Interview with I. A. Rehman [sound recording]

Material Information

Title:
Interview with I. A. Rehman [sound recording]
Series Title:
India: A People Partitioned Oral Archive
Creator:
Rehman; Ibn Abdur (b 1930); Pakistani peace and human rights activist
Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian ( contributor )
Rehman, I. A. ( contributor )
Whitehead, Andrew (Journalist) ( contributor )
Publication Date:
Copyright Date:
© 2018 Andrew Whitehead and the interviewee(s). All rights reserved. Used here with permission.
Language:
English
Measurements:
00:23:08

Notes

Abstract:
I. A. Rehman interviewed about Aligarh Muslim University; Partition violence in Haryana. ( en )
General Note:
Biographical history: I. A. Rehman is a leading Pakistani peace and human-rights advocate. He was born on the 1st September 1930 in Hasanpur, Harayana, India and grew up in Palwal, Haryana a predominantly Hindu town. His father was a nationalist Muslim lawyer who was opposed to the Partition of India. Rehman attended Aligarh Muslim University. His family was attacked in during Partition violence in Harayana in 1947. His family moved to Lahore, Pakistan following Partition. Rehman worked as a movie critic and journalist for the 'Pakistan Times'. He was sacked in 1970 for his leading role in the national strike held by the journalists' trade union. Rehman and other dismissed journalists established the progressive newspaper 'Daily Azad'. In 1972, Rehman was returned to the 'Pakistan Times' as assistant editor but left again after two years. In 1978, he was appointed executive editor of the politically independent 'Weekly Viewpoint'. In 1989, Rehman was appointed as the chief editor of 'Pakistan Times'. Following the military coup in Pakistan in 1990, he left the paper. He is the director of the independent Human Rights Commission of Pakistan and the founding chair or the Pakistan-India Peoples' Forum for Peace and Democracy, an organisation which promotes grass-roots dialogue in the two countries.
General Note:
Interview by Andrew Whitehead at I A Rehman's office, Gulberg, Lahore, Pakistan
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: 00:23:08
General Note:
Recording no.: 102
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Date of Interview: April 1997
General Note:
Audio datafile digitised from original recording on cassette tape. Original: OA3 Tape 60, Side A + B
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)
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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
General Note:
VIAF (name authority) : Rehman, I. A. : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/272899287

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 )
OA3/01/13/97 ( CALM Reference number )