Interview with Shingara Singh [sound recording]

Shingara Singh interviewed about anti-Muslim violence in Punjab during Partition.


Order number: OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4
Date(s) of creation: 19 March 1997
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Singh; Shingara (fl 1919-1997); landowner
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: Shingara Singh interviewed about anti-Muslim violence in Punjab during Partition.
Main author: Singh; Shingara (fl 1919-1997); landowner
Other authors: Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
Extent: 00:18:29
Admin history: Shingara Singh a Jat Sikh was from Sultanwind, near Amritsar. In the build up to Partition he was involved in murder of Muslims in Amritsar. He was jailed for about two weeks in Lahore but released following Independence. His family owns farmland near village of Rampura.
Custodial history: Interview by Andrew Whitehead in field near village of Rampura, 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