Philips Electronics: A mixed journey in India

In 1930, Indian subsidiary incorporated as Philips Electricals Co Ltd.  Trying hard to adjust to a changing environment, Philips got some things right and some things wrong.

Here, an old Philips 'two-in-one', radio-cum-cassette player, circa 1980s

Philips provides the lighting at the Vidyasagar Setu in Kolkata

A wartime ad of Philips Amplifiers Loudspeakers

9th Asiad at New Delhi, 1982. It was Philips which provided the lighting.