Interview with Rao Abid Hamid [sound recording]

Rao Abid Hamid interviewed about UP [Uttar Pradesh]; Pakistani identity; Pakistan army.


Order number: OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4
Date(s) of creation: 10 April 1997
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Rao Abid Hamid (fl 1947-1997); Pakistani army officer and human rights campaigner
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: Rao Abid Hamid interviewed about UP [Uttar Pradesh]; Pakistani identity; Pakistan army.
Main author: Rao Abid Hamid (fl 1947-1997); Pakistani army officer and human rights campaigner
Other authors: Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
Extent: 00:15:58
Admin history: Brigadier Rao Abid Hamid was a retired Pakistani army officer and later a coordinator with the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan. His family was from Muzaffarnager, UP, India. He was a critic of the Pakistani Army and a campaigner for peace between Pakistan and India.
Custodial history: Interview by Andrew Whitehead at Rao Abid Hamid's office, Gulberg, Lahore, Pakistan
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 60, Side 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