Interviews with A. C. Jolly; Rajeshwari Jolly; Harbhajan Singh Puri; & Hardeep Puri [sound recording]
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Title:
Interviews with A. C. Jolly; Rajeshwari Jolly; Harbhajan Singh Puri; & Hardeep Puri [sound recording]
Series Title:
India: A People Partitioned Oral Archive
Alternate Title:
Interviews with Abhash Chander Jolly; Rajeshwari Jolly; Harbhajan Singh Puri; & Hardeep Puri [sound recording]
Creator:
Jolly; Abhash Chander (b 1928); Indian Air Force officer
Jolly; Raj Rajeshwari (fl 1947-1997); wife of Abhash Chander Jolly ( contributor )
Puri; Harbhajan Singh (fl 1947-1997); engineer ( contributor )
Puri; Hardeep (fl 1947-1997); wife of Harbhajan Singh Puri ( contributor )
Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian ( contributor )
Jolly, Abhash Chander, 1928- ( contributor )
Jolly, Raj Rajeshwari, fl. 1947-1997 ( contributor )
Puri, Harbhajan Singh, fl. 1947-1997 ( contributor )
Puri, Hardeep, fl. 1947-1997 ( contributor )
Whitehead, Andrew (Journalist) ( contributor )
Copyright Date:
© 2018 Andrew Whitehead and the interviewee(s). All rights reserved. Used here with permission.
Language:
English
Hindi
Measurements:
00:47:14

Notes

Abstract:
A.C. Jolly interviewed about Punjab; Partition violence. Rajeshwari Jolly interviewed (in Hindi) about Gurdaspur; abducted women.Harbhajan Singh Puri interviewed about Lahore; refugee trains; Partition violence.Hardeep Puri interviewed about Amritsar. ( en )
General Note:
Biographical history: A.C. Jolly was born in 1928. He was a Hindu and grew up in village of Dhaka near Ludhiana. He served as Group Captain in the Indian Air Force.
General Note:
Biographical history: Raj Rajeshwari Jolly, a Hindu, grew up in the mixed village Sajanpur near Pathankot. She was the wife of Group-Captain Abhash Chander Jolly.
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Biographical history: Harbhajan Singh Puri, a Sikh, was in Lahore as a student during Partition. He left Lahore on a train to Delhi. He became a government engineer in India.
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Biographical history: Mrs Hardeep Puri; a Sikh, grew up in East Punjab. She was with her family in Patiala in 1947. She was the wife of Harbhajan Singh Puri, a government engineer.
General Note:
Interview by Andrew Whitehead in Chandigarh, 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: 00:47:14
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Recording no.: 59
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Date of Interview: 15 March 1997
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Audio datafile digitised from original recording on cassette tape. Original: OA3 Tape 43, Side A
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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

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