Interview with Shantanu Ray (2) [sound recording]

Shantanu Ray interviewed about Direct Action Day/Great Calcutta Killings.


Order number: OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4
Date(s) of creation: 5 July 1996
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Shantanu Ray (fl 1946-1996); brother of Siddhartha Shankar Ray
Other authors: Awasthi; Anuradha (fl 1996-2007); researcher and interviewer
URL: https://digital.soas.ac.uk/oa3/all

Order number: OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4
Summary: Shantanu Ray interviewed about Direct Action Day/Great Calcutta Killings.
Main author: Shantanu Ray (fl 1946-1996); brother of Siddhartha Shankar Ray
Other authors: Awasthi; Anuradha (fl 1996-2007); researcher and interviewer
Extent: 00:13:59
Admin history: Shantanu Ray, grandson of Chittaranjan Das, the first Mayor of Calcutta and brother of S.S. Ray, a Bengali politician belonging to the Indian National Congress. Shantanu Ray was in Calcutta in August 1946.
Custodial history: Interview by Anuradha Awasthi in Delhi, India. Interviewed second time to secure better technical quality.
Access status: Open
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.
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
Originals: MP3 audio datafile digitised from original recording on cassette tape. Original: OA3 Tape 13, Side A
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)
Format: Archive