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'''Melville de Mellow''' (also de Mello) (1913 - 1989) was an [[Indian people|Indian]] [[radio broadcaster]] with the [[All India Radio]]. He is remembered for his high-quality reports and commentary on various events in [[independent India]], the most notable of which was a seven-hour broadcast of [[Martyrs' Day (India)|Mahatma Gandhi's funeral]] in [[Delhi]].<ref name="news.webindia123">{{cite news|title=Monthly grant of widow of Melville De Mellow restored|url=http://news.webindia123.com/news/articles/India/20120923/2069219.html|access-date=30 January 2013|date=23 September 2022}}</ref> He was conferred the [[Padma Shri]] by the [[Government of India]] in 1963 in recognition of his services to broadcasting.<ref name="www">{{cite web|title=St. George's College Alumni|url=http://www.st-georges.info/home/alumini.htm|publisher=St. George's College, Mussorie|access-date=30 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140217143245/http://www.st-georges.info/home/alumini.htm|archive-date=17 February 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
'''Melville de Mellow''' (also de Mello) (1913 - 1989) was an [[Indian people|Indian]] [[radio broadcaster]] with the [[All India Radio]]. He is remembered for his high-quality reports and commentary on various events in [[independent India]], the most notable of which was a seven-hour broadcast of [[Martyrs' Day (India)|Mahatma Gandhi's funeral]] in [[Delhi]].<ref name="news.webindia123">{{cite news|title=Monthly grant of widow of Melville De Mellow restored|url=http://news.webindia123.com/news/articles/India/20120923/2069219.html|access-date=30 January 2013|date=23 September 2012}}</ref> He was conferred the [[Padma Shri]] by the [[Government of India]] in 1963 in recognition of his services to broadcasting.<ref name="www">{{cite web|title=St. George's College Alumni|url=http://www.st-georges.info/home/alumini.htm|publisher=St. George's College, Mussorie|access-date=30 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140217143245/http://www.st-georges.info/home/alumini.htm|archive-date=17 February 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>


== Family and education ==
== Family and education ==
De Mellow was educated at the [[St. George's College, Mussoorie|St George's College, Mussorie]] and served as a [[Lieutenant]] in the [[Punjab Regiment (India)|5/2 Punjab Regiment]] before joining the All India Radio.<ref>{{cite web|title=Melville De Mello (The Late Great Broadcaster) |url=http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/1999-04/0923379707 |publisher=INDIA-L Archives |access-date=30 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014062116/http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/1999-04/0923379707 |archive-date=14 October 2012 }}</ref> Melville de Mellow was one of the ''pioneers,'' the first batch of cadets to graduate from the [[Indian Military Academy]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Kanwar|first=Raj|title=Dateline Dehradun|publisher=Saraswati Press|others=Writers' Combine|year=2020|isbn=9789353968793|location=Dehradun|pages=55|chapter=IMA: A foremost Military Academy in the world}}</ref> He was married to Coralie Emma de Mellow<ref>{{cite news|title='Help Melville De Mellow's wife'|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/article3424256.ece|access-date=30 January 2013|newspaper=The Hindu|date=16 May 2022}}</ref> and his nephew Ian Tudor de Mellow is a recipient of the [[Medal of the Order of Australia]] (OAM) for his services to aged welfare.<ref>{{cite web|title=A life of courage and service|url=http://www.indianlink.com.au/sydney-news/a-hero-for-many-2/|access-date=30 January 2022}}</ref>
De Mellow was educated at the [[St. George's College, Mussoorie|St George's College, Mussorie]] and served as a [[Lieutenant]] in the [[Punjab Regiment (India)|5/2 Punjab Regiment]] before joining the All India Radio.<ref>{{cite web|title=Melville De Mello (The Late Great Broadcaster) |url=http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/1999-04/0923379707 |publisher=INDIA-L Archives |access-date=30 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014062116/http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/1999-04/0923379707 |archive-date=14 October 2012 }}</ref> Melville de Mellow was one of the ''pioneers,'' the first batch of cadets to graduate from the [[Indian Military Academy]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Kanwar|first=Raj|title=Dateline Dehradun|publisher=Saraswati Press|others=Writers' Combine|year=2020|isbn=9789353968793|location=Dehradun|pages=55|chapter=IMA: A foremost Military Academy in the world}}</ref> He was married to Coralie Emma de Mellow<ref>{{cite news|title='Help Melville De Mellow's wife'|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/article3424256.ece|access-date=30 January 2013|newspaper=The Hindu|date=16 May 2012}}</ref> and his nephew Ian Tudor de Mellow is a recipient of the [[Medal of the Order of Australia]] (OAM) for his services to aged welfare.<ref>{{cite web|title=A life of courage and service|url=http://www.indianlink.com.au/sydney-news/a-hero-for-many-2/|access-date=30 January 2013}}</ref>


