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024 7    |a OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4 |2 Order with reference
024 7    |a OA3/01/15/06 |2 CALM Reference number
040        |a UkLSOA |c UkLSOA
245 00 |a Interview with Ashoka Gupta [sound recording] |h [electronic resource].
490        |a India: A People Partitioned Oral Archive.
500        |a 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.
500        |a Interview by Andrew Whitehead at Ashoka Gupta's home in Ballygunj, Calcutta [Kolkata], India
500        |a 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.
500        |a Duration: Duration: 00:30:01
500        |a Recording no.: 130
500        |a Date of Interview: 24 April 1997
500        |a Audio datafile digitised from original recording on cassette tape. Original: OA3 Tape 74, Side A
500        |a Related material: Partial transcript and notes compiled by Andrew Whitehead available at SOAS Library. Reference: OA3/02/01
500        |a Publication note: Research for broadcast of the BBC World Service radio series 'India: A People Partitioned' (1997)
500        |a Order with this reference: OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4
500        |a VIAF (name authority) : Whitehead, Andrew (Journalist) : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/303972108
500        |a VIAF (name authority) : Gupta, Ashoka, 1912-2008 : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/74963188
520 3    |a Ashoka Gupta interviewed about Noakhali riots; Mahatma Gandhi; experiences of women
533        |a Electronic reproduction. |b London : |c SOAS University of London, |c Special Collections, |d 2020. |f (SOAS Digital Collections) |n Mode of access: World Wide Web. |n System requirements: Internet connectivity; Web browser software.
535 1    |a Special Collections.
650        |a ایشیا -- برطانوی راج.
650        |a एशिया -- ब्रिटिश राज.
650        |a ਏਸ਼ੀਆ -- ਬਰਤਾਨਵੀ ਰਾਜ.
650        |a এশিয়া -- ব্রিটিশ ভারত.
650        |a Asia -- Bangladesh -- Chittagong -- Noakhali -- Noakhali Sadar.
650        |a ایشیا -- بنگلہ دیش -- چٹاگانگ -- نوخالی -- نوخالی صدر.
650        |a एशिया -- बांग्लादेश -- चटगांव -- नोआखली -- नोआखली सदर.
650        |a এশিয়া -- বাংলাদেশ -- চিটাগাং -- নোয়াখালী সদর.
650        |a ਏਸ਼ੀਆ -- ਬੰਗਲਾਦੇਸ਼ -- ਚਟਗਾਓਂ -- ਨੋਖਾਲੀ ਸਦਰ.
650    0 |a Partition of India (1947).
650    0 |a Pakistan -- History -- Partition (1947).
650    0 |a India-Pakistan Conflict, 1947-1949.
650    0 |a India-Pakistan Conflict, 1947-1949 -- Oral histories.
650        |a تقسیم ہند (1947).
650        |a ভারত বিভাজন (1947).
650        |a भारत का विभाजन (1947).
650        |a ਭਾਰਤ ਦੀ ਵੰਡ (1947).
650        |a (1947) ہندستان دی ونڈ.
650    0 |a Gándhí, Mahátma, 1869-1948.
650        |a महात्मा गांधी, 1869-1948.
650        |a ਮਹਾਤਮਾ ਗਾਂਧੀ, 1869-1948.
650        |a گاندھی, 1948-1869.
650        |a Noakhali riots (1947).
650        |a নোয়াখালী দাঙ্গা (1947).
650        |a ਨੌਆਖਾਲੀ ਫ਼ਸਾਦ (1947).
650    0 |a Women.
650        |a عورت.
650        |a ਔਰਤ.
655    4 |a Oral histories.
720        |a Gupta; Ashoka (1912-2008); Indian freedom fighter and social worker.
720        |a Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian. |4 ctb
720 1    |a Gupta, Ashoka, 1912-2008. |4 ctb
720 1    |a गुप्ता, अशोक, 1912-2008. |4 ctb
720 1    |a Whitehead, Andrew (Journalist). |4 ctb
752        |a British Raj.
830    0 |a SOAS Digital Collections.
830    0 |a South Asia.
830    0 |a Bangladesh Collection.
830    0 |a India: a people partitioned - oral archive.
852        |a GBR |b SDC |c South Asia
856 40 |u https://digital.soas.ac.uk/OA30000130/00002 |y Electronic Resource
992 04 |a http://digital.soas.ac.uk/content/OA/30/00/01/30/00002/00001thm.jpg
997        |a South Asia


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