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From 1929 on till Independence, almost all distinguished leaders of the freedom struggle addressed the masses through Chicago Radio loudspeakers and public address equipment delivered by visionary entrepreneur Gianchand Motwane.

Although it was Patel who created the initial framework to influence the Indian princes to accede, it was Menon who did the actual groundwork of coaxing them.

This incredible initiative was originally flagged off in 1866, and there are 900 such plaques around the city!

"Above all, I would advise you to maintain to the utmost the impartiality and incorruptibility of administration. A civil servant cannot afford to and must not, take part in politics. Nor must he involve himself in communal wrangles."

Four months before India attained Independence, India's first Home Minister spoke to its first batch of IAS officers. Find out how he wanted them to move from ‘Swarajya’ to ‘Surajya’! #SardarPatel

It had been a dream that provoked little Sutar to run away for good, where a ‘golden’ sparrow told him to chase his passion of art.

Arguably the largest library of music recordings in the country, All India Radio's sound archives also contain a rare and invaluable collection of historic speeches given by eminent Indians.