Colour television transmission in India was launched on this day -- April 25 -- four decades ago, in 1982. The arrival of colour TV sets in India was accompanied by much drama and deliberation as well as a heated debate in Parliament. On October 11, 1982, just ahead of the Asian Games in New Delhi, an overnight decision was taken by the Indira Gandhi cabinet to allow people to bring colour TV sets from abroad for friends and relatives. Rule tweaked overnight to import TV sets The Janata Party government under Morarji Desai had stalled a decision to introduce colour...