Deepa Malik, You Made All India Proud, Tweet Celebs

New Delhi: Bollywood celebrities congratulated athlete Deepa Malik, who scripted history by becoming the first Indian woman to win a medal at the Paralympics when she claimed a silver medal in the shotput F-53 event at Rio.

Here's what they've tweeted:
 

T 2377 -#DeepaMalik .. you made all India proud by winning the Silver at the ParaOlympics .. Such an emotion to see the Tiranga go up !

— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) September 12, 2016

 

Congratulations #DeepaMalik#ParalympicsRio2016#Silver#Win#India is proud of you! https://t.co/q1vn2rVEp6

— Dia Mirza (@deespeak) September 12, 2016

 

Many Congratulations #DeepaMalik on the medal at the #Paralympics ! Such a beautiful and inspiring story..

— mandira bedi (@mandybedi) September 13, 2016

 

So proud of you @DeepaAthlete ! Congratulations and best wishes for many more to come! #Victory#GirlPower#WillPower#Paralympics

— Yami Gautam (@yamigautam) September 13, 2016

 

So happy for #DeepaMalik who got home #SILVER in Women's Shotput #Paralympics#Rio2016

— emraan hashmi (@emraanhashmi) September 12, 2016

Deepa's best throw of 4.61m from her six attempts was enough to clinch the silver medal. India has now secured three medals from the Rio Paralympics after Mariyappan Thangavelu and Varun Singh Bhati won gold and bronze respectively in men's high jump.

Deepa is a paraplegic, paralysed from waist down and mother of two and wife of an Army officer.