National Broadcasting Day

• National Broadcasting Day is celebrated in India every year on 23 July.

• On this day in 1927, a private Indian broadcasting company started the first radio broadcast in the country from Bombay station.

• On June 8, 1936, the Indian State Broadcasting Service became All India Radio (AIR).

• The name Akashvani was adopted for the national broadcaster in 1956. Vividh Bharti Seva was started in 1957.