| Summary: |
Audio recording of oral history interview with R.P. Gupta, covering the period 1930-1945.
Cassette side OA1/33/1: Grandfather's position as first Indian principal of college in Cuttack; attitudes of his staff. Visit to military tattoo in Calcutta involving first contact with British. Cricketing experiences; effect in breaking down some of society's barriers against Indians. Attending Calcutta University c1940; resulting break in contacts with British. Renewed contacts c1943; differences observed between wartime and pre-war British. Gupta's isolation in Orissa from nationalist pressures as student. Arrest on murder charge. Police cell conditions.
Cassette side OA1/33/2: Story of interrogation and torture of prisoner known to Gupta. Period of unemployment. Obtaining position in advertising agency c1945. Spending time in tea shops whilst unemployed; attitude to alcohol. Apathy towards personal affairs of British. Increased accessibility of British in Cuttack in contrast to Calcutta. Lifestyle of British in Cuttack; description of club. Effect on Gupta of British reading materials. View as outsider of club dances. Story of Indian women's fear of independence.
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| Main author: |
Gupta; R P (fl 1930-1972); student |
| Other authors: |
Allen; Charles (b 1940); historian and interviewer |
| Extent: |
0 hr. 50 min.
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| Admin history: |
Indian student at Calcutta University, and worker in advertising. |
| Access status: |
Closed
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| Access conditions: |
Access to sound recording of this interview is currently unavailable at SOAS Library. The transcript can be consulted. Researchers can access a copy of this sound recording at the British Library Listening & Viewing Service. Reference: C1510/33/01-02. For more details see www.bl.uk/listening or contact listening@bl.uk / 020 7412 7418.
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| Copyright: |
Copyright held by British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) |
| User restrictions: |
Private study only. For publication or broadcast please refer to Archivist |
| Language: |
English
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| Copies: |
Copy available at British Library Listening & Viewing Service. Reference: C1510/33/01-02
Copy available at Imperial War Museum. Reference: 004932/02 |
| Related material: |
Transcript available at SOAS Library. Reference: OA1/33/T |
| Format: |
Archive
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