== Broadcasting career ==
== Broadcasting career ==
Melville de Mellow worked with the All India Radio from April 1950 to April 1971 and belonged to the ‘staff artistes’ category. Following his superannuation he was retained as Producer (Emeritus) for another five years with AIR.<ref>{{cite news|title=Prasar Bharati sets up committees to monitor new technologies|url=http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k12/aug/aug66.php|access-date=30 January 2013|date=8 August 2022}}</ref> De Mellow is remembered as an iconic broadcaster noted for his deep [[baritone]]d commentary of various events in independent India.<ref name="news.webindia123" /><ref name="thirdreport">{{cite news|title=The lost romance of the radio of yore|url=http://www.thirdreport.com/third-report.asp?storyid=1718|access-date=30 January 2013|newspaper=The Third Report|date=30 October 2022}}</ref> In 1948 he accompanied the cortège bearing Mahatma Gandhi's body from [[Birla House]] to the [[cremation]] venue at [[Raj Ghat]] giving a seven-hour-long commentary of the event from an All India Radio van. Melville de Mellow's moving commentary that day, articulating the nation's grief and homage as the cortege moved towards Raj Ghat, is remembered as one of the best instances of radio broadcasting in India.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mahatma Gandhi And Mass Media|url=http://www.mkgandhi.org/mass_media.htm|publisher=Gandhi Research Foundation|access-date=30 January 2022}}</ref> His commentary that day inspired veteran Hindi commentator [[Jasdev Singh]], then a seventeen-year-old, to take up commentary as a profession. Singh has since been conferred with a Padma Shri and a [[Padma Bhushan]] for his services to radio broadcasting.<ref>{{cite news|title=Why the awards matter|url=http://www.hindu.com/mag/2008/03/02/stories/2008030250100500.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080302232758/http://www.hindu.com/mag/2008/03/02/stories/2008030250100500.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 March 2008|access-date=30 January 2013|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=2 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=A voice that continues to charm…|url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/05/05/stories/2008050550830200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509060152/http://www.hindu.com/2008/05/05/stories/2008050550830200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 May 2008|access-date=30 January 2013|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=5 May 2022}}</ref> In 1952 Melville de Mellow was handpicked by the [[British Government]] for broadcasting a running commentary on [[Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth’s coronation]] procession.<ref name="thirdreport" /> He was also the commentator at [[Republic Day Parade|India's Republic Day parade]] for several years and his commentary of [[India]]-[[Pakistan]] [[field hockey|hockey]] matches are remembered to this day.<ref>{{cite news|title=Mellow's wife to get increased monthly grant|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/article3920923.ece?textsize=large&test=1|access-date=30 January 2013|newspaper=The Hindu|date=21 September 2022}}</ref> His reportage on the [[Bangladesh War]] and its subsequent [[Liberation of Bangladesh|liberation]] by Indian forces were keenly awaited by listeners of the radio.<ref>{{cite news|title=Tuning into nostalgia|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/70940/tuning-nostalgia.html|access-date=30 January 2013|newspaper=Deccan Herald}}</ref>
Melville de Mellow worked with the All India Radio from April 1950 to April 1971 and belonged to the ‘staff artistes’ category. Following his superannuation he was retained as Producer (Emeritus) for another five years with AIR.<ref>{{cite news|title=Prasar Bharati sets up committees to monitor new technologies|url=http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k12/aug/aug66.php|access-date=30 January 2013|date=8 August 2012}}</ref> De Mellow is remembered as an iconic broadcaster noted for his deep [[baritone]]d commentary of various events in independent India.<ref name="news.webindia123" /><ref name="thirdreport">{{cite news|title=The lost romance of the radio of yore|url=http://www.thirdreport.com/third-report.asp?storyid=1718|access-date=30 January 2013|newspaper=The Third Report|date=30 October 2012}}</ref> In 1948 he accompanied the cortège bearing Mahatma Gandhi's body from [[Birla House]] to the [[cremation]] venue at [[Raj Ghat]] giving a seven-hour-long commentary of the event from an All India Radio van. Melville de Mellow's moving commentary that day, articulating the nation's grief and homage as the cortege moved towards Raj Ghat, is remembered as one of the best instances of radio broadcasting in India.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mahatma Gandhi And Mass Media|url=http://www.mkgandhi.org/mass_media.htm|publisher=Gandhi Research Foundation|access-date=30 January 2013}}</ref> His commentary that day inspired veteran Hindi commentator [[Jasdev Singh]], then a seventeen-year-old, to take up commentary as a profession. Singh has since been conferred with a Padma Shri and a [[Padma Bhushan]] for his services to radio broadcasting.<ref>{{cite news|title=Why the awards matter|url=http://www.hindu.com/mag/2008/03/02/stories/2008030250100500.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080302232758/http://www.hindu.com/mag/2008/03/02/stories/2008030250100500.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 March 2008|access-date=30 January 2013|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=2 March 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=A voice that continues to charm…|url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/05/05/stories/2008050550830200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509060152/http://www.hindu.com/2008/05/05/stories/2008050550830200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 May 2008|access-date=30 January 2013|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=5 May 2008}}</ref> In 1952 Melville de Mellow was handpicked by the [[British Government]] for broadcasting a running commentary on [[Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth’s coronation]] procession.<ref name="thirdreport" /> He was also the commentator at [[Republic Day Parade|India's Republic Day parade]] for several years and his commentary of [[India]]-[[Pakistan]] [[field hockey|hockey]] matches are remembered to this day.<ref>{{cite news|title=Mellow's wife to get increased monthly grant|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/article3920923.ece?textsize=large&test=1|access-date=30 January 2013|newspaper=The Hindu|date=21 September 2012}}</ref> His reportage on the [[Bangladesh War]] and its subsequent [[Liberation of Bangladesh|liberation]] by Indian forces were keenly awaited by listeners of the radio.<ref>{{cite news|title=Tuning into nostalgia|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/70940/tuning-nostalgia.html|access-date=30 January 2013|newspaper=Deccan Herald}}</ref>


