Listening to the radio without permission was punishable by imprisonment. रेडियो घरमा राख्न पनि लाइसेन्स लिन पर्थ्यो,

At one time, you had to set up an antenna at home to play a radio set, so you could not listen to the radio in secret. Therefore, the Rana government had no choice but to seek permission to keep the radio set. Listening to the radio without permission was punishable by imprisonment.

 
Radio, which until a few decades ago presented social prosperity, is generally disappearing.
Moreover, due to the prevalence of mobile, even the watch that stays with a person has disappeared.
However, the recent rapid increase in the number of FM stations in Nepal has helped maintain the importance of radio.

After the British government gave permission to the Indian Broadcasting Company, it started
broadcasting from Bombay on 8 July 1984 and from Calcutta on 10 September 1984.
During the reign of Rana Prime Minister Chandrashamsher, Philips radios manufactured
in Holland entered Nepal from the United Kingdom. At that time, having radio was a symbol of prosperity.
In order to play the radio set, you had to set up an antenna at home, so you could not listen to the radio in secret.
Therefore, the Rana government had no choice but to seek permission to keep the radio set.
Listening to the radio without permission was punishable by imprisonment. According to the official information,
according to Madan Mani Dixit, in 1986, Devmani Dixit had ordered the seventh radio from the UK. After World War II,
there was a shortage of radios in Britain, and Philco-branded radios manufactured in the United States were introduced.
 
While reading this, the Prime Minister cried while addressing the people and the radio was shut down
 
In 1992-93, Juddhashamsher hired Kashiraj Pandey, an electrical engineer, to listen to foreign
radio and prepare a news story "The News Reel" and make it available at the Rana Durbar.
Thus, the news on the radio was broadcast indirectly. This was the beginning of the importance of radio in Nepal.
The Rana government, which made the people listen to the radio, was banned from listening to the radio
during the Second World War when anti-British news spread. When Juddhashamsher confiscated all the
radio sets in the country (Kathmandu) in the decade before 1998, there were 400 of them.
 
Kamal Mani Dixit "Birseko Samjheko"
 
Kamal Mani Dixit has written about his experience with radio in his book "Birseko Samjheko".
In 1995, he used to walk from Pulchowk to Garidhara to listen to the radio in his big house,
Big Thuko Bubako. After the end of World War II, everyone got their radio back. Kamalmani's father also
got permission to keep the radio. Then I got to listen to the radio at home. But later, during the Padma Shamsher,
he could not listen to the radio broadcast from Bijuliadda as he was going to study in Benaras.
 
The first radio program broadcast from Nepal
 
The radio sets confiscated by Juddhashamsher were returned after the end of World War II.
After this, Padma Shamsher, who became the Prime Minister, decided to keep the radio.
He also started radio broadcasting in Kathmandu. Kashiraj Pandey, who was initially involved
in news gathering, started radio broadcasting under the name of Nepal Broadcasting from
1 pm to 1:30 pm on January 3, 2003 from Bagbazar Power Station. Soldiers returning from
World War II broadcast from a wireless set they carried. The radio broadcast was started by
playing verses of Ramayana from big loudspeakers. Later, the news was broadcast outside the
Kathmandu Valley. This radio broadcast time was gradually made from 10:00 to 3:00 p.m.
 
The first radio presenter
 
Kashiraj Pandey became the first radio announcer in Nepal to start broadcasting on Nepal
Broadcasting which started broadcasting on 14 January 2003 AD. He was accompanied by another
announcer, Prem Raj Sharma, then editor of Gorkhapatra. The great poet Laxmi Prasad Devkota
also recited poems from Nepal Broadcasting.
 
