Hindi
Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been de ...
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television programme broadcast from 1968 until 1982.
It was the first major programme for Hindi and Urdu-speaking viewers, and represented the beginnings of regular broadcasting in the UK for non-native English speakers. Until that point, all BBC programmes had assumed an English or Welsh-speaking audience.
Each programme included domestic and international news (including that from the
Indian sub-continent
The Indian subcontinent is a physiographical region in Southern Asia. It is situated on the Indian Plate, projecting southwards into the Indian Ocean from the Himalayas. Geopolitically, it includes the countries of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India ...
). Cultural and current affairs interviews were also included, and so were music performances. It was presented by
Mahendra Kaul
Mahendra Nath Kaul (28 July 1922 – 11 July 2018) was a British television presenter for the BBC Asian Unit.
Kaul was born in Srinagar, Kashmir in northern India, and was a Kashmiri Pandit. He was a presenter for Radio Kashmir from 194 ...
and Saleem Shahed, amongst others.
Usually broadcast at the beginning of programmes on
BBC1
BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's flagship network and is known for broadcasting mainstream programming, which includes BBC News television bulletins, ...
on Sundays, it was occasionally repeated on
BBC Two
BBC Two is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It covers a wide range of subject matter, with a remit "to broadcast programmes of depth and substance" in contrast to the more mainstream an ...
during the week, and was produced in
Birmingham
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. By the time of its demise in April 1982, the BBC Asian Programmes Unit (APU) was a well-established provider of Asian-language programmes across the BBC network.
Asian programmes on BBC television began at 9:00am on Sunday 10 October 1965 on
BBC One
BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's flagship network and is known for broadcasting mainstream programming, which includes BBC News television bulletins, p ...
with ''In Logon Se Miliye'' ("Let me introduce you to these people"). In January 1966 this was replaced with ''Apna Hi Ghar Samajhiye'' ("Make Yourself At Home"), which also ran on Sunday mornings on
BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC that replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. It broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history from the BBC' ...
. In November 1968 this programme was replaced on television with ''Nai Zindagi Naya Jeevan''.
In 1977, a companion programme aimed at Asian women, ''
Gharbar
''Gharbar'' was a weekly BBC television programme for the Asian community, which aired from 1977 to 1987. Initially a 26-part series billed as "helping Asian families to help themselves", the programme was made permanent the following April and ...
'', was launched. The programme had only been intended to run for 26 weeks but continued for 10 years, finally ending in April 1987.BBC Genome Project – BBC2 listings 19 October 1977 /ref>
A tribute to the television programme appeared on the top-twenty album Community Music (2000) by electronica band
Asian Dub Foundation
Asian Dub Foundation (ADF) is an English electronic music band that combines musical styles including rap rock, dub, dancehall, ragga, and South Asian music. The group also includes traditional rock instruments such as electric bass and gui ...
. The lyrics to the fourth song on the album, "New Way, New Life", credited numerous members of the band, who described growing up in families of ''Nai Zindagi Naya Jeevan'' fans.