== Books ==
== Books ==
Melville de Mellow is the author of several books on sports including ''The Story of the Olympics'', which describes the run up to the [[1964 Summer Olympics|1964 Olympics]] in [[Tokyo]],<ref>{{cite news|title=1964 - India's first tyrst with the Olympic flame|url=http://www.rediff.com/sports/2004/jun/07oly.htm|access-date=30 January 2013|newspaper=Rediff Sports|date=7 June 2022}}</ref> ''Remembered Glory'', ''The Olympics and their Heroes'', ''Reaching for Excellence'', ''The Glory and Decay of Indian Sports'' and ''Indigenous Games & [[Martial arts in india|Martial Arts of India]]''.<ref name="www" />
Melville de Mellow is the author of several books on sports including ''The Story of the Olympics'', which describes the run up to the [[1964 Summer Olympics|1964 Olympics]] in [[Tokyo]],<ref>{{cite news|title=1964 - India's first tyrst with the Olympic flame|url=http://www.rediff.com/sports/2004/jun/07oly.htm|access-date=30 January 2013|newspaper=Rediff Sports|date=7 June 2004}}</ref> ''Remembered Glory'', ''The Olympics and their Heroes'', ''Reaching for Excellence'', ''The Glory and Decay of Indian Sports'' and ''Indigenous Games & [[Martial arts in india|Martial Arts of India]]''.<ref name="www" />


== Awards and honours ==
== Awards and honours ==

Latest revision as of 08:04, 1 October 2022


Melville de Mellow (also de Mello) (1913 - 1989) was an Indian radio broadcaster with the All India Radio. He is remembered for his high-quality reports and commentary on various events in independent India, the most notable of which was a seven-hour broadcast of Mahatma Gandhi's funeral in Delhi.[1] He was conferred the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 1963 in recognition of his services to broadcasting.[2]

Family and education[edit]

