Interview with B. L. Dutt [sound recording]

B. L. Dutt interviewed about Lahore; Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS); experiences of women.


Order number: OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4
Date(s) of creation: 15 March 1997
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Dutt; B L (b c 1906); clerk
Other authors: Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
URL: https://digital.soas.ac.uk/oa3/all

Order number: OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4
Summary: B. L. Dutt interviewed about Lahore; Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS); experiences of women.
Main author: Dutt; B L (b c 1906); clerk
Other authors: Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
Extent: 00:34:26
Admin history: B. L. Dutt was born in around 1906 into a Hindu family. He was a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) sympathiser. Before Partition he worked as a government service as a clerk in Lahore. He moved to India in 1947.
Custodial history: Interview by Andrew Whitehead at B. L. Dutt's home in Chandigarh, 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: English
Originals: MP3 audio datafile digitised from original recording on cassette tape. Original: OA3 Tape 43, Side B
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