. You have won our hearts with the splendid performance. #Rio2016

— sachin tendulkar (@sachin_rt) August 19, 2016

He further wrote for coach P Gopichand, "Congrats P Gopichand for helping develop some wonderful Indian badminton talent to take on the world. Hats off and look forward to more!"

Congrats #PullelaGopichand for helping develop some wonderful Indian #badminton talent to take on the world.Hats off & look forward to more!

— sachin tendulkar (@sachin_rt) August 19, 2016

Apart from them Amitabh Bachchan expressed his pride by tweeting, "T 2353- P V Sindhu you played your heart out! All of India is so so proud of you.... Thank for giving us that moment of pride!!!"

T 2353 -#PVSindhu you played your heart out ! All of India is so so proud of you .. Thank for giving us that moment of pride !!!

— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) August 19, 2016

Sports persons like Rajyavardhan Rathore, Yogeswar Dutt, cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin, Virender Sehwag, tennis star Leander Paes, Mahesh Bhupathi, Sania Mirza tweeted congratulating Sindhu. Another shuttler of India Saina Nehwal from the hospital bed retweeted a post.

Proud of your fight,your determination to fly Tiranga at #RioOlympics2016 your Silver will pave way for many more Golds #SindhuForGold

— Rajyavardhan Rathore (@Ra_THORe) August 19, 2016

बहुत अच्छा खेली गर्व है पुरे देश को आप पर । सिल्वर मेडल जीतने पर बहुत 2 शुभकामनाए आप को @Pvsindhu1 #जयहिन्द #IND pic.twitter.com/4cPnZl1az4

— Yogeshwar Dutt (@DuttYogi) August 19, 2016

What a game that was, proud of what @Pvsindhu1 achieved.Silver is such a worthy metal.

— Ashwin Ravichandran (@ashwinravi99) August 19, 2016

Gold wud hv been gr8but even in it they do mixing,out of 500gm Gold medal,494gm is silver,but u wud know d price of dat 6 gm best,#PVSindhu

— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) August 19, 2016

@Pvsindhu1 you should be very proud of yourself, all of India is!!The way you played & fought hard, true warrior!Congrats #PVSindhu #Silver

— Leander Paes (@Leander) August 19, 2016

You are my Hero @Pvsindhu1 ...amazing fighting qualities....

— Mahesh Bhupathi (@Maheshbhupathi) August 19, 2016

So so sooooo proud of you fighter .. #favorite #champion @Pvsindhu1 pic.twitter.com/lLkS3gwLrM

— Sania Mirza (@MirzaSania) August 18, 2016

Take a bow, @Pvsindhu1 #Rio2016 #Silver pic.twitter.com/gUOQviURwD

— BCCI (@BCCI) August 19, 2016

Proud of India's silver girl #Rio2016 @Pvsindhu1 your great performance will inspire the youth of India to follow their dreams. Jai Hind

— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) August 19, 2016

I think I'm more heartbroken today than I was a week ago ! Well played @Pvsindhu1 you are an inspiration to me !

— Abhinav Bindra (@Abhinav_Bindra) August 19, 2016

What a fighter @Pvsindhu1. You are the first Indian Woman to win an @Olympics silver. #hero

— Sushil Kumar (@WrestlerSushil) August 19, 2016

Can't remember the last time an Indian athlete brought the nation together like d way @Pvsindhu1 did.Have nothing but gratitude for d show.

— Sunil Chhetri (@chetrisunil11) August 19, 2016

LET'S NAME A STORM AFTER #Sindhu. #PVSindhu means GLORY. This silver is worth a 1000 golds. Whole India is proud of you @Pvsindhu1 #Rio2016

— Kapil Dev (@therealkapildev) August 19, 2016

Father of Sindhu, P V Ramana said that she will perform better in comming years. he also added, "Carolina not an easy player, the way she moved on court today was excellent. This is what Sindhu has to learn, how to shout screams against opponent to get them down". Apart from this he tried to inspire his daughter by saying, "Sindhu has to learn how to shout scream against opponent to get them down". However, mother of Sindhu P Vijaya was over excited for her win. She said, "We are very happy, Sindhu is one of youngest women player and the first to have bagged a Silver Medal in Badminton at Olympics." Meanwhile, All India Football Federation President Mr. Praful Patel today (August 19) congratulated ace Indian shuttler PV Sindhu and ace Indian Woman wrestler Sakshi Malik for winning medals in Badminton and Wrestling respectively in the ongoing Rio Olympics. Mr. Patel also announced a reward of Rs. 5 lakh each both for Sindhu and Sakshi. "AIFFMedia expresses it’s support & solidarity to the sporting fraternity for doing India proud. We award Rs. 5 lakh each to Sindhu and Sakshi,” Mr. Patel tweeted from his personal twitter account @praful_patel. “They make us proud. Their achievements inspire the entire Nation,” Mr. Patel said. While Sindhu is the first ever Woman athlete from India to have won an Olympic silver medal, Sakshi became the first-ever Indian Woman wrestler to have won an Olympic medal.