India has participated in every edition of the South Asian Games. The country has been the best performer and the table topper back-to-back at every single Games.
India has hosted the South Asian Games three times. The 1987 edition in Calcutta was the first time the nation hosted the Games. The next hosted SAG was the 1995 edition hosted in Madras. This was followed by the 2016 edition in Guwahati and Shillong.