| Order number: |
OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4
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| Summary: |
C .R. Dutta interviewed about minorities; migration in Bangladesh.
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| Main author: |
Dutta; Chitta Ranjan (b 1927); Bangladesh army officer and minority rights campaigner |
| Other authors: |
Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian |
| Extent: |
00:16:35
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| Admin history: |
Major General C. R. Dutta was born on 1st January 1927 into a family from Sylhet, Bengal. He was educated at Asutosh College of the University of Calcutta and Daulatpur College in Khulna. Dutta joined the Pakistani army in 1951 and served as company commander during the 1965 Indo-Pakistan War. He fought for the independence of Bangladesh as a commander for the Sylhet sector of the Mukti Bahini during the Bangladesh Liberation War. Following the independence of Bangladesh, he became the first Director General of Bangladesh Rifles. In 1988, following his retirement from the army, Chitta Ranjan Dutta was a founder member and first President of the Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council. In this role he campaigned for a secular constitution for Bangladesh and the rights of minorities. |
Major General C. R. Dutta was born on 1st January 1927 into a family from Sylhet, Bengal. He was educated at Asutosh College of the University of Calcutta and Daulatpur College in Khulna. Dutta joined the Pakistani army in 1951 and served as company commander during the 1965 Indo-Pakistan War. He fought for the independence of Bangladesh as a commander for the Sylhet sector of the Mukti Bahini during the Bangladesh Liberation War. Following the independence of Bangladesh, he became the first Director General of Bangladesh Rifles. In 1988, follo ... View more |
| Custodial history: |
Interview by Andrew Whitehead at the offices of Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council in Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Access status: |
Open
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| 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.
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| 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
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| Originals: |
MP3 audio datafile digitised from original recording on cassette tape. Original: OA3 Tape 64, Side A
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| 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)
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| Format: |
Archive
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