"Radio Man of India" Sets Record | 04 Oct 2024

Ram Singh Boudh from Uttar Pradesh sets a Guinness World Record with his unique radio collection, preserving the legacy of radios.

World Record Radio Collection:
- Ram Singh Boudh, famously known as the "Radio Man of India," has amassed a collection of 1,257 unique radios, dating from the 1920s to 2010.
- His collection surpassed the previous world record of 625 radios held by M Prakash.
Prime Minister's Recognition:
- Boudh's passion for preserving the legacy of radios gained national recognition when the Prime Minister mentioned him during the Mann Ki Baat radio program in November 2023.
- PM Modi highlighted Boudh’s dedication to keeping radios relevant, noting that his efforts sparked greater curiosity about his collection.
- The Prime Minister acknowledged that Mann Ki Baat itself has revitalized interest in radios and Akashvani (All India Radio), making them popular once again in many households.

The radio spectrum (also known as Radio Frequency or RF) is a part of the electromagnetic spectrum, electromagnetic waves in this frequency range are called radio frequency bands or simply ‘radio waves’.
- Radio waves have the longest wavelengths in the electromagnetic spectrum. These were discovered by Heinrich Hertz in the late 1880s.
RF bands spread in the range between 30 kHz and 300 GHz (alternative point of view offers coverage 3 KHz – 300 GHz).