Interview with Usha Khanna [sound recording]
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Title:
Interview with Usha Khanna [sound recording]
Series Title:
India: A People Partitioned Oral Archive
Creator:
Khanna; Usha (b 1927); née Kashyap, communist
Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian ( contributor )
Khanna, Usha R. ( contributor )
Whitehead, Andrew (Journalist) ( contributor )
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Copyright Date:
© 2018 Andrew Whitehead and the interviewee(s). All rights reserved. Used here with permission.
Language:
English
Measurements:
00:22:12

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Abstract:
Usha Khanna interviewed about her personal memories of Kashmir in 1947 and involvement in the Communist Party of India (CPI) and the Left, and the CPI's cultural front and the women's self-defence corps militia. ( en )
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Biographical history: Usha Khanna (née Kashyap) was born in 1927 in Rawalpindi into a left-wing Punjabi, Kashmiri, Hindu family. She was educated at St. Joseph's convent in Srinagar. Her father was Imperial Tobacco Company distributor in Jammu and Kashmir. Kashyap joined Communist Party of India and participated in the formation of women's self-defence corps militia in 1947. A member of cultural cell of militia, Khanna helped organise plays performed in villages. She married Lahore Communist Rajbans Krishen Khanna in 1948.
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Interview by Andrew Whitehead via telephone to Mumbai, India
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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: 00:22:12
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Recording no.: Additional 47
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Date of Interview: 31 August 2008
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Related material: Transcript with notes compiled by Andrew Whitehead available at SOAS Library. Reference: OA3/02/03
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Publication note: Research for the publication: Andrew Whitehead, 'A Mission in Kashmir' (Viking Penguin, 2007)
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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) : Khanna, Usha R. : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/19144382

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 )
OA3/01/18/47 ( CALM Reference number )