Interview with Vishwanath Mathur [sound recording]
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Title:
Interview with Vishwanath Mathur [sound recording]
Series Title:
India: A People Partitioned Oral Archive
Creator:
Mathur; Vishwanath (c 1913-2004); communist
Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian ( contributor )
Mathur, Vishwanath, 1913-2004 ( 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:
00:53:17

Subjects

Subjects / Keywords:
ایشیا -- برطانوی راج
एशिया -- ब्रिटिश राज
ਏਸ਼ੀਆ -- ਬਰਤਾਨਵੀ ਰਾਜ
এশিয়া -- ব্রিটিশ ভারত
Asia -- India -- Andaman and Nicobar Islands -- South Andaman -- Port Blair -- Cellular Jail
ایشیا -- ہندوستان -- انڈمن اور نِکوبار جزیرے -- جنوبی انڈمان -- پورٹ بلیئر -- سیلولر جیل
एशिया -- भारत -- अंडमान व नोकोबार द्वीप समूह -- दक्षिण अंडमान -- पोर्ट ब्लेयर -- सेलुलर जेल
এশিয়া -- ভারত -- আন্দামান এবং নিকোবর দ্বীপপুঞ্জ -- বন্দর ব্লেয়ার -- সেলুলার জেল
ਏਸ਼ੀਆ -- ਭਾਰਤ -- ਅੰਡੇਮਾਨ ਅਤੇ ਨਿਕੋਬਾਰ ਟਾਪੂ -- ਪੋਰਟ ਬਲੇਅਰ -- ਸੈਲੂਲਰ ਜੇਲ
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
Cellular Jail (Port Blair, India) ( LCNAF )
‏سيلولر جيل (ميناء بلير ، الهند)
सेल्यूलर जेल (पोर्ट ब्लेयर, भारत)
সেলুলার জেল (পোর্ট ব্লেয়ার, ভারত)
Genre:
Oral histories
Spatial Coverage:
Asia -- British Raj
Coordinates:
11.675 x 92.748

Notes

Abstract:
Vishwanath Mathur interviewed about political activism with Communist Party of India and imprisonment in Cellular Jail, Port Blair, Andaman Islands. ( en )
General Note:
Biographical history: Vishwanath Mathur was born in around 1913 in Bihar, India. He was active in revolutionary groups in the 1930s and imprisoned Cellular Jail, Port Blair, Andaman Islands. In jail he became a Communist and was a founder member of the Communist Party of India (CPI) in Bihar in 1939. Mathur was active in Freedom Fighters' organisations. He spent 18 years in the United Kingdom working for the Communist Party of Great Britain. Mathur was President of the All-India Freedom Fighters Organisation and remained a member of the CPI. He died in June 2004.
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: 00:53:17
General Note:
Recording no.: Additional 5
General Note:
Date of Interview: 10 September 1998
General Note:
Summary notes on interview compiled by Andrew Whitehead available at SOAS Library. Reference: OA3/02/03
General Note:
No transcript
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

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 )
OA3/01/18/05 ( CALM Reference number )