All India Radio
Also called: Akashvani · Topic: Transport and Communication in India · NCERT: Class 12, Ch 7 "Transport and Communication"
Meaning
All India Radio is India's public radio broadcaster. It is also called Akashvani. Radio broadcasting in India began in 1923 with the Radio Club of Bombay. The government took it over in 1930 and named it the Indian State Broadcasting Service. It was renamed All India Radio in 1936 and Akashvani in 1957. It gives news, education and entertainment to people across the country, including people who cannot read. Since 1997, Prasar Bharati, a public body, has run both All India Radio and Doordarshan.
Example
India's broadcasting story began in Mumbai (then Bombay), where the Radio Club of Bombay made the first radio broadcasts in 1923.
Don't confuse with
- Doordarshan: this is India's public television broadcaster, not a radio one. It started in Delhi in 1959 as part of All India Radio and was separated from it in 1976.