Interview with Ram Advani [sound recording]

Ram Advani interviewed about Lahore and Partition; Partition violence; refugees traveling by train; Simla; view that Partition could have been avoided.


Order number: OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4
Date(s) of creation: 4 July 1996
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Ram Advani (b 1920); bookseller
Other authors: Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
URL: https://digital.soas.ac.uk/oa3/all

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item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
scb_order_with OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4
callnumber OA3/01/03/04
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title Interview with Ram Advani [sound recording]
scb_date_creation 4 July 1996
scb_level Item
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scb_extent 00:26:22
author Ram Advani (b 1920); bookseller
author_facet Ram Advani (b 1920); bookseller
Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
authorStr Ram Advani (b 1920); bookseller
author_letter Ram Advani (b 1920); bookseller
author2 Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
author2Str Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
format Archive
scb_admin_history Ram Advani, born in 1920 in Hyderabad, Sindh. Moved to Lucknow and then worked in family bookselling concern in Rawalpindi. In 1946 he was working in bookshop in Lahore. In 1995 he was a bookseller; Mayfair Building, Hazratganj, Lucknow.
scb_custodial_history Interview by Andrew Whitehead in Lucknow, India
description Ram Advani interviewed about Lahore and Partition; Partition violence; refugees traveling by train; Simla; view that Partition could have been avoided.
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 11, Side A
scb_copies Digital version of sound recording is available via SOAS Digital Collections.
scb_related_material Partial transcript and notes 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)
scb_url https://digital.soas.ac.uk/oa3/all
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