His first successes came the following year: he won the national junior championships, took a silver medal at the 2006 Asian Junior Athletics Championships and represented India at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics in Beijing, where he finished seventh in the shot put final.
2006 | 2006 in music | 2006 FIFA World Cup | Oakland Athletics | The Championships, Wimbledon | Asian | 2006 Commonwealth Games | National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics | 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games | Swimming at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games | 2013 Southeast Asian Games | Asian American | World Figure Skating Championships | 2006 in television | 2006 Winter Olympics | Asian Games | Asian Development Bank | 2006 ATP Tour | ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships | IAAF World Championships in Athletics | Canadian federal election, 2006 | 2006 Asian Games | 2006 in baseball | 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships | Southeast Asian Games | Ice Hockey World Championships | Eurovision Song Contest 2006 | World Gliding Championships | Asian people | 2007 World Championships in Athletics |