Interview with Salahuddin Ahmed & Hamida Khan [sound recording]

Salahuddin Ahmed & Hamida Khan interviewed about Calcutta; Noakhali; Mahatma Gandhi; Muhammad Ali Jinnah


Order number: OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4
Date(s) of creation: 21 April 1997
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Ahmed; A F Salahuddin (b 1922); Bangladesh historian
Other authors: Khan; Hamida (b c 1924); lecturer, 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: Salahuddin Ahmed & Hamida Khan interviewed about Calcutta; Noakhali; Mahatma Gandhi; Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Main author: Ahmed; A F Salahuddin (b 1922); Bangladesh historian
Other authors: Khan; Hamida (b c 1924); lecturer, Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
Extent: 00:47:45
Admin history: Dr A. F. Salahuddin Ahmed was born into an educated Bengali Muslim family in Faridpur, Bengal in 1922. He was educated at Ripon College [Surendranath College] and Presidency College [Presidency University]. He gained an MA in History from both Calcutta University and School of Oriental and African Studies(SOAS), University of Pennsylvania. Ahmed was awarded a PhD from the University of London in 1961. He taught at Jagannath College, Dhaka. Ahmed was Lecturer, Reader, and then Professor of History at Rajshahi University. He was also Professor of ... View more
Custodial history: Interview by Andrew Whitehead at Salahuddin Ahmed & Hamida Khan's home, 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 69, Side A + B and OA3 Tape 69, 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