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Public Service Broadcasting Day

is observed every year across
India on November 12 year to
commemorate rst and last visit
of Mahatma Gandhi (Father of
the Nation) of All India Radio Studio (AIR), New Delhi
in 1947. On this occasion, artistes of Akashvani
Bhawan, Delhi  performed Vaishnav Jan Toh and
other bhajans and school children performed
Rabindra sangeet.
Key Facts
Gandhiji had visited AIR studio to address displaced
people from Pakistan who were temporarily settled
in Kurukshetra, Haryana after partition of Indian
subcontinent. It was his rst and last live broadcast.
In this broadcast, Gandhiji had decided to convey his
message through radio, as he couldn’t visit refugees
of Partition stationed at Kurukshetra in Haryana.
This day was instituted in 2000 as Jan Prasaran
Diwas (Public Service Broadcasting Day) after it was
conceptualised by Suhas Borker, Convenor of Jan
Prasar. This day seeks to spread Gandhiji belief that
aim of media was public service. Accordingly, he used
to run several newspapers and understood power of
media. He was completely against commercial ads

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and believed that only those non-commercial ads

should be accepted that serve some public purpose.
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