Interview with S. M. Jaffar [sound recording]

S. M. Jaffar interviewed about Congress Muslims; Muslim League.


Order number: OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4
Date(s) of creation: 27 March 1997
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Jaffar; S M (b 1919); Indian journalist and politician
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: S. M. Jaffar interviewed about Congress Muslims; Muslim League.
Main author: Jaffar; S M (b 1919); Indian journalist and politician
Other authors: Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
Extent: 00:27:37
Admin history: S.M. Jaffar was born in 1919 into a Muslim family. He was the Congress president of Lucknow Student's Union in 1942. He was jailed for three years for his activism in Quit India movement. He later became a journalist. He was involved in politics with Bharatiya Lok Dal and later Congress Party and became a member of UP legislative council.
Custodial history: Interview by Andrew Whitehead at S. M. Jaffar'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 + B
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