Would it have been possible for an Indian to own a digital camera and use email in 1988 as claimed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his recent interview to TV channel News Nation? "Available literature suggests the first digital camera was called the electronic still camera. "Even if digital cameras were introduced in India in 1990, anyone could have been possessing them before that in India through a family/friend gift from a foreign country. lekin 1988 mein digital camera aur email tha? (The Prime Minister had no wallet as he didn't have money, but did he have a digital camera and email in 1988?).

Source: Economic Times May 14, 2019 16:07 UTC