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- Permanent Link:
- https://digital.soas.ac.uk/OA30000013/00002
Notes
- Abstract:
- Danial Latifi interviewed about being the basis of the character Iqbal in Khushwant Singh's novel 'Train to Pakistan'; Communist activism in Punjabi villages; Communist Party of India (CPI) approach to World War Two; Jailed for anti-war activism in Lahore; University of Oxford; joining CPI; role of British educated activists in CPI. ( en )
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- Biographical history: Danial Latifi was born in 1917. He was the son of Sir Alma Latifi of the I.C.S. Latifi was educated at the University of Oxford and trained as a Barrister-at-Law at Gray's Inn, London. Latifi joined the Communist Party of India in around 1940, and the Punjab Muslim League in circa 1944. He drafted the 'Punjab Muslim League Manifesto' in 1944. He married Sarah Itiyarah, a Syrian Christian teacher and a fellow Communist. Latifi was in Bombay during 1947, and he moved to Delhi following Partition. Latifi was a lawyer for the defence of those accused following the communist-led Telangana Rebellion in Hyderabad (1946-1951). Latifi dropped his links to the Communist Party in the early 1960s. Danial Latifi died in 2000.
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- Interview by Andrew Whitehead at Danial Latifi's home in Delhi, India
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- Conditions governing reproduction: The recording is available for consultation without restriction, and short extracts (up to 50 words) can be published with an appropriate acknowledgement. Any publication of longer extracts or use of interviews for broadcast requires the prior written permission of Andrew Whitehead.
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- Duration: Duration: 00:19:26
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- Recording no.: 13
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- Date of Interview: 2 January 1997
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- Audio datafile digitised from original recording on cassette tape. Original: OA3 Tape 11, Side B
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- Related material: Partial transcript and notes compiled by Andrew Whitehead available at SOAS Library. Reference: OA3/02/01
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- Publication note: Research for broadcast of the BBC World Service radio series 'India: A People Partitioned' (1997)
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- Order with this reference: OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4
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- VIAF (name authority) : Whitehead, Andrew (Journalist) : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/303972108
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- VIAF (name authority) : Latifi, Danial : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/77599080
Record Information
- Source Institution:
- SOAS University of London
- Holding Location:
- Special Collections
- Rights Management:
- All applicable rights reserved by the source institution and holding location.
- Resource Identifier:
- OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4 ( Order with reference )
OA3/01/03/03 ( CALM Reference number )
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