Interview with Harbaksh Singh [sound recording]
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Title:
Interview with Harbaksh Singh [sound recording]
Series Title:
India: A People Partitioned Oral Archive
Creator:
Harbaksh Singh (1913-1999); Indian Army General
Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian ( contributor )
Harbaksh Singh, 1913-1999 ( contributor )
ਹਰਬਖ਼ਸ਼ ਸਿੰਘ, 1913-1999 ( contributor )
Whitehead, Andrew (Journalist) ( contributor )
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Copyright Date:
© 2018 Andrew Whitehead and the interviewee(s). All rights reserved. Used here with permission.
Language:
English
Measurements:
01:01:41

Notes

Abstract:
Harbaksh Singh interviewed about fighting in Kashmir; Army. ( en )
General Note:
Biographical history: Lieutenant General Harbaksh Singh was born in Punjab on 1st October 1913. He attended the Indian Military Academy in 1933. He fought with the British Indian Army in Mayala [Malyasia] in the Second World War. He was captured by the Japanese at fall of Singapore but refused to join the Indian National Army. He returned to India in 1945. He was at the military academy in Quetta in the summer of 1947. Harbaksh Singh was an officer during combat with raiders in Kashmir at Shelatang Bridge in November 1947. He was the General-Officer-Commanding-in-Chief of the Western Army Command of the Indian Army from 1964 to 1969 and played a key role during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. Lieutenant General Harbaksh Singh retired in September 1969. He died on the 14th November 1999.
General Note:
Interview by Andrew Whitehead at Harbaksh Singh home 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: 01:01:41
General Note:
Recording no.: 45
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Date of Interview: 6 March 1997
General Note:
Audio datafile digitised from original recording on cassette tape. Original: OA3 Tape 36, Side A + B
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Related material: Partial transcript and notes compiled by Andrew Whitehead available at SOAS Library. Reference: OA3/02/01
General Note:
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
General Note:
VIAF (name authority) : Whitehead, Andrew (Journalist) : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/303972108

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 )
OA3/01/07/10 ( CALM Reference number )