The Radio Planet

All India Radio

A New Country, On Air

The broadcasts around independence and partition, as All India Radio carried them — a young state finding its own frequency.

1946 – 1952 · 3 stops · 1h 54m

  1. 1

    The founding broadcasts of a newly independent nation's national service.

    Voices of Independent India · Radio

    The Last Train Out

    4 Aug 2026 · 40 min

  2. 2

    The service settling into its peacetime routine.

    Voices of Independent India · Radio

    Signal at Midnight

    28 Jul 2026 · 55 min

  3. 3

    Coverage that had to explain a country still drawing its own borders.

    Voices of Independent India · Radio

    A Room Above the Street

    21 Jul 2026 · 18 min