Shushila Likmabam (women's 48kg) and Navjot Chana (men's 60kg) clinched a silver each while Kalpana Thoudam (women's 52kg) bagged a bronze to begin India's campaign on an impressive note.
Manjeet Nandal, however, lost his bronze medal match in men's 66kg.
The fifth Indian judoka in the fray today, Shivani, in women's 57kg, lost out in early rounds.
With their efforts, Indian judokas created history by winning the highest number of medals in any Commonwealth Games.
Judo made a return in the CWG fold after the 2002 Manchester Games. This is the third time judo has been included in the Games, the first being in 1990 in Auckland. India had won two medals in both 1990 and 2002.
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"We are going to win some medals. We are hoping to win six to seven medals in total," he said.
Chana (60), a 2010 Commonwealth Championships gold medallist, lost to Ashley McKenzie of England in the final.
The Indian lost on the basis of penalty points (shido). Chana was handed three penalty points as against one by the Englishman. Both earned the same number of wazari points.
Earlier in the day, the Punjab judoka had faced a tough challenge from top-ranked Australian judoka Tom Pappas in the first round before winning it on the basis of more yukos at the end of the five-minute bout though both of them got one penalty point each.
Shushila showed tremendous form en route to the final round by knocking out her rivals on Ippon (knock-out) verdicts. She, however, was no match to Scotland's Kimberly Renicks in the final. The judoka, egged on by home fans, knocked down the Indian in the third minute of the final round bout with an Ippon (knock-out) verdict.