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All India Radio(AIR), officially known since 1956 as 'Akashvani' is the national public radio broadcaster of India.It was established in 1936. All India Radio is the largest radio network in the world, and one of the largest broadcasting organizations in the world in terms of the number of languages broadcast and the spectrum of socio-economic and cultural diversity it serves.
Patras Bokhari in UNO. Patras was born as Syed Ahmed Shah Bokhari on 1 October 1898 in Peshawar in the North-West Frontier Province of British India to a Kashmiri Muslim father, who had migrated from Baramulla, northern Kashmir in the 19th century [4] [5] and a Hindkowan mother. [6]
The first newspaper printed in India was Hicky's Bengal Gazette, started in 1780 under the British Raj by James Augustus Hicky. [12] Other newspapers such as The India Gazette, The Calcutta Gazette, The Madras Courier (1785), and The Bombay Herald (1789) soon followed. [12] These newspapers carried news of the areas under the British rule. [12]
Although the radio sector has not seen similar growth, independent radio channels are numerous and considered very important sources of information - especially in the rural areas. The Pakistani media landscape reflects a multi-linguistic, multi-ethnic and class-divided society. There is a clear divide between Urdu and English media.
27 Marc: Kalat acceded to Pakistan after the 'strange help' of All India Radio and a period of negotiations and bureaucratic tactics used by Pakistan. [89] 1 May: Indo-Pakistani War of 1947, Pakistan enters war on behalf of Kashmir against India. 29 June: Operation Eraze is successfully executed by Indian forces.
The number of Urdu speakers in India fell 1.5% between 2001 and 2011 (then 5.08 million Urdu speakers), especially in the most Urdu-speaking states of Uttar Pradesh (c. 8% to 5%) and Bihar (c. 11.5% to 8.5%), even though the number of Muslims in these two states grew in the same period. [125]
FM 100 is a radio station in Pakistan broadcasting in nine cities, [2] which include Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, Hyderabad, Rahim Yar Khan, Gujrat, Jhelum, Abbottabad, and Multan. It was founded on March 23, 1995, [ 3 ] and has a listening area covering most urban centres. [ 4 ]
Saeeda Bano (Urdu: سعیدہ بانو) (1920-2001) was an India news broadcaster who joined All India Radio in 1947 and subsequently became the first professional female news broadcaster in India, reading the news in Urdu. She also published a memoir titled Dagar Se Hat Kar (Off the Beaten Track) in 1994.