| Order number: |
OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4
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| Summary: |
Sahabzada Yaqub Khan interviewed about the British Indian Army; founding of Pakistan; Muhammad Ali Jinnah; Jawaharlal Nehru.
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| Main author: |
Yaqub Ali Khan (b 1920); Pakistani statesman |
| Other authors: |
Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian |
| Extent: |
00:30:05
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| Admin history: |
Sahabzada Yaqub Ali Khan was born in 1920. He studied at Col. Brown Cambridge School in Dehradun and Prince of Wales Royal Indian Military College, Dehradun. Yaqub Ali Khan served in the British Indian Army in the Second World War, becoming a prisoner of war in Germany. Following Partition he opted to join the Pakistan Army. He commanded the 1st Armoured Division during the Indo-Pakistani war of 1965. He later served as Pakistan Ambassador to the United States (1973-1979) and Minister of Foreign Affairs for Pakistan (1982-1991; and 1996-1997). |
| Custodial history: |
Interview by Andrew Whitehead at United Service Institution, Delhi, India; while Yaqub Ali Khan was visiting India to attend 75th anniversary celebrations of Indian Military Academy at Dehra Dun. |
| 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 42, 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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