Interview with Jack Jacob [sound recording]
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Title:
Interview with Jack Jacob [sound recording]
Series Title:
India: A People Partitioned Oral Archive
Alternate Title:
Interview with J. F. R. Jacob [sound recording]
Creator:
Jacob; Jacob-Farj-Rafael (b 1923); Indian Army officer and politican, known as Jack or J.F.R.
Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian ( contributor )
Jacob, J. F. R. ( contributor )
Whitehead, Andrew (Journalist) ( contributor )
Copyright Date:
© 2018 Andrew Whitehead and the interviewee(s). All rights reserved. Used here with permission.
Language:
English
Measurements:
00:28:24

Notes

Abstract:
Jack Jacob interviewed about the Bangladesh Liberation War, 1971. ( en )
General Note:
Biographical history: Jack Jacob was born in 1923 into a Calcutta Baghdadi Jewish family. He attended Victoria School in Kurseong. He joined the British Indian Army in 1942 and served in Iraq, North Africa and Burma. Following Partition he served in the Indian Army commanded an infantry division during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. He was Chief of Staff of the Indian Army's Eastern Command that defeated the Pakistan Army in East Pakistan during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War and drafted the Pakistani surrender document. He retired from the military in 1978. In the late 1990s he joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and became a member of its national executive. Jacob later served as the Governor of the states of Goa and Punjab.
General Note:
Interview by Andrew Whitehead in Delhi, India
General Note:
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.
General Note:
Duration: Duration: 00:28:24
General Note:
Recording no.: 25
General Note:
Date of Interview: 11 December 1996
General Note:
Audio datafile digitised from original recording on cassette tape. Original: OA3 Tape 22, Side A
General Note:
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)
General Note:
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
General Note:
VIAF (name authority) : Jacob, J. F. R. : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/77148623

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 )
OA3/01/05/01 ( CALM Reference number )