Arrange the following Radio broadcasting development in chronological order :

(a) Radio broadcasting started by the Radio club of Bombay

(b) Changed to Akashwani

(c) Changed to All India Radio

(d) Broadcasting system adopted

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

(a), (d) (c), (b)

The correct answer is Option (2) → A, D, C, B

• A. Radio broadcasting started by the Radio Club of Bombay (1923):  This marks the beginning of radio in India by a private club.

• D. Broadcasting system adopted (1927–1936): The Indian Broadcasting Company (IBC) was set up in 1927, later taken over by the government in 1930 and renamed as Indian State Broadcasting Service (ISBS) (only part information is given in NCERT).

• C. Changed to All India Radio (1936): ISBS was renamed All India Radio (AIR).

• B. Changed to Akashvani (1957): AIR was later popularly known as Akashvani, a name officially adopted in 1957.

"Radio broadcasting started in India in 1923 by the Radio Club of Bombay(A). Since then, it gained immense popularity and changed the socio cultural life of people. Within no time, it made a place in every household of the country. Government took this opportunity and brought this popular mode of communication under its control in 1930 under the Indian Broadcasting System (D). It was changed to All India Radio in 1936 (C) and to Akashwani in 1957 (B).