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	~~{{Portal\|India\|Television}}~~
	*[[Indian soap opera]]		*[[Indian soap opera]]
	*[[List of television stations in India]]		*[[List of television stations in India]]

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	In January 1950, ''[[The Indian Express]]'' reported that a television was put up for demonstration at an exhibition in the [[Teynampet]] locality of [[Madras]] (now Chennai) by B. Sivakumaran, a student of [[electrical engineering]]. A letter was scanned and its image displayed on a [[cathode ray tube]] screen. The report said that "[i]t may be this is not the whole of television but it is certainly the most significant link in the system" and added that the demonstration of the sort could be the "first in India".<ref>{{cite web\|last1=Seshadri\|first1=T. N.\|title=Television Apparatus in Swadeshi Exhibition\|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=B8c-AAAAIBAJ&pg=4191%2C543248\|website=The Indian Express\|access-date=3 May 2017\|date=6 January 1950}}</ref>		In January 1950, ''[[The Indian Express]]'' reported that a television was put up for demonstration at an exhibition in the [[Teynampet]] locality of [[Madras]] (now Chennai) by B. Sivakumaran, a student of [[electrical engineering]]. A letter was scanned and its image displayed on a [[cathode ray tube]] screen. The report said that "[i]t may be this is not the whole of television but it is certainly the most significant link in the system" and added that the demonstration of the sort could be the "first in India".<ref>{{cite web\|last1=Seshadri\|first1=T. N.\|title=Television Apparatus in Swadeshi Exhibition\|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=B8c-AAAAIBAJ&pg=4191%2C543248\|website=The Indian Express\|access-date=3 May 2017\|date=6 January 1950}}</ref>

	The first TV transmitter of India was installed in the Electronics and Telecommunications engineering department of the [[Government Engineering College, Jabalpur]], on 24 October, 1951.<ref>https://www.jecjabalpur.ac.in/advertisement/jec%20annual%20report%202018-19020720021126.pdf</ref>		The first TV transmitter of India was installed in the Electronics and Telecommunications engineering department of the [[Government Engineering College, Jabalpur]], on 24 October 1951.<ref>https://www.jecjabalpur.ac.in/advertisement/jec%20annual%20report%202018-19020720021126.pdf</ref>

	In Calcutta (now Kolkata), television was first used in the house of the Neogi family, which was a huge milestone for industrialization In India. Terrestrial television in India started with the experimental telecast starting in [[Delhi]] on 15 September 1959 with a small transmitter and a makeshift studio.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://spacejournal.ohio.edu/issue18/kunhikrishnan.html\|title=Online Journal of Space Communication\|website=spacejournal.ohio.edu\|access-date=28 August 2019}}</ref> Daily transmission began in 1965 as a part of [[All India Radio]] (AIR). Television service was later extended to [[Bombay]](Now Mumbai) and [[Amritsar]] in 1972. Up until 1975, only seven Indian cities had television services.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/archive/prasar-bharati-looks-at-a-turnaround/819379/\|title=Prasar Bharati looks at a turnaround\|date=19 July 2011\|website=The Financial Express\|access-date=28 August 2019}}</ref> [[Satellite Instructional Television Experiment]] (SITE) was an important step taken by India to use television for development.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.mit.edu/afs.new/athena/activity/s/sctv/old_sites/20030411021545/http:/mitv.mit.edu/HK/Indian.TV.html\|title=Indian TV\|website=mit.edu\|access-date=28 August 2019}}</ref> The programmes were mainly produced by Doordarshan (DD) which was then a part of the AIR. The telecast happened twice a day, in the mornings and evenings. Other than information related to agriculture, health and family planning were the other important topics dealt with in these programmes. Entertainment was also included in the form of dance, music, drama, folk and rural art forms. Television services were separated from radio in 1976. National telecast was introduced in 1982. In the same year, color television was introduced in the Indian market.		In Calcutta (now Kolkata), television was first used in the house of the Neogi family, which was a huge milestone for industrialization In India. Terrestrial television in India started with the experimental telecast starting in [[Delhi]] on 15 September 1959 with a small transmitter and a makeshift studio.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://spacejournal.ohio.edu/issue18/kunhikrishnan.html\|title=Online Journal of Space Communication\|website=spacejournal.ohio.edu\|access-date=28 August 2019}}</ref> Daily transmission began in 1965 as a part of [[All India Radio]] (AIR). Television service was later extended to [[Bombay]](Now Mumbai) and [[Amritsar]] in 1972. Up until 1975, only seven Indian cities had television services.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/archive/prasar-bharati-looks-at-a-turnaround/819379/\|title=Prasar Bharati looks at a turnaround\|date=19 July 2011\|website=The Financial Express\|access-date=28 August 2019}}</ref> [[Satellite Instructional Television Experiment]] (SITE) was an important step taken by India to use television for development.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.mit.edu/afs.new/athena/activity/s/sctv/old_sites/20030411021545/http:/mitv.mit.edu/HK/Indian.TV.html\|title=Indian TV\|website=mit.edu\|access-date=28 August 2019}}</ref> The programmes were mainly produced by Doordarshan (DD) which was then a part of the AIR. The telecast happened twice a day, in the mornings and evenings. Other than information related to agriculture, health and family planning were the other important topics dealt with in these programmes. Entertainment was also included in the form of dance, music, drama, folk and rural art forms. Television services were separated from radio in 1976. National telecast was introduced in 1982. In the same year, color television was introduced in the Indian market.

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