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In a move to protest government's decision to ban the documentary India's Daughter from being telecast in India, NDTV decided to go off air for one hour and take resort to

'silent protest'.  In a move to protest government's decision to ban the documentary _India's Daughter_ from being telecast in India, NDTV decided to go off air for one

hour and take resort to 'silent protest'.  The documentary was scheduled to air on March 8, on the occasion of International Women's Day before being banned by the government.

From 9pm to 10pm on sunday, NDTV ran a black screen with a diya on it and the name of the documentary on the screen. On the ticker, the channel ran quotes by various personalities and

organisations who have opposed the bans too.  ALSO READ: EDITORS GUILD OF INDIA URGES GOVERNMENT TO REVOKE BAN ON 'INDIA'S DAUGHTER' The documentary made by British filmmaker

Leslee Udwin contained interview of Mukesh Singh, who is one of the six convicts for brutally gangraping and killing a 23-year-old paramedical student in Delhi. The documentary had sparked a

row ever since its screening was announced in India last week, following which it has been banned by the government. BBC aired the documentary, containing the controversial interview of a

convict in the December 16,2012 gangrape despite a Delhi court prohibiting it. NDTV has earned much praise on the internet. Many on Twitter even compared the bold step by NDTV to the time of

Emergency when The Indian Express an The Statesman had printed blank editorial pages. > Because we don't need to shout to be heard “@venkatananth: Well > played, NDTV!” > — 

Gargi Rawat (@GargiRawat) March 8, 2015 > from 9pm to 10pm @ndtv's screen was dark and silent. but the message > was loud and clear. #IndiasDaughter pic.twitter.com/73BORW4BBI

> — Ajit Ranade (@ajit_ranade) March 8, 2015 > Well done NDTV for protesting so meaningfully against the ban on > India's Daughter: a blank hour to register censorship. > — 

Tavleen Singh (@tavleen_singh) March 8, 2015 > We won't Shout but we will be Heard @SharmaKadambini: > #IndiasDaughters 9pm to 10pm pic.twitter.com/UKfqtTImL7” > — sonia singh 

(@soniandtv) March 8, 2015 > NDTV blank screen (lamp+scroll) protesting 'India's Daughter' ban > recalls blank @IndianExpress OpEd during Emergency. > 

pic.twitter.com/JJwuQA3zVH > — Pooja Desai (@poojadesaid) March 8, 2015 > @ShekharGupta Brilliant silent protest @ndtv on rape documentary > ban. Surely the silliest thing done by 

this govt so far, one they'll > regret > — Shekhar Gupta (@ShekharGupta) March 8, 2015 > Biting irony of scroll texts @ndtv running on silent screen: Indians > have seen 

#DaughterOfIndia but it can't be screened for India > — Sankarshan Thakur (@SankarshanT) March 8, 2015 > If silence is what the government wanted on the documentary, that's

> what they got. Be careful what you wish for. @ndtv #silentprotest > — Suhasini Haidar (@suhasinih) March 8, 2015 > A tale of two protests against censorship. Print media, 1975.

> Electronic media, 2015. [Pic via @venkatananth] > pic.twitter.com/RLFDPlGKC2 > — Nigel Britto (@NigelBritto) March 8, 2015 > Bravo #NDTV! The most eloquent protest agnst the 

suppression of free > speech in India ever seen post-Emergency. Bravo! @ndtv > #IndiasDaughter > — Anna MM Vetticad (@annavetticad) March 8, 2015