Interview with M. S. Nirankari [sound recording]

M.S. Nirankari interviewed about Amritsar during Partition; refugee trains.


Order number: OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4
Date(s) of creation: 19 March 1997
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Nirankari; Man Singh (b 1911); eye surgeon
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: M.S. Nirankari interviewed about Amritsar during Partition; refugee trains.
Main author: Nirankari; Man Singh (b 1911); eye surgeon
Other authors: Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
Extent: 00:26:00
Admin history: Dr. M. S. Nirankari was born into a Sikh family in Rawalpindi in 1911. In 1947, he was working as an eye surgeon in Amritsar. Nirankari continued to live in Amritsar following Parition.
Custodial history: Interview by Andrew Whitehead at M. S. Nirankari's home in Amritsar, 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 48, 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