The document provides a detailed history of advertising from its origins to its development and growth worldwide and specifically in India. It traces the evolution of advertising from the 15th century with the development of printing, through its rise in newspapers in the 17th-18th centuries, the establishment of the first advertising agencies in the 19th century, and the expansion driven by industrialization, new media like radio and TV, and increasing consumerism globally and in India over the 20th century. Key developments in India include the opening of the first agency in 1905, the emergence of cinema and radio advertising in the 1930s-40s, and major booms with the introduction of color TV in 1982 and satellite TV and FM radio in the 1990s