Interview with Kharaiti Lal [sound recording]

Kharaiti Lal interviewed about his work locating and returning women abducted during Partition.


Order number: OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4
Date(s) of creation: 17 March 1997
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Lal; Kharaiti (b c 1919); Indian solider
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: Kharaiti Lal interviewed about his work locating and returning women abducted during Partition.
Main author: Lal; Kharaiti (b c 1919); Indian solider
Other authors: Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
Extent: 00:20:34
Admin history: Kharaiti Lal, a Hindu; was involved in traveling around Pakistan locating and returning women abducted following Partition. Subsequently lived in Samana, India. He was the father of Veena Kumari.
Custodial history: Interview by Andrew Whitehead at Kharaiti Lal's daughter’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: Hindi
Originals: MP3 audio datafile digitised from original recording on cassette tape. Original: OA3 Tape 46, Side A
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