Interview with I. A. Rehman [sound recording]

I. A. Rehman interviewed about Aligarh Muslim University; Partition violence in Haryana.

Archive & Special Collections OA3/01/13/97 Open

Order number: OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4
Date(s) of creation: April 1997
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Rehman; Ibn Abdur (b 1930); Pakistani peace and human rights activist
Other authors: Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
URL: https://digital.soas.ac.uk/oa3/all

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title Interview with I. A. Rehman [sound recording]
scb_date_creation April 1997
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scb_extent 00:23:08
author Rehman; Ibn Abdur (b 1930); Pakistani peace and human rights activist
author_facet Rehman; Ibn Abdur (b 1930); Pakistani peace and human rights activist
Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
authorStr Rehman; Ibn Abdur (b 1930); Pakistani peace and human rights activist
author_letter Rehman; Ibn Abdur (b 1930); Pakistani peace and human rights activist
author2 Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
author2Str Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
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scb_admin_history I. A. Rehman is a leading Pakistani peace and human-rights advocate. He was born on the 1st September 1930 in Hasanpur, Harayana, India and grew up in Palwal, Haryana a predominantly Hindu town. His father was a nationalist Muslim lawyer who was opposed to the Partition of India. Rehman attended Aligarh Muslim University. His family was attacked in during Partition violence in Harayana in 1947. His family moved to Lahore, Pakistan following Partition. Rehman worked as a movie critic and journalist for the 'Pakistan Times'. He was sacked in 1970 for his leading role in the national strike held by the journalists' trade union. Rehman and other dismissed journalists established the progressive newspaper 'Daily Azad'. In 1972, Rehman was returned to the 'Pakistan Times' as assistant editor but left again after two years. In 1978, he was appointed executive editor of the politically independent 'Weekly Viewpoint'. In 1989, Rehman was appointed as the chief editor of 'Pakistan Times'. Following the military coup in Pakistan in 1990, he left the paper. He is the director of the independent Human Rights Commission of Pakistan and the founding chair or the Pakistan-India Peoples' Forum for Peace and Democracy, an organisation which promotes grass-roots dialogue in the two countries.
scb_custodial_history Interview by Andrew Whitehead at I A Rehman's office, Gulberg, Lahore, Pakistan
description I. A. Rehman interviewed about Aligarh Muslim University; Partition violence in Haryana.
scb_access_status Open
scb_conditions_gov_access 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.
scb_copyright Copyright held by Andrew Whitehead
scb_use_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
language_search English
scb_originals MP3 audio datafile digitised from original recording on cassette tape. Original: OA3 Tape 60, Side A + B
scb_copies Digital version of sound recording is available via SOAS Digital Collections.
scb_related_material Partial transcript and notes compiled by Andrew Whitehead available at SOAS Library. Reference: OA3/02/01
scb_publications Research for broadcast of the BBC World Service radio series 'India: A People Partitioned' (1997)
scb_url https://digital.soas.ac.uk/oa3/all
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