Question

Colour television was introduced on __________ in India.
A) $23$ July, $1927$
B) $15$ September, $1959$
C) $1$ May, $1972$
D) $15$ August, $1982$

Answer 1

Hint: Until the early $1980s$, a television in India was black and white, unlike today's world of high-definition TVs and LED screens with a million colours. It was even more than that for the Indian buyer. It was a chance to see the world in all its colours.

Complete answer:
This was the time when India was preparing for the Asian Games, which promised to be a colourful display. However, the majority of the population risked seeing it in black and white. Until a vote by the Union Cabinet forever altered how people viewed television. It was just a temporary permit at first, with the Union Government authorising the import of $50,000$ colour television sets by November of the same year.

However, by the end of it, the Indian viewer was willing to spend up to Rs $15,000$ on an imported version and Rs $8,000$ on an Indian set. With one lakh sets imported into the country, the government reaped the benefits, earning Rs $70$ crore in customs revenue. In December $1982$, India Today reported on a "virtual craze" in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Dubai, where stores were practically emptied of television sets for Indian use, despite the fact that recipients in India willingly paid the $190$ percent customs duty. Doordarshan broadcast India's first-ever colour programme on August $15$, $1982$, $36$ years ago.

Thus the correct answer is option ‘D’.

Note: To commemorate the occasion, the state-run television network shared the video above on its official Twitter account, which shows the network's iconic revolving logo in colour. “On April $15$, $1982$, Doordarshan began the test run of India's first colour telecast,” the caption reads.