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024 7    |a OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4 |2 Order with reference
024 7    |a OA3/01/09/03 |2 CALM Reference number
040        |a UkLSOA |c UkLSOA
245 00 |a Interview with Harkishan Singh Surjeet [sound recording] |h [electronic resource].
490        |a India: A People Partitioned Oral Archive.
500        |a Biographical history: Harkishan Singh Surjeet was born in 1916 in Ropawal, Punjab. In 1930 he joined the Naujawan Bharat Sabha [Youth Society of India] movement and was imprisoned by colonial authorities in 1932. Surjeet joined the Communist Party of India (CPI) in 1936 and was a founder and leader of the Kisan Sabha [Peasants Union] in Punjab. During the Second World War, he was imprisoned by the British authorities. During Independence and Partition Surjeet was full-time Secretary of the CPI in Punjab. He was elected to the Central Committee and Political Bureau of the CPI in 1954. Following the split of the CPI in 1964, Surjeet joined the Communist Party of India (Marxist). He became General Secretary of the CPI (M) in 1992, a post he held until his retirement in 2005. He died on 1st August 2008.
500        |a Interview by Andrew Whitehead at Harkishan Singh Surjeet's home in 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: 00:21:26
500        |a Recording no.: 56
500        |a Date of Interview: 13 March 1997
500        |a Audio datafile digitised from original recording on cassette tape. Original: OA3 Tape 41, Side 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) : Surjeet, Harkishan Singh, 1916-2008 : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/114753811
520 3    |a Harkishan Singh Surjeet interviewed about Punjab; Lahore; Partition violence; Communist Party of India (CPI) support for Muslim League; refugees in Pakistan; CPI role defending minorities.
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 -- Pakistan -- Punjab -- Lahore -- Lahore.
650        |a ایشیا -- پاکستان -- پنجاب -- لاہور -- لاہور.
650        |a एशिया -- पाकिस्तान -- पंजाब -- लाहौर -- लाहौर.
650        |a এশিয়া -- পাকিস্তান -- পাঞ্জাব -- লাহোর.
650        |a ਏਸ਼ੀਆ -- ਪਾਕਿਸਤਾਨ -- ਪੰਜਾਬ -- ਲਾਹੌਰ.
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    0 |a Communist party of India.
650        |a ਭਾਰਤੀ ਕਮਿਊਨਿਸਟ ਪਾਰਟੀ.
650        |a بھارتیہ کمیونسٹ پارٹی.
650        |a بھارتی کمیونسٹ پارٹی.
655    4 |a Oral histories.
720        |a Surjeet; Harkishan Singh (1916-2008); Indian communist.
720        |a Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian. |4 ctb
720 1    |a Surjeet, Harkishan Singh, 1916-2008. |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 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/OA30000056/00002 |y Electronic Resource
992 04 |a http://digital.soas.ac.uk/content/OA/30/00/00/56/00002/00001thm.jpg
997        |a South Asia


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