Interview with M. Farooqui [sound recording]

Muqimuddin Farooqui interviewed about the Communist Party of India; his recollections regarding joining the CPI; the early years of CPI; his recollections of leading Indian and British Communists such as Puran Chand Joshi and Raj Palme Dutt; his views on B. T. Ranadive and the impact of the CPI's 19...

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Order number: OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4
Date(s) of creation: 17 February 1995
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Farooqui; Muqimuddin (1920-1997); Indian communist
Other authors: Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
URL: https://digital.soas.ac.uk/oa3/all

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scb_order_with OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4
callnumber OA3/01/01/01
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title Interview with M. Farooqui [sound recording]
scb_date_creation 17 February 1995
scb_level Item
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scb_extent 00:52:21
author Farooqui; Muqimuddin (1920-1997); Indian communist
author_facet Farooqui; Muqimuddin (1920-1997); Indian communist
Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
authorStr Farooqui; Muqimuddin (1920-1997); Indian communist
author_letter Farooqui; Muqimuddin (1920-1997); Indian communist
author2 Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
author2Str Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
format Archive
scb_admin_history Muqimuddin Farooqui was born in 1920 in Ambetha, Uttar Pradesh into a family of Muslim heritage. Farooqui was politically active as a student in St Stephen's College in Delhi, becoming college President. He joined the Communist Party of India (CPI) in 1938-1939. He was expelled from college for organising a successful university strike against the arrest of Congress Party leader, Jawaharlal Nehru. He was the first General Secretary of the All India Student's Federation and was jailed several times in the 1940s for his involvement in the Quit India movement. He was elected to the CPI National Council in 1958, Central Executive in 1972, and Central Secretariat in 1981. He remained a member of the CPI following the split in the party in 1964. He became National Secretary of the CPI and head of CPI International Department. He was married to Vimla Kapoor. Farooqui died on the 3rd September 1997.
scb_custodial_history Interview by Andrew Whitehead at the Communist Party of India office in Delhi, India.
description Muqimuddin Farooqui interviewed about the Communist Party of India; his recollections regarding joining the CPI; the early years of CPI; his recollections of leading Indian and British Communists such as Puran Chand Joshi and Raj Palme Dutt; his views on B. T. Ranadive and the impact of the CPI's 1948 Calcutta Thesis; and the split between the Communist Party of India and the Communist Party of India (Marxist) in 1964.
scb_access_status Open
scb_conditions_gov_access MP3 audio file can be accessed on DVD-R in Special Collections Reading Room, SOAS Library. Users must bring their own headphones and computer to consult material.
scb_copyright Copyright held by Andrew Whitehead
scb_use_restrictions The recording is available for consultation without restriction, and short extracts (up to 200 words) can be published with an appropriate acknowledgement. Any publication of longer extracts or use of interviews for broadcast requires the prior written permission of Andrew Whitehead.
language English
language_search English
scb_originals MP3 audio datafile digitised from original recording on cassette tape. Original: OA3 Tape 1, Side A + B
scb_copies Digital version of sound recording is available via SOAS Digital Collections.
scb_related_material Notes on interview compiled by Andrew Whitehead available at SOAS Library. Reference: OA3/02/01
scb_publications Research for broadcast of the BBC World Service radio series 'India: A People Partitioned' (1997)
note No transcript. Very limited amount regarding Partition.
scb_url https://digital.soas.ac.uk/oa3/all
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hierarchy_sequence OA3.0001.0001.0001

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