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Ameen Sayani’s Geetmala: How the British and a ban birthed a key chapter in free India’s sonic history

When All India Radio banned the transmission of Hindi film songs, Ameen Sayani's Binaca Geetmala, on Sri Lanka's Radio Ceylon, from a former British military radio, would broadcast Bollywood songs and simple Hindustani, connecting the subcontinent's masses.
Radio icon Ameen Sayani’s legacy in boosting Hindi film songs will remain unmatched

The grand old man of radio passed away at the age of 91 but his legacy and contribution to Indian broadcasting will never be forgotten.
Seven historic moments in 100 years of India's radio broadcast

A hundred years ago, India’s first radio station, the Bombay Presidency Radio Club, powered by a small, low-range transmitter, started broadcasting in June 1923 and was soon followed by the Calcutta Radio Club in November that year and Madras radio club the following year.

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Binaca Geetmala

Ameen Sayani’s Geetmala: How the British and a ban birthed a key chapter in free India’s sonic history

Radio icon Ameen Sayani’s legacy in boosting Hindi film songs will remain unmatched

Seven historic moments in 100 years of India's radio broadcast