DOORDARSHAN 56 YEARS COMPLETION

The doordarshan, went live on 15 September 1959.

Some amazing facts about Doordarshan:

1. On september 15 1959, UNESCO (United Nations Education Scientific and Cultural Organization ), gave india 20,000 dollars and 180 Philips sets to start india's largest broadcasting organisation .
2. It is said that broadcasting equipment was donated by germans who had come for an industrial exhibition.
3. All India Radio(AIR) supplide floor space and initial news content to Doordarshan.
4. In the starting year of the channel , the channel had only 180 television sets. In 10 years, the no. had grown to 1250 sets. A television producing factory at kanpur had provided 1205 sets. In 1970 it grew to 2200 and by 1977 the no, had grown to a quarter million.
5. It was year 1965, doordarshan started Broadcasting news.
6. In the year 1975, Vikram Sarabhai , the father of the indian space program, suggested an Indian National Satellite (INSAT) plan to send TV signals all over india .
7. In 1976, Indira gandhi went on television to announce the separation on Doordarshan from AIR.
8. In 1965, Doordarshan began a five minute news bulletin.
9. Pratima puri was the first newsreader.
10. DD has its own free charge D.T.H service called DD Direct Plus.
11. DD india is available in 146 countries worldwide.
12. Doordarshan has over 60 channels which includes DD1,DD2,DD, Daman and Diu DD Arunachal pradesh ,DD english , DD Goa etc.
13. In 2014, Doordarshan relaunched with new theme of pink and purple . The channel was also accompained by a new punchline"Desh ka Apna Channel".

                                                      Happy 56th to Doordarshan