Interview with Anima Dasgupta [sound recording]
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Title:
Interview with Anima Dasgupta [sound recording]
Series Title:
India: A People Partitioned Oral Archive
Creator:
Dasgupta; Anima (b c 1922); Indian communist
Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian ( contributor )
Dasgupta, Anima, ca. 1922- ( contributor )
Whitehead, Andrew (Journalist) ( contributor )
Copyright Date:
© 2018 Andrew Whitehead and the interviewee(s). All rights reserved. Used here with permission.
Language:
English
Measurements:
00:17:41

Notes

Abstract:
Anima Dasgupta speaking about memories of Communist activism in Bihar and Calcutta during the Ranadive period of the 1940s. Telling anecdotes about Communist Party of India militancy at the time of the Telangana uprising of the 1940s, and a brief rendition of a Communist song of that period. ( en )
General Note:
Biographical history: Anima Dasgupta was a born in circa 1922. She joined the Communist Party of India in 1946 and was a party activist in Bihar and Calcutta [Kolkata] during the militant 'Ranadive' period of the 1940s. Following the split in the CPI in 1964, Dasgupta joined the Community Party of India (Marxist). She worked at the Telephone Bhavan in Calcutta and was active in the trade union movement. Her brother was Promode Dasgupta (1910-1993), Politbureau member and Secretary of the West Bengal State Committee of CPI (M).
General Note:
Interview by Andrew Whitehead at the home of Anima Dasgupta's friend, Ralph Rusell, London, United Kingdom
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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
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Duration: Duration: 00:17:41
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Recording no.: Additional 1
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Date of Interview: 24 June 1992
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Related material: Summary notes on interview compiled by Andrew Whitehead available at SOAS Library. Reference: OA3/02/03
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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

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 )
OA3/01/18/01 ( CALM Reference number )