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{{Infobox broadcasting network
| name = BBC Hindi
| logo = BBC News 2019.svg
| country = [[United Kingdom]] & [[India]]
| network_type = [[Radio network]] and [[website]]
| available = International
| owner = [[BBC]]
| endowment = [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office]], UK
| key_people =
| language = [[Hindi]]
| launch_date = {{start date and age|df=yes|1940|5|11}}<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/radio-silence-in-khandwa/746519/|title=
Radio silence in Khandwa|author=Achala Sharma|date=6 February 2011|work=The Indian Express|accessdate=24 April 2021}}</ref>
| website = {{URL|https://www.bbc.com/hindi/}}
}}
'''BBC Hindi''' is an international news service. It started on 11 May 1940. Initially the service operated through radio. Currently, it is being operated on audio as well as website, TV and social networks.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.com/hindi/india-42527770|title=भारत का 20 लाख साल पुराना इतिहास देखेंगे? |trans-title=Will you see a 20 million year old history of India?|language=hi|date=1 January 2018|access-date=11 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180105014934/http://www.bbc.com/hindi/india-42527770|archive-date=5 January 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Controversy and criticism ==
In 2008, BBC Hindi was criticised by some Indian outlets for referring to the terrorists who carried out the [[November 2008 Mumbai attacks]] as "gunmen".<ref>[http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/Dec222008/editpage20081221108056.asp "Mealy-mouthed BBC"], ''The Deccan Herald''{{dead link|date=May 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}<br>- {{cite web|title=The BBC cannot see the difference between a criminal and a terrorist|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/dec/14mumterror-mj-akbar-slams-bbc-for-biased-coverage-of-mumbai-terror-attack.htm|author=Sheela Bhatt|date=14 December 2008|access-date=5 July 2012|work=[[Rediff.com|Rediff]]}}</ref> The response to this added to criticism from some Indian commentators suggesting that the BBC may have an [[Indophobic]] bias.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/storyOld.php?storyId=42169 |title=BBC coverage biased, say British Hindus |work=Indian Express|author=H.S. Rao |date=2 March 2004 |access-date=22 September 2011}}</ref> In March 2015, BBC Hindi was criticised for broadcasting a documentary interviewing one of the rapists in India, despite a ban ordered by the Indian High Court.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://edition.cnn.com/2015/03/03/asia/india-rape-comment-outrage/index.html | work=CNN | title=Indian court bans controversial interview with convicted rapist|date=4 March 2015|author=Madison Park and Harmeet Shah Singh|accessdate=24 April 2021}}</ref> In 2017, BBC India was banned for a period of five years from covering all [[List of national parks of India|national parks and sanctuaries]] in [[India]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=15 April 2017|title=Kaziranga film: BBC banned for 5 years from all national parks, sanctuaries|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/kaziranga-film-bbc-banned-for-5-years-from-all-national-parks-sanctuaries-4613758/|access-date=18 April 2021|website=The Indian Express}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Hindi-language mass media]]
[[Category:BBC]]

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BBC Hindi - Revision history

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