It was a proud moment for India on August 25 as PV Sindhu defeated Japan's Nozomi Okuhara in straight games to lift the coveted title of Women's Single World Badminton Championship and bagged the Gold medal. It is a huge honour and Sindhu had come close to winning at the World Championship in the past two years and finally made the milestone achievement on Sunday, August 26. From the President of India to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, everyone hailed the 24-year-old for her monstrous win.'PV Sindhu's Success Will Inspire Generations': PM Narendra Modi Congratulates Indian Shuttler on Historic BWF World Championships Win.
Twitter too was trending with Sindhu's big win being one of the top India trends and soon Bollywood celebrities too congratulated the Queen of Badminton for her win. From Shah Rukh Khan, Karan Johar, Ajay Devgn and many more took to social media to hail her for making history and making India proud. Here are some of the congratulatory tweets from Bollywood celebs. Sindhu Bags BWF World Championships 2019 Title by Defeating Nozomi Okuhara, Indian Shuttler Sets Twitter on Fire After Scripting History (See Tweets).
Shah Rukh Khan:
Congratulations @Pvsindhu1 for winning the Gold at the BWF World Championships... Making us proud as a nation with your exceptional talent. Keep creating history!
— Shah Rukh Khan (@iamsrk) August 25, 2019
Ajay Devgn:
Congratulations Sindhu on your big win. A proud moment for 🇮🇳 #PVSindhu
— Ajay Devgn (@ajaydevgn) August 26, 2019
Karan Johar:
What a proud moment for India. Congratulations @Pvsindhu1 on this amazing achievement of becoming the first Indian ever to win a gold at the #BWFWorldChampionship! #WhoRunTheWorld
— Karan Johar (@karanjohar) August 25, 2019
Anushka Sharma:
First Indian to win gold at the #BWFWorldChampionships2019... @Pvsindhu1 what a terrific performance! Congratulations.. you go girl ❤
— Anushka Sharma (@AnushkaSharma) August 25, 2019
Taapsee Pannu:
Finally!!!!!
Ladies and gentlemen , let’s welcome the new world champion @Pvsindhu1 !!!!!
It’s THE GOLD finally!!!!!!
🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🏸🏸🏸🏸👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼#BWFWorldChampionships2019 pic.twitter.com/7d1ic0y79o
— taapsee pannu (@taapsee) August 25, 2019
Akshay Kumar:
Heartiest congratulations @Pvsindhu1 on becoming the first Indian to win a 🥇at the #BWFWorldChampionships2019. What a feat to achieve, you completely smashed it 👏👏
— Akshay Kumar (@akshaykumar) August 25, 2019
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan:
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In 2013, PV Sindhu made her maiden appearance at the World Championships. She managed to beat the defending champion and reigning Olympic silver medallist Wang Yihan of China in the third round and went on to win the bronze. After putting in tremendous hard work and efforts over the years, Sindhu has become a Sports icon in India and now with her Gold win, she's set to become a huge inspiration for Indian sportspersons.
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