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"Benjamin Guy Horniman was British by birth, but for about 40 years, he was the Bayard of Indian journalism. . . He was our greatest tradition, or banner of freedom and our school of journalism. His epitaph should be 'England's greatest and perhaps the only real gift to India'."

This freedom fighter's pallbearer was Jawaharlal Nehru. And if it weren't for him, Delhi wouldn't have a Legislative Assembly today. #ForgottenHeroes #history #India

Pratima Puri was gifted with a voice that was made for broadcasting, which worked out very well for her career at the radio station. Later, when the Indian government decided to run a channel of its own, Puri was selected as the news announcer.

It has been a hot favourite of Indian homes for the last two decades and naturally, the news of its cancellation came as a blow to thousands.

A pioneering powerhouse of independent India, PV Krishnamoorthy witnessed many historic events up close. Interestingly, he was welcomed into his first job with the words, “Get out"!

The Doordarshan logo and accompanying theme music are embedded in our hearts and minds forever.

When Emergency was declared, Nayar had been one of the first journalists to be put behind bars for his detailed documentation of human rights violations by the state.

“I had two options: to listen to the dictates of my heart or my purse. I chose to listen to my heart,” later said the owner about his newspaper's finest hour.

Priced at ₹10, the affordable, monthly, monochromatic magazine truly embodies the phrase, ‘For the people, by the people’ and reaches out to people living in slums across nine city corporation limits in Karnataka.

On April 25th, 1982 India's first broadcast network funded by the government, Doordarshan, tested its first colour telecast!