Interview with Badruddin Umar [sound recording]

Badruddin Umar interviewed about communalism; Direct Action Day/Great Calcutta Killings.

Archive & Special Collections OA3/01/14/16 Open

Order number: OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4
Date(s) of creation: 22 April 1997
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Umar; Badruddin (b 1931); Bangladeshi Marxist
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 Badruddin Umar [sound recording]
scb_date_creation 22 April 1997
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scb_extent 00:22:00
author Umar; Badruddin (b 1931); Bangladeshi Marxist
author_facet Umar; Badruddin (b 1931); Bangladeshi Marxist
Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
authorStr Umar; Badruddin (b 1931); Bangladeshi Marxist
author_letter Umar; Badruddin (b 1931); Bangladeshi Marxist
author2 Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
author2Str Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
format Archive
scb_admin_history Badruddin Umar was born in West Bengal on 20 December 1931. His father was the Abul Hashim, the leftist General Secretary of the Muslim League in Bengal province in 1947. Umar obtained an MA in Philosophy from Dhaka University and degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) from the University of Oxford. He taught at Dhaka University and political science and sociology at Rajshahi University. Umar joined at East Pakistan Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist) in 1969 and edited the party's journal 'Saptahik Ganashakti' until 1971. Umar later became President of the Bangladesh Krishak Federation [Bangladesh Peasant Federation] and Bangladesh Lekhak Shibir, a progressive literary-cultural organisation.
scb_custodial_history Interview by Andrew Whitehead at Badruddin Umar's flat, Dhaka, Bangladesh
description Badruddin Umar interviewed about communalism; Direct Action Day/Great Calcutta Killings.
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 70, Side A + 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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