Interview with Mr. Neil Bonarjee & Mrs. Hans Bonerjee [sound recording]

Interview with Neil Bonarjee about his anglicised family background, schooling in England, entry into the Indian Civil Service (ICS) and his subsequent career in the ICS in the United Provinces (1925-47). Interview continues with Mrs. Bonarjee about her family and life as the wife of an Indian ICS o...

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Date(s) of creation: October 1975-February 1976
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Bonarjee; Neil Bruniat (fl 1901-1976); India Civil Service officer
Other authors: Bonarjee; Hans (fl 1975); wife of Neil Bonerjee, Allen; Charles (b 1940); historian and interviewer

Summary: Interview with Neil Bonarjee about his anglicised family background, schooling in England, entry into the Indian Civil Service (ICS) and his subsequent career in the ICS in the United Provinces (1925-47). Interview continues with Mrs. Bonarjee about her family and life as the wife of an Indian ICS officer.
Main author: Bonarjee; Neil Bruniat (fl 1901-1976); India Civil Service officer
Other authors: Bonarjee; Hans (fl 1975); wife of Neil Bonerjee, Allen; Charles (b 1940); historian and interviewer
Admin history: Neil Bonarjee - I.C.S., United Provinces 1925-47; Chief Secretary to Government, United Provinces 1946-47; continued in service after Independence
Access status: Closed
Access conditions: 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:C5/106]. For more details see www.bl.uk/listening or contact listening@bl.uk / 020 7412 7418.
User restrictions: Private study only. For publication or broadcast please refer to Archivist
Language: English
Copies: Copy of interview available at British Library Listening & Viewing Service [reference: C5/106].
Related material: Transcript available at SOAS Library [OA2, British in India Oral Archive, Transcripts, Box 1]
Format: Archive