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- Permanent Link:
- https://digital.soas.ac.uk/OA30000115/00003
Notes
- Abstract:
- Kalim Sharifi interviewed about Communist Party of India (CPI) policy towards Muslim League; involvement with Indian People's Theatre Association; attempts to promote unity through the arts; Direct Action Day/Great Calcutta Killings; views on Partition; includes short rendition of anti-British song and rendition of national unity song (with translation). ( en )
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- Biographical history: Kalim Sharifi was originally from Calcutta [Kolkatta]. He was jailed for his activism in the Quit India movement and in jail joined the Communist Party of India (CPI). He was an activist in the left-wing Indian People's Theatre Association (IPTA) in Caluctta. Sharifi was student of medicine in 1946. He left the CPI in 1948 and moved to Dhaka in 1950. He stayed in London between 1971 and 1972 to escape harassment. Sharifi later became a supporter of Awami League.
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- Interview by Andrew Whitehead, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- 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.
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- Duration: Duration: 00:30:55
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- Recording no.: 115
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- Date of Interview: ? 21 April 1997
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- Audio datafile digitised from original recording on cassette tape. Original: OA3 Tape 68, Side A + B
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- 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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- Date on transcript is listed as April 1996. However, other Dhaka interviews are listed as April 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
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- VIAF (name authority) : Indian People's Theatre Association (Mumbai, India) : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/261084014
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 )
OA3/01/14/11 ( CALM Reference number )
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