| Order number: |
OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4
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| Summary: |
Danial Latifi interviewed about Muhammad Ali Jinnah; Muslim League; Communism and Communist Party of India; Telangana uprising.
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| Main author: |
Latifi; Danial (1917-2000); lawyer and communist |
| Other authors: |
Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian |
| Extent: |
00:45:05
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| Admin history: |
Danial Latifi was born in 1917. He was the son of Sir Alma Latifi of the I.C.S. Latifi was educated at the University of Oxford and trained as a Barrister-at-Law at Gray's Inn, London. Latifi joined the Communist Party of India in around 1940, and the Punjab Muslim League in circa 1944. He drafted the 'Punjab Muslim League Manifesto' in 1944. He married Sarah Itiyarah, a Syrian Christian teacher and a fellow Communist. Latifi was in Bombay during 1947, and he moved to Delhi following Partition. Latifi was a lawyer for the defence of those accused following the communist-led Telangana Rebellion in Hyderabad (1946-1951). Latifi dropped his links to the Communist Party in the early 1960s. Danial Latifi died in 2000. |
Danial Latifi was born in 1917. He was the son of Sir Alma Latifi of the I.C.S. Latifi was educated at the University of Oxford and trained as a Barrister-at-Law at Gray's Inn, London. Latifi joined the Communist Party of India in around 1940, and the Punjab Muslim League in circa 1944. He drafted the 'Punjab Muslim League Manifesto' in 1944. He married Sarah Itiyarah, a Syrian Christian teacher and a fellow Communist. Latifi was in Bombay during 1947, and he moved to Delhi following Partition. Latifi was a lawyer for the defence ... View more |
| Custodial history: |
Interview by Andrew Whitehead in Delhi, India. |
| Access status: |
Open
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| Access conditions: |
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.
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| Copyright: |
Copyright held by Andrew Whitehead |
| User 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
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| Originals: |
MP3 audio datafile digitised from original recording on cassette tape. Original: OA3 Tape 3, Side B
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| Copies: |
Digital version of sound recording is available via SOAS Digital Collections. |
| Related material: |
Partial transcript and notes compiled by Andrew Whitehead available at SOAS Library. Reference: OA3/02/01 |
| Publications: |
Research for broadcast of the BBC World Service radio series 'India: A People Partitioned' (1997)
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| Format: |
Archive
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