Hello Punjab

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Hello Punjab was a BBC Hindustani Radio programme broadcast, hosted by Princess Indira Devi of Kapurthala during World War II. It sent recorded voice messages of Punjabi soldiers of the Indian Sub-continent, fighting against Axis in different parts of the world under British Rule, to their families residing in various parts of Punjab.[1][2]

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  1. ^ Kaul, Chandrika (2020). "12. "The meek ass between two burdens?" The BBC and India during the Second World War". In Eliot, Simon; Wiggam, Marc (eds.). Allied Communication to the Public During the Second World War: National and Transnational Networks. London: Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 208. ISBN 978-1-350-10513-3.
  2. ^ Gupta, Diya (2 October 2019). "The Raj in radio wars: BBC Monitoring Reports on Broadcasts for Indian Audiences During the Second World War". Media History. 25 (4): 414–429. doi:10.1080/13688804.2019.1633911.

Further reading[edit]

  • Calder, Ritchie; Dover, Cedric; Ch'ien, Hsiao; Orwell, George (1943). Talking to India. George Allen & Unwin Ltd.