[India's first community radio station?] Pre-Independence radio station gets recognition 26 Jan 2009, 0446 hrs IST, TNN http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Pune/Pre-Independence_radio_station_gets_recognition/articleshow/4031295.cms
PUNE: The Akhil Mandai Mandal on Saturday inaugurated a giant information hoarding on the underground radio station that thrived at a vada behind Mandai during the pre-Independence period. The board contains a description of the radio station where freedom fighters, including Jay Prakash Narayan, Ram Manohar Lohiya, Yousuf Meher Ali, Achyutrao Patwardhan, delivered speeches during the Quit India Movement. In November 1942, the first announcement of the Swatantra Bharat Nabhowani Kendra was made from this station. Bhola Wanjale of the Akhil Mandai Mandal said, "People have forgotten about this landmark incident in the history of the city and to rekindle the knowledge, we have put up the board. We want people how this place is historically important." The radio station survived until the police arrested its members in a crackdown following a blast at the Capitol theatre on January 24, 1943. _______________________________________________ cr-india mailing list [email protected] https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/cr-india
