World Television Day 2025: Learn 5 lesser-known facts
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Television in India
The first television came to India in Delhi in 1959 before colour transmission began in 1982, and has since then evolved into much more like the latest smart TV
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World Television Day
Every year, World Television Day 2025 is observed on November 21 to celebrate the role of the television in our lives including communication and globalisation
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John Logie Baird is credited as the early inventor of the mechanical version; Philo Farnsworth, also known as the `Father of Television` for the electronic one
Origin of the word
The word `television` comes from the Greek word `tele` meaning `far` and the Latin word `visio` meaning sight, and was coined in the 1900s
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Origins
The United Nations General Assembly marked November 21 as World Television Day in 1996 in recognition of its increasing impact on the world
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