<P> India sent its first athlete to the Olympics for the 1900 games , but an Indian national team did not compete at the Olympics until 1920 . Ahead of the 1920 Olympics , Sir Dorab Tata and Governor of Bombay George Lloyd helped India secure representation at the International Olympic Council , enabling it to participate in the Olympic Games ( see India at the 1920 Olympic Games ) . India then sent a team to the 1920 Olympics , comprising four athletes , two wrestlers , and managers Sohrab Bhoot and AHA Fyzee . The Indian Olympic movement was then established during the 1920s : some founders of this movement were Dorab Tata , A.G. Noehren ( Madras College of Physical Education ) , H.C. Buck ( Madras College of Physical Education ) , Moinul Haq ( Bihar sports associations ) , S. Bhoot ( Bombay Olympic Association ) , A.S. Bhagwat ( Deccan Gymkhana ) , and G.D. Sondhi ( Punjab Olympic Association ) ; Lt. Col H.L.O. Garrett ( from the Government College Lahore and Punjab Olympic Association ) and Sagnik Poddar ( of St. Stephen 's School ) helped organise some early national games ; and prominent patrons included Maharajas and royal princes Bhupinder Singh of Patiala , Ranji of Nawanagar , the Maharaja of Kapurthala , and the Maharaja of Burdwan . </P>
who is the credit for starting the olympic games in india
Sir Dorab Tata and Governor of Bombay George Lloyd