Interview with Tara Baig [sound recording]

Interview with Tara Ali Baig about growing up in a westernised Hindu family in East Bengal, her relationships with the British and especially British women, her memories of the Quit India movement, Partition and Independence, and her view of the British legacy in India.

Archive & Special Collections OA2/02/3 Closed

Date(s) of creation: October 1975-February 1976
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Baig; Tara (b 1914); writer
Other authors: Allen; Charles (b 1940); historian and interviewer

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item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
callnumber OA2/02/3
callnumber_txt OA2/02/3
callnumber-sort OA2/02/3
prefix_number 3
title Interview with Tara Baig [sound recording]
scb_date_creation October 1975-February 1976
scb_level Item
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author Baig; Tara (b 1914); writer
author_facet Baig; Tara (b 1914); writer
Allen; Charles (b 1940); historian and interviewer
authorStr Baig; Tara (b 1914); writer
author_letter Baig; Tara (b 1914); writer
author2 Allen; Charles (b 1940); historian and interviewer
author2Str Allen; Charles (b 1940); historian and interviewer
format Archive
scb_admin_history Tara Baig - Literary figure and politician; wife of Rashid Ali Baig
description Interview with Tara Ali Baig about growing up in a westernised Hindu family in East Bengal, her relationships with the British and especially British women, her memories of the Quit India movement, Partition and Independence, and her view of the British legacy in India.
scb_access_status Closed
scb_conditions_gov_access Sound recording currently unavailable to consult at SOAS Library. Transcript is available to consult. Researchers can access a copy of the sound recording at the British Library Listening & Viewing Service [BL reference:C5/102]. For more details see www.bl.uk/listening or contact listening@bl.uk / 020 7412 7418.
scb_use_restrictions Private study only. For publication or broadcast please refer to Archivist
language English
language_search English
scb_copies Copy of interview available at British Library Listening & Viewing Service [reference: C5/102].
scb_related_material Transcript available at SOAS Library [OA2, British in India Oral Archive, Transcripts, Box 1]
note Sound quality varries, quiet start to part 2. Background noise from children and traffic.
hierarchy_top_id_raw OA2
hierarchy_sequence OA2.0002.003

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