Interview with Gurdiai Singh [sound recording]

Gurdiai Singh interviewed about policing Lahore, Amritsar; refugees.

Archive & Special Collections OA3/01/10/08 Open

Order number: OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4
Date(s) of creation: 17 March 1997
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Singh; Gurdial (b c 1909); Indian senior policeman
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
callnumber OA3/01/10/08
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title Interview with Gurdiai Singh [sound recording]
scb_date_creation 17 March 1997
scb_level Item
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scb_extent 00:41:55
author Singh; Gurdial (b c 1909); Indian senior policeman
author_facet Singh; Gurdial (b c 1909); Indian senior policeman
Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
authorStr Singh; Gurdial (b c 1909); Indian senior policeman
author_letter Singh; Gurdial (b c 1909); Indian senior policeman
author2 Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
author2Str Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
format Archive
scb_admin_history Gurdial Singh was born around 1909 in a Sikh, West Punjab family. In 1947 he was a police intelligence officer in Lahore and then Amritsar. He retired in 1966 as the Chief of Police of Joint Punjab.
scb_custodial_history Interview by Andrew Whitehead at Gurdiai Singh's home in Chandigarh, India
description Gurdiai Singh interviewed about policing Lahore, Amritsar; refugees.
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 45, Side A
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
hierarchy_top_id_raw OA3
hierarchy_sequence OA3.0001.0010.0008

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