Interview with Dharam Vira [sound recording]

Audio recording of oral history interview with Dharam Vira, covering the period 1906-1947. Cassette side OA1/66/1: Brief biographical review. Contacts with British as child. Attitudes to British rule. British university staff. Reasons for joining Indian Civil Service. Voyages to and from Britain. I...

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Archive & Special Collections OA1/66/1-3 Closed

Date(s) of creation: 1972-1974
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Vira; Dharam (1906-2000); civil servant
Other authors: Allen; Charles (b 1940); historian and interviewer

collection SOAS Archive
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recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
callnumber OA1/66/1-3
callnumber_txt OA1/66/1-3
callnumber-sort OA1/66/1-3
prefix_number 1-3
title Interview with Dharam Vira [sound recording]
scb_date_creation 1972-1974
scb_level Item
level_sort 8/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/Sub-Series/Sub-Sub-Series/File/Item
scb_extent 1 hr. 30 min.
author Vira; Dharam (1906-2000); civil servant
author_facet Vira; Dharam (1906-2000); civil servant
Allen; Charles (b 1940); historian and interviewer
authorStr Vira; Dharam (1906-2000); civil servant
author_letter Vira; Dharam (1906-2000); civil servant
author2 Allen; Charles (b 1940); historian and interviewer
author2Str Allen; Charles (b 1940); historian and interviewer
format Archive
scb_admin_history Indian in Indian Civil Service 1930s-1947 and later Cabinet Secretary to Government of India.
description Audio recording of oral history interview with Dharam Vira, covering the period 1906-1947. Cassette side OA1/66/1: Brief biographical review. Contacts with British as child. Attitudes to British rule. British university staff. Reasons for joining Indian Civil Service. Voyages to and from Britain. ICS exam viva. Posting to Aligarh. Division of society typical in such stations; Indian ICS officer's position. Cassette side OA1/66/2: Officer's domestic household. Relationship of British officers with servants. Eating and drinking habits. Degree of acceptance of Indians by clubs. British officers' recreations; pig sticking. British attitudes to Indian culture. Stories of British eccentrics. Levels of curruption. Cassette side OA1/66/3: Impact of British educational and health measures. British efforts to learn languages. Difficult position of Indian ICS officers conscious of nationalistic impulses: effects on promotion prospects; half hearted acceptance by British; suspicions of Indian nationalists. Indian public's false comparisons between British and Indian ICS officers. British misfits. Legacies of Raj.
scb_access_status Closed
scb_conditions_gov_access 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: C1510/66/01-03. For more details see www.bl.uk/listening or contact listening@bl.uk / 020 7412 7418.
scb_copyright Copyright held by British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
scb_use_restrictions Private study only. For publication or broadcast please refer to Archivist
language English
language_search English
scb_copies Copy available at British Library Listening & Viewing Service. Reference: C1510/66/01-03 Copy available at Imperial War Museum. Reference: 004965/03
scb_related_material Transcript available at SOAS Library. Reference: OA1/66/T
hierarchy_top_id_raw OA1
hierarchy_sequence OA1.0066.001-3

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