November 12: Public Service Broadcasting Day

Every year 12 November is celebrated as Public Service Broadcasting Day to commemorate the first and only last live visit of Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi, to the studio of All India Radio, Delhi in 1947. He addressed the displaced people from AIR studio, who had temporarily settled at Kurukshetra in Haryana after partition. ..

Month: Current Affairs - November, 2019

Category: Important Days & Events Current Affairs

Topics: All India Radio • Haryana • Jan Prasaran Diwas • Mahatma Gandhi • Prasar Bharati • Public Service Broadcasting Day

Public Service Broadcasting Day: November 12

Public Service Broadcasting Day is observed every year across India on November 12 year to commemorate first and last visit of Mahatma Gandhi (Father of the Nation) of All India Radio Studio (AIR), New Delhi in 1947. On this occasion, artistes of Akashvani Bhawan, Delhi  performed Vaishnav Jan Toh and other bhajans and school children ..

Month: Current Affairs - November, 2018

Topics: Days and Events • Mahatma Gandhi • Media • News • November 12 • Public Service Broadcasting Day

On which date, Mahatma Gandhi delivered his first and only speech on All India Radio?

Mahatma Gandhi had delivered his first and only speech on All India Radio on November 12, 1947. He had addressed to the refugees camping in Kurukshetra, whom he was not able to personally visit. However, this was second broadcast of Gandhi on radio. His first radio broadcast was to America from the Columbia Broadcasting Service ..

Topics: Mahatma Gandhi • Public Service Broadcasting Day • Second Round Table Conference