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Sunday, October 14, 2012

Vintage wireless - Indian Express

Vintage wireless - Indian Express

First police wireless set in Delhi was borrowed by AIR for live transmission of Mahatma Gandhi’s cremation
In 1948, All India Radio borrowed a wireless set from the Delhi Police for live transmission of Mahatma Gandhi’s funeral. AIR used the bulky, metallic device, the first wireless set used by the Delhi Police, to give a live commentary on the grief expressed by world leaders who had come down to the Capital for the funeral.
The 70-year-old box, imported from England, is all but forgotten today. It is one of the artefacts at the Delhi Police Museum in Police Lines, Kingsway Camp. It looks like a bulky generator and was procured by the British from General Electric in 1944. It was the police’s first wireless communication device.
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