Interview with C. R. Dutta [sound recording]

C .R. Dutta interviewed about minorities; migration in Bangladesh.

Archive & Special Collections OA3/01/14/01 Open

Order number: OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4
Date(s) of creation: 18 April 1997
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Dutta; Chitta Ranjan (b 1927); Bangladesh army officer and minority rights campaigner
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 C. R. Dutta [sound recording]
scb_date_creation 18 April 1997
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scb_extent 00:16:35
author Dutta; Chitta Ranjan (b 1927); Bangladesh army officer and minority rights campaigner
author_facet Dutta; Chitta Ranjan (b 1927); Bangladesh army officer and minority rights campaigner
Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
authorStr Dutta; Chitta Ranjan (b 1927); Bangladesh army officer and minority rights campaigner
author_letter Dutta; Chitta Ranjan (b 1927); Bangladesh army officer and minority rights campaigner
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 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.
scb_custodial_history Interview by Andrew Whitehead at the offices of Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council in Dhaka, Bangladesh
description C .R. Dutta interviewed about minorities; migration in Bangladesh.
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 64, Side A
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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