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- Permanent Link:
- http://digital.soas.ac.uk/OA30000117/00001
Notes
- Abstract:
- Salahuddin Ahmed & Hamida Khan interviewed about Calcutta; Noakhali; Mahatma Gandhi; Muhammad Ali Jinnah ( en )
- General Note:
- Biographical history: Dr A. F. Salahuddin Ahmed was born into an educated Bengali Muslim family in Faridpur, Bengal in 1922. He was educated at Ripon College [Surendranath College] and Presidency College [Presidency University]. He gained an MA in History from both Calcutta University and School of Oriental and African Studies(SOAS), University of Pennsylvania. Ahmed was awarded a PhD from the University of London in 1961. He taught at Jagannath College, Dhaka. Ahmed was Lecturer, Reader, and then Professor of History at Rajshahi University. He was also Professor of History at Jahangir Nagar University and Dhaka University. Ahmed was an follower of M. N. Roy's Radical Democratic Party during the 1940s and worked for the Indian Red Cross in Calcutta [Kolkatta] and Noakhali during Partition. He married Hamida Khanna
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- Biographical history: Hamida Khan [or Khanna] was a lecturer at Lady Brabourne College, Calcutta [Kolkata] before Partition. She was the wife of Dr A. F. Salahuddin Ahmed.
- General Note:
- Interview by Andrew Whitehead at Salahuddin Ahmed & Hamida Khan's home, 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: 00:47:45
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- Recording no.: 117
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- Date of Interview: 21 April 1997
- General Note:
- Audio datafile digitised from original recording on cassette tape. Original: OA3 Tape 69, Side A + B and OA3 Tape 69, Side B
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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
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- VIAF (name authority) : Ahmed, A. F. Salahuddin, 1924-2014 : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/38473235
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 )
OA3/01/14/13 ( CALM Reference number )
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