GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

GK

DAYS AND YEARS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
When was the first television first introduced in India?
A
1952
B
1959
C
1970
D
1962
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Terrestrial television in India started with the experimental telecast starting in Delhi on 15 September 1959 with a small transmitter and a makeshift studio.

Detailed explanation-2: -Television began in India on 15th September 1959 as an experiment. There were only two one-hour programmes a week, each of one hour duration.

Detailed explanation-3: -Television was initially broadcast in India on September 15, 1959, in Delhi, about 20 years after the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) launched the world’s first television program in 1936. It all began with the assistance of UNESCO.

Detailed explanation-4: -Electronic television was first successfully demonstrated in San Francisco on Sept. 7, 1927. The system was designed by Philo Taylor Farnsworth, a 21-year-old inventor who had lived in a house without electricity until he was 14.

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