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The All India Radio (AIR) was renamed as _____ in the year ____.

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Akashvani, 1956
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Akashvani, 1936
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Vividh Bharati, 1956
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Vividh Bharati, 1936
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Solution

The correct option is A Akashvani, 1956
The first private company broadcasting daily news and other subjects was the Indian Broadcasting Company. It was established on 23rd July, 1927. It was bought by the British and renamed to All India Radio. In the year 1956, AIR was renamed to Akashvani on the suggestion of the famous poet Pandit Narendra Sharma.

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