After Olympics, Commonwealth Games is the second largest sports festival in the world. The Game are held once in four year but only in between Olympics year. The game were originally known as the British Empire Games.
» The first Commonwealth Games were held in 1930 at Hamilton, Canada.
» The 10th Commonwealth Games were held at Christchurch, New Zealand in 1974 and the 15th in Victoria (Canada) in 1994, where about 3,350 athletes from 64 nation (including South Africa, which joined the family of Commonwealth athletes after 36 years) participated.
» Namibia also, which gained its independence in 1990, made its debut while Hong Kong made its final appearance in the Games before being ceded to China in 1997.
» XVI Commonwealth Games were held in 1998 in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) while XVII Commonwealth Games were hosted by UK with Manchester as their venue.
» India, for the first time, participated in the second Commonwealth games held in London in 1934.
XXI Commonwealth Games
XX Commonwealth Games
XIX Commonwealth Games
» New Delhi, India hosted the games for the first time in 2010.
» India has competed in fourteen out of eighteen Commonwealth Games till date.
» Samresh Jung was awarded the ‘David Dixon Award’ in Melbourne Commonwealth Games, 2006.
» India’s best performance was recorded in 18th edition of the Games (hosted by India in 2010) with 38 Gold medals, 27 Silver medals, and 36 Bronze medals. It finished second overall.
» India is 5th in all time medals tally of the Commonwealth Games.
| Year | Place | Countries | Events | First | Indian's Medal |
| 1930 | Hamilton (Canada) | 11 | 6 | England | N. P. |
| 1934 | London (England) | 16 | 6 | England | B-1 |
| 1938 | Sydney (Australia) | 15 | 7 | Australia | No medal |
| 1950 | Auckland (New Zealand) | 12 | 7 | Australia | N. P |
| 1954 | Vancouver (Canada) | 24 | 9 | England | No medal |
| 1958 | Cardiff (Britain) | 35 | 9 | England | G-2, S-l |
| 1962 | Perth (Australia) | 35 | 9 | Australia | N. P. |
| 1966 | Kingston (Jamaica) | 34 | 9 | England | G-3, S-4, B-5 |
| 1970 | Edinburgh (U.K.) | 42 | 9 | Australia | G-5, S-3 |
| 1974 | Christchurch (N. Zealand) | 38 | 9 | Australia | G-4, S-8, B-3 |
| 1978 | Edmonton (Canada) | 48 | 10 | Canada | G-5, S-4, B-6 |
| 1982 | Brisbane (Australia) | 47 | 10 | Australia | G-5, S-5, B-3 |
| 1986 | Edinburgh (U.K.) | 26 | 10 | England | N. P. |
| 1990 | Auckland (New Zealand) | 55 | 10 | Australia | G-13, S-8, B-7 |
| 1994 | Victoria (Canada) | 64 | - | Australia | G-6, S-ll, B-10 |
| 1998 | Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) | 70 | 16 | Australia | G-7, S-l0 B-8 |
| 2002 | Manchester (England) | 72 | 17 | Australia | G-32, S-21, B-19 (3rd) |
| 2006 | Melbourne (Australia) | 71 | - | Australia | G-22, S-17, B-21 (3th) |
| 2010 | Delhi (India) | 71 | - | Australia | G-74, S-55, B-48 (2nd) |
| 2014 | Glassgow (Scottland) | 71 | 18 | England | G-15, S-30, B-19 (5th) |
| 2018 | Gold Coast City (Australia) | 71 | 275 | Australia | G-26, S-20, B-20 (3rd) |
| 2022 | Birmingham (England) | 72 | 283 ^ | NA | NA |
| 2026 | Selection in March 2022 |