| Order number: |
OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4
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| Summary: |
Harbaksh Singh interviewed about fighting in Kashmir; Army.
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| Main author: |
Harbaksh Singh (1913-1999); Indian Army General |
| Other authors: |
Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian |
| Extent: |
01:01:41
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| Admin history: |
Lieutenant General Harbaksh Singh was born in Punjab on 1st October 1913. He attended the Indian Military Academy in 1933. He fought with the British Indian Army in Mayala [Malyasia] in the Second World War. He was captured by the Japanese at fall of Singapore but refused to join the Indian National Army. He returned to India in 1945. He was at the military academy in Quetta in the summer of 1947. Harbaksh Singh was an officer during combat with raiders in Kashmir at Shelatang Bridge in November 1947. He was the General-Officer-Commanding-in-Chief of the Western Army Command of the Indian Army from 1964 to 1969 and played a key role during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. Lieutenant General Harbaksh Singh retired in September 1969. He died on the 14th November 1999. |
Lieutenant General Harbaksh Singh was born in Punjab on 1st October 1913. He attended the Indian Military Academy in 1933. He fought with the British Indian Army in Mayala [Malyasia] in the Second World War. He was captured by the Japanese at fall of Singapore but refused to join the Indian National Army. He returned to India in 1945. He was at the military academy in Quetta in the summer of 1947. Harbaksh Singh was an officer during combat with raiders in Kashmir at Shelatang Bridge in November 1947. He was the General-Officer-Commanding-in-Ch ... View more |
| Custodial history: |
Interview by Andrew Whitehead at Harbaksh Singh home 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 36, Side A + 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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