Archive Services

"Meri awaz suno...", AIR has offered a debut ground for artists like Bade Ghulam Ali, Begum Akhtar and other greats through the medium of Archives, a national heritage of All India Radio featuring the nation's development from the hard life of freedom struggle to the present day.

In its womb it preserves the cultural and intellectual wealth of the country : recordings of eminent musicians, men and women of letters, political figures, intellectuals, leaders, statesmen etc. Needless to say that the Archives are an important national resource for historians, scholars, music enthusiasts etc. Recordings both on CDs and cassettes have been developed for the masses at large to let the national feeling sprout among them.

AIR made it possible for all Indians to tune in his famous prayer meeting addresses increasing the number of Gandhiji's listeners by four or five millions overnight ! About 51 hours of these recordings can be heard today.