Interview with Abol Hussain [sound recording]

Abol Hussain interviewed about Direct Action Day/Great Calcutta Killings; Bangladesh


Order number: OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4
Date(s) of creation: 21 April 1997
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Hussain; Abol (b 1922); Bangldadesh poet
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: Abol Hussain interviewed about Direct Action Day/Great Calcutta Killings; Bangladesh
Main author: Hussain; Abol (b 1922); Bangldadesh poet
Other authors: Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
Extent: 00:20:40
Admin history: Abol Hussain was born in Kulna, Dhaka on the 15th August 1922. He was in West Bengal, 1937-1947. Originally of a left-wing perspective Hussain later became a nationalist. He was a poet.
Custodial history: Interview by Andrew Whitehead, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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 68, 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