India competed at the 1984 Summer Paralympics held across New York and Stoke Mandeville from 19 June to 1 August 1984. The nation made its official debut at the 1968 Summer Paralympics but did not appear in the last two Games. This was India's third appearance at the Summer Games for the disabled. India sent a contingent consisting of five athletes for the Games and won four medals including two silver and bronze medals each.
The ninth International Stoke Mandville Games was later designated as the first Paralympics in 1960 and the International Stoke Mandeville Games Federation organized the Paralympic Games till 1984. India made its Paralympics debut in 1968. India's first and only medal till the Games came in the 1972 Games when Murlikant Petkar won the gold medal in the men's 50 meter freestyle event. India missed the subsequent two Summer Paralympic Games and returned for the 1984 edition.
In the Games, Joginder Singh Bedi became the first Indian multi-medalist after he won a silver and two bronze medals in the athletics events. Bhimrao Kesarkar also won a silver medal in the javelin throw event to help record India's best finish till then with four medals.
The Indian contingent for the Games consisted of five athletes who competed across two sports.