Today is the Public Service Broadcasting Day. The day is observed every year on this day to mark the historic address of Father of the nation Mahatma Gandhi, through Akashvani. An important day in the History of Broadcasting, Mahatma Gandhi paid his first and only visit to the Broadcasting House in New Delhi on this day in 1947. Akashvani correspondent reports that on this day in 1947, Mahatma Gandhi addressed the grief-stricken people staying in Kurukshetra who were displaced during partition through a special broadcast. 

 

In the year 2000, then Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Sushma Swaraj announced that every 12th of November would henceforth be observed as Public Service Broadcasting Day. Since then, Akashvani has been celebrating the occasion every year with special programmes and events. Akashvani music artists render bhajans dear to Mahatma Gandhi to mark these celebrations. Throughout the year, Akashvani broadcasts and organises a series of special programmes across the country based on the Gandhian Philosophy. Public Service Broadcasting Day inspires Broadcasters to carry forward the ideals and teachings of Mahatma Gandhi to every corner of the country.