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- Permanent Link:
- http://digital.soas.ac.uk/OA30000105/00001
Notes
- Abstract:
- C .R. Dutta interviewed about minorities; migration in Bangladesh. ( en )
- General Note:
- Biographical history: Major General C. R. Dutta was born on 1st January 1927 into a family from Sylhet, Bengal. He was educated at Asutosh College of the University of Calcutta and Daulatpur College in Khulna. Dutta joined the Pakistani army in 1951 and served as company commander during the 1965 Indo-Pakistan War. He fought for the independence of Bangladesh as a commander for the Sylhet sector of the Mukti Bahini during the Bangladesh Liberation War. Following the independence of Bangladesh, he became the first Director General of Bangladesh Rifles. In 1988, following his retirement from the army, Chitta Ranjan Dutta was a founder member and first President of the Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council. In this role he campaigned for a secular constitution for Bangladesh and the rights of minorities.
- General Note:
- Interview by Andrew Whitehead at the offices of Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council in Dhaka, Bangladesh
- 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: 00:16:35
- General Note:
- Recording no.: 105
- General Note:
- Date of Interview: 18 April 1997
- General Note:
- Audio datafile digitised from original recording on cassette tape. Original: OA3 Tape 64, Side A
- General Note:
- 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 )
OA3/01/14/01 ( CALM Reference number )
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