Interview Sisir Mitra [sound recording]
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Title:
Interview Sisir Mitra [sound recording]
Series Title:
India: A People Partitioned Oral Archive
Alternate Title:
Interview Sisirkumar Mitra [sound recording]
Creator:
Mitra; Sisir (b c 1922); trade unionist and communist
Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian ( contributor )
Mitra, Sisirkumar ( 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:
00:27:52

Subjects

Subjects / Keywords:
ایشیا -- برطانوی راج
एशिया -- ब्रिटिश राज
ਏਸ਼ੀਆ -- ਬਰਤਾਨਵੀ ਰਾਜ
এশিয়া -- ব্রিটিশ ভারত
Asia -- India -- West Bengal -- Kolkata -- Kolkata
ایشیا -- ہندوستان -- مغربی بنگال -- کولکتہ -- کولکتہ
एशिया -- भारत -- पश्चिम बंगाल -- कोलकाता -- कोलकाता
এশিয়া -- ভারত -- পশ্চিমবঙ্গ -- কলকাতা
ਏਸ਼ੀਆ -- ਭਾਰਤ -- ਪੱਛਮੀ ਬੰਗਾਲ -- ਕੋਲਕਾਤਾ
Partition of India (1947) ( LCSH )
Pakistan -- History -- Partition (1947) ( LCSH )
India-Pakistan Conflict, 1947-1949 ( LCSH )
India-Pakistan Conflict, 1947-1949 -- Oral histories ( LCSH )
تقسیم ہند (1947)
ভারত বিভাজন (1947)
भारत का विभाजन (1947)
ਭਾਰਤ ਦੀ ਵੰਡ (1947)
(1947) ہندستان دی ونڈ
Communist party of India ( LCNAF )
ਭਾਰਤੀ ਕਮਿਊਨਿਸਟ ਪਾਰਟੀ
بھارتیہ کمیونسٹ پارٹی
بھارتی کمیونسٹ پارٹی
Direct Action Day (16 August 1946)
یوم راست اقدام (16 اگست 1946)
कलकत्ता दंगा (16 अगस्त 1946)
All-India Trade Union Congress
अखिल भारतीय मजदूर संघ काँग्रेस
ਆਲ ਇੰਡੀਆ ਟਰੇਡ ਯੂਨੀਅਨ ਕਾਂਗਰਸ
All-India muslim league
آل انڈیا مسلم لیگ
مسلم لیگ
ਆਲ ਇੰਡੀਆ ਮੁਸਲਿਮ ਲੀਗ
अखिल भारतीय मुस्लिम लीग
নিখিল ভারত মুসলিম লীগ
Genre:
Oral histories
Spatial Coverage:
Asia -- British Raj
Coordinates:
22.5726 x 88.3639

Notes

Abstract:
Sisir Mitra interviewed about Direct Action Day/Great Calcutta Killings; Muslim League call for general strike; Communist Party of India and All India Trade Union Congress views on general strike; joint Muslim and Hindu tram workers' defence of Victoria College. ( en )
General Note:
Biographical history: Sisir Mitra, a trade unionist with the All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC), associated with the Communist Party of India (CPI). He was involved in organising workers in the defence industry and tram service.
General Note:
Interview by Andrew Whitehead at the All India Trade Union Congress headquarters. Calcutta [Kolkata], 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: Duration: 00:27:52
General Note:
Recording no.: 127
General Note:
Date of Interview: April 1997
General Note:
Audio datafile digitised from original recording on cassette tape. Original: OA3 Tape 73, 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
General Note:
VIAF (name authority) : Mitra, Sisirkumar : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/59140261

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 )
OA3/01/15/03 ( CALM Reference number )