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- Permanent Link:
- http://digital.soas.ac.uk/OA30000130/00001
Notes
- Abstract:
- Ashoka Gupta interviewed about Noakhali riots; Mahatma Gandhi; experiences of women ( en )
- General Note:
- Biographical history: Ashoka Gupta was born in November 1912. She was educated at St. Margaret's School and Bethune College in Calcutta [Kolkata]. She married Saibal Gupta, an Indian Civil Service officer. She became a member of All India Women's Conference (AIWC) in 1936 and was involved in relief work following the Bengal famine of 1943. Her husband was posted to Chittagong in 1945 and she moved with him. Following the Noakhali riots, she led a volunteer team of relief workers from Chittagong AIWC to Noakhali. She is the founder of the West Bengal Emergency Relief Committee in 1947, which was later renamed Mahila Seva Samity (Organisation for the Welfare of Women). Following Partition, she migrated to Calcutta and continued work focused on refugee rehabilitation, literacy, social welfare projects among rural women and children. She was later President of Indian Society for Sponsorship and Adoption. She died on the 8 July 2008.
- General Note:
- Interview by Andrew Whitehead at Ashoka Gupta's home in Ballygunj, 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: 00:30:01
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- Recording no.: 130
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- Date of Interview: 24 April 1997
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- Audio datafile digitised from original recording on cassette tape. Original: OA3 Tape 74, Side A
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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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- 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) : Gupta, Ashoka, 1912-2008 : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/74963188
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 )
OA3/01/15/06 ( CALM Reference number )
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