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Podcast: Listen with Irfan
Episode: Jasdev Singh speaks to Irfan | A very first known interview
Description: in 2009, I interviewed commentator Jasdev Singh in Delhi first then for Rajya Sabha TV in 2011. He was almost forgotten by the people and there were no interviews done during those two decades after his retirement.
Jasdev Singh (18 May 1931 – 25 September 2018) was an Indian sports commentator. He was awarded Padma Shri in 1985 and Padma Bhushan in 2008. He died on 25 September 2018. He was also an official commentator on Independence Day, and Republic Day parade broadcasts from 1963 for state-run media, Doordarshan and also All India Radio. He joined All Indian Radio Jaipur in 1955, and moved to Delhi eight years, thereafter he jo...