Interview with Shakeei Ahmed & Akhtar Jehan [sound recording]

Shakeei Ahmed interviewed about Muslim League; Urdu; UP Muslims. Akhtar Jehan interviewed about Urdu; UP Muslims.


Order number: OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4
Date(s) of creation: 27 March 1997
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Shakeei Ahmed (b c 1925); trade unionist
Other authors: Akhtar Jehan (b c 1925); college principal, 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: Shakeei Ahmed interviewed about Muslim League; Urdu; UP Muslims. Akhtar Jehan interviewed about Urdu; UP Muslims.
Main author: Shakeei Ahmed (b c 1925); trade unionist
Other authors: Akhtar Jehan (b c 1925); college principal, Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
Extent: 00:22:56
Admin history: Shakeei Ahmed was born in around 1925. He was an activist with Quit India and was jailed during British rule. He was a member of the Congress Socialist Party and in later life advised trade unions on labour cases. He married Akhtar Jehan.
Custodial history: Interview by Andrew Whitehead at Shakeei Ahmed & Akhtar Jehan's home in Lucknow, 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 52, 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