They won the men's event, beating England in the final, but lost the women's to Singapore, who are now unbeaten in the Championships for 20 years. 

It was only the second time that India's men had won the team title in the Championships, which were first held in 1971.

Their previous success had come in Kuala Lumpur 11 years ago.

England came into the competition without their top two players, Liam Pitchford and Paul Drinkhall, ranked 64th and 66th in the world respectively.

India, though, were also missing their leading player,  Sharath Kamal, the 2004 Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships individual champion, who was injured.  

David McBeath put England ahead, winning the first rubber against Harmeet Desai after recovering from 2-0 down to win 3-2.

Soumyajit Ghosh beat Helshen Weerasinghe to draw India level before Sathiyan Gnanasekaran beat England's Tom Jarvis to put the home side 2-1 up. 

They clinched the title when Ghosh beat McBeath 3-1 in the reverse singles.

The silver medal was, nevertheless, England's best performance since they won the Championships at Singapore in 2000.

Singapore won the bronze medal, beating Northern Ireland in the third-placed playoff. 

There was again no stopping Singapore in the women's event as they won the gold medal for the eighth consecutive Championships, a run stretching back to 1997 when they had claimed their first title in Glasgow.

They easily beat India 3-0 in the final. 

It was India's fourth silver medal in the tournament, having also finished runners-up in 1975, 1983 and 1991. 

England, beaten 3-1 in the semi-final by India, won the bronze medal.

They beat Wales, defeated by Singapore, 3-1. 

The men is due to continue tomorrow with the singles and doubles events.