The first live broadcast
 
For the first time, Rana Prime Minister Padma Shamsher's speech at the Vishalnagar Durbar was
broadcast live on radio. As the big speakers were connected, everyone in the vicinity could hear them
well and the radio broadcast was also connected, so everyone inside Charbhanjyang had the opportunity
to listen to the speech. The radio broadcast that started in this way was stopped in 2004 with the fall of
Padma Shamsher. Mohan Shamsher had pulled out the transmitters with the aim of launching the radio in
a systematic manner, but the material reached Kathmandu only in 2013.
  
Radio in Pokhara
 
Although Grand Governor Dhanshamsher brought the radio to Pokhara in 2004, it is not certain whether
he could listen to the radio or not. But on 18 December 2005, Sahu Mahajan and the general public were
invited to his White Palace in Mohariya Tol to hear the news of Mahatma Gandhi's assassination on a
Gorkhali program broadcast from Calcutta. This is the first time Pokhrel has heard the radio.
After this, another Sahu from Pokhara, Chandra Bahadur Bhari, came from Kanpur carrying a radio
saying that he was less than Rana Badahakim. Thus radio entered Pokhara. After this, Shyam Sahu
(Karmacharya) also brought a radio. During the 2007 agitation, the number of radios in Pokhara had
increased significantly. People used to gather in the house with the radio to hear the news of the revolution.
 
During Mohan Shamsher's tenure on 18 July 2005, Mohan had succeeded in broadcasting some material
from All India Radio and also broadcasting radio from All India Radio. Similarly, using the anti-Rana
propaganda in 2007, Jayendra Bahadur Thapaliya started the radio program in Bhojpur from 25 December
to 19 January 2007 with the radio material brought by Naradmuni Thulung from Greece. Naradmuni
Thulung provided technical assistance for this work. Naradmuni Thulung who enlisted in the Indian
Army's Gurkha Rifles and reached Greece during World War II. After the end of the war, he spoke on
Greek radio about the need and inevitability of world peace. It was his experience that led to the launch
of the "Independent Nepal Radio" proclamation from Bhojpur. The transmitter was taken to the Raghupati
Jute Mill in Biratnagar overnight after a pro-Rana soldier killed seven Bhojpuri warriors in Pakhribas after
Jayanda Bahadur Thapaliya read the time and place of the attack on Dhankuta. From where Tarini Prasad
Koirala started his proclamation under the name of Nepal Prajatantra Radio on January 7, 2007 at 2 pm
with the words "This is Prajatantra Radio, we are speaking from an unknown front of the liberation struggle".
After the regular broadcasting from Biratnagar, it started to have an effect even in Kathmandu. Due to which,
Mohan Shamsher had broadcast hymns and news from Bijuli Adda from 7.30 pm to 7.30 pm. During the wave
of democracy in the country, broadcasting from jute mills was stopped for some time. Although it was broadcast
from other places for some time, it could not be regularized. After the advent of democracy, regular broadcasting resumed.
After the agreement to bring the radio station capital, Nepal Prajatantra Radio started on the 41 meter shortwave from the
old transmitter of Mohan All India Radio from the building of Singha Durbar. Later, with the help of Indian broadcaster
All India Radio, the broadcasting capacity was increased. Regular broadcasting of Prajatantra Nepal Radio started on
April 6, 2007. On the first day, at 8 am, Rashmi Rajyalakshmi inaugurated the program with the slogan "This is Prajatantra
Nepal Radio". Tarini Prasad Koirala was appointed the first chief executive of Radio Nepal, so the rest of the program was hosted
by Tarini Prasad Koirala. After the name of "Prajatantra Nepal Radio" which was started in this way, it became "Radio Nepal".
The name still exists today. The radio broadcast, which was aired for only one hour on the first day, has been extended for
24 hours and broadcasting has started from all five development regions.
Tarini Prasad Koirala had served as the station director for only nine months. He was fired in December 2008. However,
when writing the history of radio in Nepal, Tarini Prasad is elevated. While Kashiraj Pandey and Naradmuni Thulung are
not mentioned at all.vrshakya.com.np

  
Citizens had to get permission from the ruler to listen to the radio broadcast.