Interview with Bir Bahadur Singh, Bhola Singh & Basant Kaur [sound recording]
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Material Information

Title:
Interview with Bir Bahadur Singh, Bhola Singh & Basant Kaur [sound recording]
Series Title:
India: A People Partitioned Oral Archive
Creator:
Singh; Bir Bahadur (b c 1937); of Thoha Kalsa, son of Basant Kau
Singh; Bhola (b c 1957); son of Bir Bahadur Singh ( contributor )
Kaur; Basant (b c 1905); of Thoha Kalsa, mother of Bir Bahadur Singh ( contributor )
Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian ( contributor )
Bir Bahadur Singh, fl. 1937 ( contributor )
Singh, Bhola, ca 1957- ( contributor )
Kaur, Basant, ca. 1905- ( contributor )
Whitehead, Andrew (Journalist) ( contributor )
Copyright Date:
© 2018 Andrew Whitehead and the interviewee(s). All rights reserved. Used here with permission.
Language:
Hindi
Panjabi
English
Measurements:
01:05:59

Notes

Abstract:
Interview with Bir Bahadur Singh, Bhola Singh & Basant Kaur interviewed about Thoha Khalsa; well deaths. ( en )
General Note:
Biographical history: Bir Bahadur Singh was present at the Sikh village of Thoha Khalsa near Rawalpindi in March 1947. The village was the site of a mass suicide of Sikh women during Partition violence. Singh's father was involved in the killing of Sikh women in advance of an feared attack.
General Note:
Biographical history: Bhola Singh, son of Bir Bahadur Singh. He visted Thoha Khalsa on a visit to Pana Sahib.
General Note:
Biographical history: Basant Kaur, mother of Bir Bahadur Singh. She was present at the Sikh village of Thoha Khalsa near Rawalpindi in March 1947. The village was the site of a mass suicide of Sikh women during Partition violence. Her husband was involved in the killing of Sikh women in advance of an feared attack.
General Note:
Interview by Andrew Whitehead, Delhi, 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: 01:05:59
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Recording no.: 142
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Date of Interview: 11 May 1997
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Audio datafile digitised from original recording on cassette tape. Original: OA3 Tape 80, Side A + B and OA3 Tape 80, Side BAudio datafile digitised from original recording on cassette tape. Original: OA3 Tape 81, Side A
General Note:
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
General Note:
VIAF (name authority) : Whitehead, Andrew (Journalist) : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/303972108

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 )
OA3/01/16/05 ( CALM Reference number )