![]() ![]() But it was still considered a luxury.īack in those days, the TV was a shared neighbourhood asset, like the landline. It was the same year India hosted the Delhi Asiad, triggering the first push for TV sales. They were separated from radio in 1976 and national telecasts were introduced in 1982. Up until 1975 only seven Indian cities had television service. Daily transmission began in 1965 as part of All India Radio and the service was extended to Bombay and Amritsar in 1972. Terrestrial television in India started on 15 September 1959 with an experimental telecast in Delhi using a small transmitter in a makeshift studio. Yet, not too long ago, before we got used to a life enabled by gadgets, there was a time untarnished by technology… Imagine a world without Internet, life without cable TV and a day without mobile phones. On the occasion of World TV Day (Nov 21) constituted by the United Nations, ANURAG MALLICK and PRIYA GANAPATHY get nostalgic about the years before the Idiot box invasion ![]()
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