page_title: Pitampura TV Tower
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Pitampura TV Tower / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Pitampura TV Tower
context_page_description: Pitampura TV Tower is a 235-metre-tall television tower, built in 1988, with an observation deck that is located in Rohini, Delhi, India. It is the 15th tallest structure in India, and the tallest structure in Delhi. Dilli Haat Pitampura is also situated near the TV tower. The Tower was dedicated to the Nation as Dr. B. R. Ambedkar TV Tower 10 April 1992 by the Minister for The State of Information & Broadcasting, Ajeet Kumar Panja.
context_section_description: The Ambedkar TV tower was built in 1988, in one of the biggest commercial/business districts of New Delhi. Netaji Subhash Place in Pitampura is one of the main local tourist spots of Delhiites. Delhi's second Dilli Haat, a traditional food and crafts bazaar, was developed by Delhi Tourism and Transportation Development Corporation (DTTDC) in Pitampura, was established close to the Ambedkar TV Tower and spread over 7.2 hectares in April 2008. Also it has Pitampura Sports Complex by its side.
  In October 2010, Lt. Col. Satyendra Verma, an officer of the Indian Army Sports sky diving team, successfully performed India's first BASE jump on Friday, off the 235-metre-tall Ambedkar Tower.
  On 5 January 2013 a fire broke out within the 200m high tower around 10:30pm and took 15 fire men to control it.
caption: Pitampura TV Tower
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