Interview with Shanti Seghal & Hari Lal Seghal [sound recording]

Shanti Seghal and Hari Lal Seghal interviewed about fleeing from West Punjab.


Order number: OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4
Date(s) of creation: 1 February 1997
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Seghal; Shanti (b c 1937); wife of Hari Lal Seghal
Other authors: Seghal; Hari Lal (fl 1947-1997); husband of Hari Lal Seghal, 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: Shanti Seghal and Hari Lal Seghal interviewed about fleeing from West Punjab.
Main author: Seghal; Shanti (b c 1937); wife of Hari Lal Seghal
Other authors: Seghal; Hari Lal (fl 1947-1997); husband of Hari Lal Seghal, Awasthi; Anuradha (fl 1996-2007); researcher and interviewer
Extent: 00:31:07
Admin history: Shanti Sehgal, a Hindu, was born around 1937 in Samriyal, a vilage near Sialkot. She lived in Sheikhpura before Partition. During Partition violence in Sheikhpura, two of her sisters and their children, and one sister-in-law were killed. She migrated to Delhi, India. She was the wife of Hari Lal Seghal.
Custodial history: Interview by Anuradha Awashi at the Seghal's home in New Delhi, India
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: Hindi
English
Originals: MP3 audio datafile digitised from original recording on cassette tape. Original: OA3 Tape 34, 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