''''1982: Key Events'''

* Continuing the Congress (I)’s liberalisation policies, Indian culture is marketed in a massive Festivals of India campaign starting in London, then in Paris and Moscow. India’s finest traditional and contemporary artists are featured. 

* The Bombay Textile strike, lasting almost a year. 

* INSAT 1-A is launched from Cape Canaveral, inaugurating a national TV programme mobilising all prime time throughout the country for the New Delhi station. 

* Colour TV starts on 25 April with the telecast of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satyajit_Ray|Ray]]’s [[Sadgati]] and [[Shatranj Ke Khiladi]]. Regular colour telecasts through INSAT begin on 15 August. 

* The Ninth Asian Games held in Delhi provide the first nationwide colour programmes, using the USSR’s Stationary-5 satellite and 20 low-power transmitters.

* [[N. T. Rama Rao's]] starts the Telugu Desam Party. 

* The failure of [[Rawail]]’s Deedar-e-Yaar is a major setback to the Hindi industry. 

* The Tamil film weekly Gemini Cinema starts. First films in Brijbhasha (Brij Bhoomi) and Malvi (Bhadwa Mata).