Interview with Harbaksh Singh [sound recording]

Harbaksh Singh interviewed about fighting in Kashmir; Army.

Archive & Special Collections OA3/01/07/10 Open

Order number: OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4
Date(s) of creation: 6 March 1997
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Harbaksh Singh (1913-1999); Indian Army General
Other authors: Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
URL: https://digital.soas.ac.uk/oa3/all

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scb_order_with OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4
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title Interview with Harbaksh Singh [sound recording]
scb_date_creation 6 March 1997
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scb_extent 01:01:41
author Harbaksh Singh (1913-1999); Indian Army General
author_facet Harbaksh Singh (1913-1999); Indian Army General
Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
authorStr Harbaksh Singh (1913-1999); Indian Army General
author_letter Harbaksh Singh (1913-1999); Indian Army General
author2 Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
author2Str Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
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scb_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.
scb_custodial_history Interview by Andrew Whitehead at Harbaksh Singh home in Delhi, India
description Harbaksh Singh interviewed about fighting in Kashmir; Army.
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 36, Side A + B
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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