Interview with A. K. Bose [sound recording]

Views on the British in India. Army Cadet college, selection, life, and regret at leaving. Indian and British mixing. The planter community. Opinion of the Indian Civil Service (ICS) officers and the Police, and District administration. Social mixing. Opinions on violent approaches to Indian nationa...

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Date(s) of creation: October 1975-February 1976
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Bose; A K (b 1905); Indian Zemindar
Other authors: Allen; Charles (b 1940); historian and interviewer

Summary: Views on the British in India. Army Cadet college, selection, life, and regret at leaving. Indian and British mixing. The planter community. Opinion of the Indian Civil Service (ICS) officers and the Police, and District administration. Social mixing. Opinions on violent approaches to Indian nationalism.
Main author: Bose; A K (b 1905); Indian Zemindar
Other authors: Allen; Charles (b 1940); historian and interviewer
Admin history: A.K. Bose - Indian Army Cadet 1922-24; thereafter managed family planting estate in Bihar
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:C5/108]. 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: C5/108].
Related material: Transcript available at SOAS Library [OA2, British in India Oral Archive, Transcripts, Box 1]
Format: Archive