Signature tune for AIR

The signature tune for AIR (All India Radio) was composed and set to music by Thakur Balwant Singh in 1936. Still according to some others, in the year 1936, the signature tune was composed by Walter Kaufman, the director of western music programs in Bombay.That the antiquity of this tune is 1936, is certain.

Every morning since then, this otherworldly tune has been played at the beginning of the morning telecast of AIR, and with time has etched itself into the memories of everyone who listened to radio in India. Some brooding morning sounding: melancholic, and on some bright mornings sounding: still more melancholic.

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thanku

very pleasant to hear it again..

Truly nostalgic

sorcerer..brings back old memories...

good old memories.........

Sorcerer

did u know the instruments used for creating the AIR signature tune were:
Violin,Viola,Cello and Tanpura. Based on an article from magazine called Boys' Life, Nov 1953.