Writer Mod Date & Time PARTITION: tape 9 255MODEM 255MODEM Nov 16 09:29 TAPE 9 Side A Gopal Das KHOSLA interviewed Delhi, 15/11/95: no - 683 1601) - born Lahore, 15/12/01; written many books, including an autobiography, a book on partition ('Stern Reckoning') and one on Netaji; educated at Cambridge and Lincoln's Inn; a judge, and then Chief Justicen [DIED 10th June 1996] BIRTH/LAHORE/PARTITION 17 - born in g/mother's house in Lahore's old city; 'I never went to it afterwards and I don't even know where it was' 23 - father in [IA] service, posted to various places in Punjab, went wherever he went 40 - 'I only went back [to L] once after partition ... that was to collect my stuff. Because we were living in L, I was a High Ct judge there, and I hadn't even locked up my house, I'd left my servants, when I heard that someone had broken into my house and some of my goods were looted; I asked the govt, they gave me some military escort, and I went along with two trucks and brought back whatever I cd' INDEPENDENCE AND NEHRU'S SPEECH 50 - [in 47] 'the High Ct [in L] had closed down, and I'd gone up to Mussoorie, and 15th August I was in M having my sort of vacation' 56 - 'I came down on the 14th August and I went to the Parlt Ho, my brother-in-law ... had arranged for us to go there, and I rememebr it was really quite an impressive sight ... and I must say I was greatly moved by the speeches made, particularly Nehru's speech, the famous one, about "tryst with destiny"; I was there' 66 - 'the next day there was a garden party at which the Mountbattens came and they were almost mobbed, but they didn't mind, they loved it; they drew up in a carriage and four to Indian Gate lawns, and it was hardly a party, cos everybody rushed to congratulate them and be near them and so on' 75 - [re Nehru's speech] 'I still remember that; I was really moved as an Indian that we were becoming independent' LAHORE AND PARTITION 80 - 'well I didn't like leaving it [L] at all, because I had a lot of property there, which I was going to lose, I had bought this for my residence, two acres of land I had on my own, in a prime area; and we had friends, Muslims as well as Hindus ... there was no question of Hindus hating Muslims or anything like that; it was more political than social; I can remember that we had more Muslim friends than Hindu friends ...' 102 - 'one of my friends said as we were travelling around in the car [when collecting stuff], keep you head down, because being a High Ct judge you'll be known to people, and I wouldn't like anything to happen; I was surprised that in Nov, this friend had to warn me riding in his car to keep me head down'