<p><img title="India's Devendra Jhajharia competes in the men's javelin throw F46 final" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2016/sep/devendra14sept.jpg" alt="India's Devendra Jhajharia competes in the men's javelin throw F46 final" /><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><em><strong>India's Devendra Jhajharia competes in the men's javelin throw F46 final. Pic/ PTI</strong></em></span></p>
<p>Indian athlete Devendra Jhajharia created history for the country when he bagged a gold medal at the 2016 Rio Paralympics in the men's javelin throw event.</p>
<p>The 35-year-old athlete, in the process, became the first Indian to clinch two gold medals in Paralympics.</p>
<p>Personalties from various walks such as sports, politics, and entertainement industry took no time to congratulate the Devendra Jhajharia on Twitter.</p>
<p>Here are the various tweets below</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Congratulations to Devendra Jhajharia for the historic and well-deserved Gold at the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Paralympics?src=hash">#Paralympics</a>. We are very proud of him. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Rio2016?src=hash">#Rio2016</a></p>
&mdash; Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) <a href="https://twitter.com/narendramodi/status/775861362190716928">September 14, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Paralympics?src=hash">#Paralympics</a> is pyaara-lympics. Bow down to <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DevendraJhajharia?src=hash">#DevendraJhajharia</a> fr d Gold&amp;new World Record.He won Gold in2004as well <a href="https://t.co/s4DzALa5hG">pic.twitter.com/s4DzALa5hG</a></p>
&mdash; Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) <a href="https://twitter.com/virendersehwag/status/775896645531729920">September 14, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">And here is the World Record moment. Fantastic. <a href="https://twitter.com/DevJhajharia">@DevJhajharia</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Paralympics?src=hash">#Paralympics</a> <a href="https://t.co/bKoevYccy0">https://t.co/bKoevYccy0</a></p>
&mdash; Shikhar Dhawan (@SDhawan25) <a href="https://twitter.com/SDhawan25/status/775925955462172672">September 14, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Congrats <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DevendraJhajharia?src=hash">#DevendraJhajharia</a> fr the Gold&amp; new World Record.Truly inspiring,wishing fr more coverage than ur 2004 gold <a href="https://t.co/FKl8GiTfdy">pic.twitter.com/FKl8GiTfdy</a></p>
&mdash; Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) <a href="https://twitter.com/MohammadKaif/status/775895546762555392">September 14, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Many many congratulations to Devendra Jhajharia. You inspire us all.</p>
&mdash; Abhinav Bindra (@Abhinav_Bindra) <a href="https://twitter.com/Abhinav_Bindra/status/775877286595735554">September 14, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Congrats <a href="https://twitter.com/DevJhajharia">@DevJhajharia</a> . Breaking his own world record. <a href="https://twitter.com/Paralympics">@Paralympics</a> <a href="https://t.co/qdgAlrtcLG">https://t.co/qdgAlrtcLG</a></p>
&mdash; Rohan Bopanna (@rohanbopanna) <a href="https://twitter.com/rohanbopanna/status/775864926900322304">September 14, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Congratulations <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DevendraJhajharia?src=hash">#DevendraJhajharia</a> yet another gold for India in the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ParalympicsRio2016?src=hash">#ParalympicsRio2016</a> &eth;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u009f&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u0087&reg;&eth;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u009f&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u0087&sup3; what an inspiration <a href="https://t.co/2IEE8pBszS">pic.twitter.com/2IEE8pBszS</a></p>
&mdash; Esha Gupta (@eshagupta2811) <a href="https://twitter.com/eshagupta2811/status/775882965897256962">September 14, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">It's a golden morning thanks to Devendra Jhajharia! Well done sir! <a href="https://t.co/LIqIrwfXNe">https://t.co/LIqIrwfXNe</a></p>
&mdash; Rajdeep Sardesai (@sardesairajdeep) <a href="https://twitter.com/sardesairajdeep/status/775879108182044672">September 14, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Congrats <a href="https://twitter.com/DevJhajharia">@DevJhajharia</a> for winning gold medal in Javelin at <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Rio2016Paralympics?src=hash">#Rio2016Paralympics</a> &amp; Breaking his own world record. <a href="https://t.co/hxAL7g6brZ">pic.twitter.com/hxAL7g6brZ</a></p>
&mdash; Rani Rampal (@imranirampal) <a href="https://twitter.com/imranirampal/status/775866383317946368">September 14, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Awesome&eth;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u009f&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u0091&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u008f&eth;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u009f&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u008f&frac12;&eth;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u009f&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u0091&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u008f&eth;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u009f&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u008f&frac12;&eth;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u009f&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u0091&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u008f&eth;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u009f&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u008f&frac12;&eth;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u009f&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u0091&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u008f&eth;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u009f&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u008f&frac12;&eth;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u009f&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u0091&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u008f&eth;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u009f&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u008f&frac12;&eth;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u009f&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u0091&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u008f&eth;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u009f&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u008f&frac12; <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DevendraJhajharia?src=hash">#DevendraJhajharia</a> <a href="https://t.co/pOAOHnemz5">https://t.co/pOAOHnemz5</a></p>
&mdash; Farhan Akhtar (@FarOutAkhtar) <a href="https://twitter.com/FarOutAkhtar/status/775912005534441473">September 14, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Heartiest congratulations to Devendra Jhajharia for winning gold at the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ParalympicsRio2016?src=hash">#ParalympicsRio2016</a>. You have made us proud. <a href="https://t.co/W60FoNIXJv">pic.twitter.com/W60FoNIXJv</a></p>
&mdash; Sarbananda Sonowal (@sarbanandsonwal) <a href="https://twitter.com/sarbanandsonwal/status/775907480106860544">September 14, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Congratulations to <a href="https://twitter.com/DevJhajharia">@DevJhajharia</a> on his historic performance at the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Paralympics?src=hash">#Paralympics</a>. His performance will inspire the rural youth.</p>
&mdash; Sri Sri Ravi Shankar (@SriSri) <a href="https://twitter.com/SriSri/status/775896919902081024">September 14, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Congratulations to Javelin thrower <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DevendraJhajharia?src=hash">#DevendraJhajharia</a> for winning gold at Rio <a href="https://t.co/7vDG61Rxzr">pic.twitter.com/7vDG61Rxzr</a></p>
&mdash; Piyush Goyal (@PiyushGoyal) <a href="https://twitter.com/PiyushGoyal/status/775863015220645892">September 14, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DevendraJhajharia?src=hash">#DevendraJhajharia</a> inspired millions today by winning gold for India in Javelin throw. Hearty congratulations . <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RioParalympics?src=hash">#RioParalympics</a></p>
&mdash; R Sarath Kumar (@realsarathkumar) <a href="https://twitter.com/realsarathkumar/status/775926008184659968">September 14, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Congratulations <a href="https://twitter.com/DevJhajharia">@DevJhajharia</a> on creating history--1st Indian to win two Paralympic gold medals. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Rajasthan?src=hash">#Rajasthan</a> is proud of your achievements.</p>
&mdash; Vasundhara Raje (@VasundharaBJP) <a href="https://twitter.com/VasundharaBJP/status/775869192352305152">September 14, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Devendra Jhajharia created history for the country when he bagged a gold medal at the 2016 Rio Paralympics in the men's javelin throw event; celebs on Twitter took no time to congratulate him

Modi, Sehwag and others praise Devendra Jhajharia for Paralympic gold

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<p>Devendra Jhajharia created history for the country when he bagged a gold medal at the 2016 Rio Paralympics in the men's javelin throw event; celebs on Twitter took no time to congratulate him</p>

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