London will host 2012 Summer Olympic Games ( Games of the XXX Olympiad ) from 27 July to 12 August 2012.

Having previously hosted 2 olympic games in 1908 and in 1948, London will become the first city to officially host the modern Olympic Games three times.

Abhinav Bindra of India , won India’s historic ever individual Olympic gold medal at Beijing XXIX Olympics on Monday(Aug 11 2008) with a thrilling come-from-behind victory in the men’s 10 metres air rifle event .

India, winners of 8 hockey gold medals, had never won an individual Olympic title before Abhinav Bindra’s success. India’s last Olympic gold medal was from hockey (8th gold) at the 1980 Moscow Olympics.

Indian President Pratibha Patil, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and leaders across the political class hailed the gold medal winning.

"We are very proud of our son. He has done a great thing for the country. We will be rushing to Delhi to receive him when he returns on Thursday," his mother Babli Mishra telling reporters, quoted BBC.

Here is the Olympic Games History Ancient Olympic Games and Modern Olympic Games.

Once every four years, men from all over Greece came to compete in a great athletic festival in Elis, in western Greece (Women were not allowed to compete). This was called the Olympic games because the place was called Olympia. It was a religious festival to honor the Greek gods Zeus and Hera.

The Ancient Olympic Games began in 776 BC in Olympia, Greece, and were celebrated until 393 AD. The prizes were olive wreaths, palm branches and woollen ribbons.

The Modern Olympic Games were inaugurated in Athens in 1896, and are held at the beginning of every Olympiad. Until 1920 only the summer games were held. In 1924 the winter games began in Chamonix, France. The summer and winter games are each held every four years. Until 1992, they were both held in the same year. Since then, the summer games are held during the first year of an Olympiad, the winter games during the third year.

The five Olympic rings flag were designed in 1913, adopted in 1914 and debuted at the Games at Antwerp, 1920.

The Olympic Games have been the competition grounds for the worlds greatest athletes.

Olympic Games Host Cities and Year List
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2016 Summer Olympics (XXXI Olympiad) host city has not yet been determined, various cities have begun a bidding process for that honour. The International Olympic Committee will select the host city at its meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark, on October 2, 2009. The 2016 Summer Paralympics will also be held in the same city and organized by the same organizing committee.

Main competitor for 2016 Olympics host city include

• Chicago, United States
• Madrid, Spain
• Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• Tokyo, Japan

Click here for List of Olympic Games Host Cities and Year