Interview with Salahuddin Ahmed & Hamida Khan [sound recording]

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

Archive & Special Collections OA3/01/14/13 Open

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

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scb_order_with OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4
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title Interview with Salahuddin Ahmed & Hamida Khan [sound recording]
scb_date_creation 21 April 1997
scb_level Item
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scb_extent 00:47:45
author Ahmed; A F Salahuddin (b 1922); Bangladesh historian
author_facet Ahmed; A F Salahuddin (b 1922); Bangladesh historian
Khan; Hamida (b c 1924); lecturer
Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
authorStr Ahmed; A F Salahuddin (b 1922); Bangladesh historian
author_letter Ahmed; A F Salahuddin (b 1922); Bangladesh historian
author2 Khan; Hamida (b c 1924); lecturer
Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
author2Str Khan; Hamida (b c 1924); lecturer
Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
format Archive
scb_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 History at Jahangir Nagar University and Dhaka University. Ahmed was an follower of M. N. Roy's Radical Democratic Party during the 1940s and worked for the Indian Red Cross in Calcutta [Kolkatta] and Noakhali during Partition. He married Hamida Khanna
scb_custodial_history Interview by Andrew Whitehead at Salahuddin Ahmed & Hamida Khan's home, Dhaka, Bangladesh
description Salahuddin Ahmed & Hamida Khan interviewed about Calcutta; Noakhali; Mahatma Gandhi; Muhammad Ali Jinnah
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 69, Side A + B and OA3 Tape 69, Side B
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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