De Mellow was educated at the St George's College, Mussorie and served as a Lieutenant in the 5/2 Punjab Regiment before joining the All India Radio.[3] Melville de Mellow was one of the pioneers, the first batch of cadets to graduate from the Indian Military Academy.[4] He was married to Coralie Emma de Mellow[5] and his nephew Ian Tudor de Mellow is a recipient of the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for his services to aged welfare.[6]

Broadcasting career[edit]

Melville de Mellow worked with the All India Radio from April 1950 to April 1971 and belonged to the ‘staff artistes’ category. Following his superannuation he was retained as Producer (Emeritus) for another five years with AIR.[7] De Mellow is remembered as an iconic broadcaster noted for his deep baritoned commentary of various events in independent India.[1][8] In 1948 he accompanied the cortège bearing Mahatma Gandhi's body from Birla House to the cremation venue at Raj Ghat giving a seven-hour-long commentary of the event from an All India Radio van. Melville de Mellow's moving commentary that day, articulating the nation's grief and homage as the cortege moved towards Raj Ghat, is remembered as one of the best instances of radio broadcasting in India.[9] His commentary that day inspired veteran Hindi commentator Jasdev Singh, then a seventeen-year-old, to take up commentary as a profession. Singh has since been conferred with a Padma Shri and a Padma Bhushan for his services to radio broadcasting.[10][11] In 1952 Melville de Mellow was handpicked by the British Government for broadcasting a running commentary on Queen Elizabeth’s coronation procession.[8] He was also the commentator at India's Republic Day parade for several years and his commentary of India-Pakistan hockey matches are remembered to this day.[12] His reportage on the Bangladesh War and its subsequent liberation by Indian forces were keenly awaited by listeners of the radio.[13]

Books[edit]

Melville de Mellow is the author of several books on sports including The Story of the Olympics, which describes the run up to the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo,[14] Remembered Glory, The Olympics and their Heroes, Reaching for Excellence, The Glory and Decay of Indian Sports and Indigenous Games & Martial Arts of India.[2]

Awards and honours[edit]

Melville de Mellow was feted for his work throughout his career. These include the Commonwealth Scholarship (BBC), 1948, Czechoslovak Radio Documentary Prize, 1960, Padma Shri (1963), Prize Italia for Radio Documentary (1964) - which he won for 'Lali and the Lions of Gir', a featured programme on All India Radio,[15] Chaman Lal Award (1971), Czechoslovak Peace Essay Prize (1972), Excellence Award (ICFEE), 1975, Commentary Award (1975), Education Ministry's Award for Best Book on Sports (1976), Long Service Award (1977), FTE Award for Excellence in Radio & TV and the Asiad Jyoti Award (1984).[2]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Monthly grant of widow of Melville De Mellow restored". 23 September 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "St. George's College Alumni". St. George's College, Mussorie. Archived from the original on 17 February 2014. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
  3. ↑ "Melville De Mello (The Late Great Broadcaster)". INDIA-L Archives. Archived from the original on 14 October 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
  4. ↑ Kanwar, Raj (2020). "IMA: A foremost Military Academy in the world". Dateline Dehradun. Writers' Combine. Dehradun: Saraswati Press. p. 55. ISBN 9789353968793.
  5. ↑ "'Help Melville De Mellow's wife'". The Hindu. 16 May 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
  6. ↑ "A life of courage and service". Retrieved 30 January 2013.
  7. ↑ "Prasar Bharati sets up committees to monitor new technologies". 8 August 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "The lost romance of the radio of yore". The Third Report. 30 October 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
  9. ↑ "Mahatma Gandhi And Mass Media". Gandhi Research Foundation. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
  10. ↑ "Why the awards matter". The Hindu. 2 March 2008. Archived from the original on 2 March 2008. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
  11. ↑ "A voice that continues to charm…". The Hindu. 5 May 2008. Archived from the original on 9 May 2008. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
  12. ↑ "Mellow's wife to get increased monthly grant". The Hindu. 21 September 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
  13. ↑ "Tuning into nostalgia". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
  14. ↑ "1964 - India's first tyrst with the Olympic flame". Rediff Sports. 7 June 2004. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
  15. ↑ Aggarwal, Vir Bala (2001). Handbook Of Journalism And Mass Communication. New Delhi: Concept Publishing Company. p. 190. ISBN 9788170228806.

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