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024 7    |a OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4 |2 Order with reference
024 7    |a OA3/01/03/10 |2 CALM Reference number
040        |a UkLSOA |c UkLSOA
245 00 |a Interview with Bhisham Sahni [sound recordings] |h [electronic resource].
246 3    |a Interview with Bhīshma, Sāhanī [sound recordings].
490        |a India: A People Partitioned Oral Archive.
500        |a Biographical history: Bhisham Sahni was a Hindi novelist, playwright and political activist. Born in Rawalpindi in August 1915 into a Hindu Punjabi family, he was educated at the Government College in Lahore and Khalsa College, Amritsar. He was an activist in the Quit India movement and was working for the Congress party at the time of Partiton. Travelled to Delhi in August 1947 to attend Independence celebrations and was unable to return. Between 1957 and 1963, he lived in Moscow and worked as a translator. In 1974 he published the novel 'Tamas' [Darkness], his acclaimed fictionalised account of Partition. Sahni was general secretary of the Progressive Writers Association. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan for literature in 1998, and Sahitya Akademi Fellowship in 2002. Sahni died in July 2003.
500        |a Interview by Andrew Whitehead at Bhisham Sahni's home in East Patel Nagar, Delhi, India
500        |a 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.
500        |a Duration: Duration: 00:59:00
500        |a Recording no.: 20
500        |a Date of Interview: 9 September 1996
500        |a Audio datafile digitised from original recording on cassette tape. Original: OA3 Tape 17, Side A + B
500        |a Related material: Partial transcript and notes compiled by Andrew Whitehead available at SOAS Library. Reference: OA3/02/01
500        |a Publication note: Research for broadcast of the BBC World Service radio series 'India: A People Partitioned' (1997)
500        |a Order with this reference: OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4
500        |a VIAF (name authority) : Whitehead, Andrew (Journalist) : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/303972108
500        |a VIAF (name authority) : Sāhanī, Bhīshma,‏ ‎‡d 1915-2003‏ : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/19703316
520 3    |a Bhisham Sahni interviewed about early life; Partition violence; well deaths; refugee trains; Independence Day.
533        |a Electronic reproduction. |b London : |c SOAS University of London, |c Special Collections, |d 2020. |f (SOAS Digital Collections) |n Mode of access: World Wide Web. |n System requirements: Internet connectivity; Web browser software.
535 1    |a Special Collections.
650        |a ایشیا -- برطانوی راج.
650        |a एशिया -- ब्रिटिश राज.
650        |a ਏਸ਼ੀਆ -- ਬਰਤਾਨਵੀ ਰਾਜ.
650        |a এশিয়া -- ব্রিটিশ ভারত.
650        |a Asia -- India.
650        |a Asia -- Pakistan.
650        |a ایشیا -- ہندوستان.
650        |a एशिया -- भारत.
650        |a এশিয়া -- ভারত.
650        |a ਏਸ਼ੀਆ -- ਭਾਰਤ.
650    0 |a Partition of India (1947).
650    0 |a Pakistan -- History -- Partition (1947).
650    0 |a India-Pakistan Conflict, 1947-1949.
650    0 |a India-Pakistan Conflict, 1947-1949 -- Oral histories.
650        |a تقسیم ہند (1947).
650        |a ভারত বিভাজন (1947).
650        |a भारत का विभाजन (1947).
650        |a ਭਾਰਤ ਦੀ ਵੰਡ (1947).
650        |a (1947) ہندستان دی ونڈ.
650    0 |a Refugees.
650        |a Independence Day (Pakistan).
650        |a یوم آزادی (پاکستان).
655    4 |a Oral histories.
720        |a Sahni; Bhisham (1915-2003); Hindi writer and activist.
720        |a Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian. |4 ctb
720 1    |a Sāhanī, Bhīshma,‏ ‎1915-2003. |4 ctb
720 1    |a Whitehead, Andrew (Journalist). |4 ctb
752        |a British Raj.
830    0 |a SOAS Digital Collections.
830    0 |a South Asia.
830    0 |a India Country Collection.
830    0 |a Pakistan Collection at SOAS, University of London.
830    0 |a India: a people partitioned - oral archive.
852        |a GBR |b SDC |c South Asia
856 40 |u https://digital.soas.ac.uk/OA30000020/00002 |y Electronic Resource
992 04 |a http://digital.soas.ac.uk/content/OA/30/00/00/20/00002/OA30000020_00002thm.jpg
997        |a South Asia


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