It was Australia's first win in India since Bill Lawry's team in 1969

The Aussie skipper said: "It's just a magic feeling. I need time to think about it but it feels like the best experience in my cricketing life.

"It's great to be able to share the occasion with so many people.

"There are people at home like [former captain] Steve Waugh and [squad player] Shane Watson who just left us who we are thinking of. G'day to you guys."

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Gilchrist, who was forced into a role as stand-in captain for the first three Tests with regular skipper Ricky Ponting out injured, led the team to wins in Bangalore and then Nagpur.

Set 543 to win after the visitors had declared their second innings on 329-5, India were dismissed for just 200 with Jason Gillespie claiming 4-24.

The historic victory finally came when Damien Martyn produced an outstanding catch to dismiss Zaheer Khan off the bowling of Shane Warne.

Gilchrist (centre) was overjoyed by the effort from his team-mates

Warne was the only current team member alive when Bill Lawry's team last led the Aussies to victory in India, in 1969.

It was a happy end for Martyn, who earlier in the day, had missed out on his second century of the match when he was dismissed for 97.

Together with a draw in Madras (Chennai), Australia now have an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series with just one Test to follow.

Gilchrist, the Australian wicket-keeper, went on: "Our batting has won the series by us bullding first innings totals but our bowlers have to come through and I couldn't ask for any more of them at any stage.

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"It was nice to bag a few catches - there's been a bit of discussion about my keeping but I've felt good and I'm thrilled I got a couple."

Celebrations are now high on the agenda with the final Test not starting until next Wednesday.

"We're going to enjoy this - really enjoy it," said Gilchrist.

"It's been a lot of hard work, preparation, perseverance over a couple of years."

India captain Rahul Dravid, enduring a wretched series with the bat, said: "These conditions suited them better than us.

"They adapted better than we did - their experience has shown."