Interview with Shakeei Ahmed & Akhtar Jehan [sound recording]
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Material Information

Title:
Interview with Shakeei Ahmed & Akhtar Jehan [sound recording]
Series Title:
India: A People Partitioned Oral Archive
Creator:
Shakeei Ahmed (b c 1925); trade unionist
Akhtar Jehan (b c 1925); college principal ( contributor )
Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian ( contributor )
Ahmed, Shakeei, ca. 1925- ( contributor )
Akhtar Jehan, ca. 1925- ( contributor )
Whitehead, Andrew (Journalist) ( contributor )
Copyright Date:
© 2018 Andrew Whitehead and the interviewee(s). All rights reserved. Used here with permission.
Language:
English
Measurements:
00:22:56

Notes

Abstract:
Shakeei Ahmed interviewed about Muslim League; Urdu; UP Muslims.Akhtar Jehan interviewed about Urdu; UP Muslims. ( en )
General Note:
Biographical history: Shakeei Ahmed was born in around 1925. He was an activist with Quit India and was jailed during British rule. He was a member of the Congress Socialist Party and in later life advised trade unions on labour cases. He married Akhtar Jehan.
General Note:
Biographical history: Akhtar Jehan was born in around 1925. Before Partition she was the Head of the Urdu and Persian Department at Delhi College. She later became a college principal. She married Shakeei Ahmed.
General Note:
Interview by Andrew Whitehead at Shakeei Ahmed & Akhtar Jehan's home in Lucknow, 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: 00:22:56
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Recording no.: 82
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Date of Interview: 27 March 1997
General Note:
Audio datafile digitised from original recording on cassette tape. Original: OA3 Tape 52, Side A
General Note:
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 )
OA3/01/11/03 ( CALM Reference number )