| Order number: |
OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4
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| Summary: |
Ashok Mitra interviewed about East Bengal; student activism in Dhaka University during Partition; Communist Party of India's policy towards Partition; Muhammad Ali Jinnah; politics of language in East Pakistan [Bangladesh].
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| Main author: |
Ashok Mitra (fl 1947-2014); Indian Marxist economist and politican |
| Other authors: |
Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian |
| Extent: |
00:34:26
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| Admin history: |
Dr Ashok Mitra was born in East Bengal into a Hindu family. He was a student at University of Dacca during 1947 and moved to India following Partition. He gained a Masters degree from the Benaras Hindu University, Varanasi. Ashol Mitra gained a PhD in economics in 1953 from the Institute of Social Studies in the Netherlands, University of Rotterdam. During the late 1950s and early 1960s, Ashok Mitra was a member of staff at the UN Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East in Bangkok, Thailand and the Economic Development Institute in Washington, DC, United States. He later became Professors of Economics at the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta. He was the Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India, and then Chairman of the Agricultural Prices Commission of the Government of India. He was Finance Minister of West Bengal from 1977-87. In the mid-1990s he became a member of Upper House of the Indian Parliament. He is close to the Communist Party (Marxist). |
Dr Ashok Mitra was born in East Bengal into a Hindu family. He was a student at University of Dacca during 1947 and moved to India following Partition. He gained a Masters degree from the Benaras Hindu University, Varanasi. Ashol Mitra gained a PhD in economics in 1953 from the Institute of Social Studies in the Netherlands, University of Rotterdam. During the late 1950s and early 1960s, Ashok Mitra was a member of staff at the UN Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East in Bangkok, Thailand and the Economic Development Institute in Washi ... View more |
| Custodial history: |
Interview by Andrew Whitehead in Parliamentary annexe, 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 18, Side A
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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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