Swapna had finished fifth at the 17th Asian Games in Incheon in 2014 and had won a gold at the Asian Athletics Championships last year
Before the 25-year-old Arpinder, the previous champion was Mohinder Singh Gill in 1970 with an effort of 16.11m
Track and field athletes continued to impress as they have contributed five gold medals out of 11 India has at the moment, with the country's medal tally standing at 54 medals
Swapna posted a score of 6,026 points to clinch the gold medal
Manjit Singh and Jinson Johnson will compete in the Men's 1500m Final. Also, Indian men play hockey semifinal match against Malaysia. Catch all the updates here
The win means that the Indian women's hockey team will face Japan in the final of the 18th Asian Games Jakarta-Palembang 2018 on Friday, August 31
Dutee Chand will be in the Women's 200m Final mix at the Asain Games 2018, while Swapna Barman also stands a chance to win a medal in Women's Heptathlon. Catch Asian Games 2018 live updates.
Dutee was not allowed to participate in Asian Games 2014 due to a policy of IAAF which barred women athletes having male hormones above permissible limit from competing
P V Sindhu won the first ever women badminton silver medal for India at the Asian Games 2018
The Indian men and women compound archery team won silver medals at the Asian Games 2018
Sindhu's is the highlight match, but that's not all, as India stands a chance to win multiple medals in athletics and archery too
Dutee Chand will participate in the Women's 200m Final at the Asian Games 2018. Indian women will play hockey semis against China. Catch all the updates here
Men's team stuns Japan, assures historic table tennis medal
All eyes will be on P V Sindhu who has a chance to strike gold in badminton. India is also expected to bring in some medals in archery and athletics
The 23-year-old Sindhu became the first Indian shuttler to reach the final of badminton singles competition at the Asiad
Adityanath also said that Singh, by her sheer dedication and hardwork, had won laurels for the country and made the state feel proud
Milkha Singh said the Indian athletes should now aim for a medal in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics
The nation will hope that Saina and Sindhu win their matches and set up a dream Asian Games finals. Catch all the live updates of Asian Games 2018 here
Sindhu will now face Taiwan's Tai Tzu Ying on Tuesday who had entered the final after defeating India's Saina Nehwal in straight games in the other semi-final on Monday
While the men's team beat Qatar, Philippines and Taiwan to be one win away from successfully defending their title, the women's team got past Indonesia and Taiwan