02/09/2021
The first woman to read a news bulletin in Hindi on BBC was Rajni Kaul. This was nearly 60 years ago and today at the age of 93 she passed away in Faridabad on Tuesday.
She was born in Peshawar and worked with All India Radio (AIR) in New Delhi before joining the Voice of America (VOA) in Washington and then BBC in London.
(Source: The Telegraph)