Interview with Lyla Murshed [sound recording]

Lyla Murshed interviewed about nationalist Muslims; Partition of Bengal.


Order number: OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4
Date(s) of creation: 22 April 1997
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Murshed; Lyla (1925-2017); daughter of the Mayor of Calcutta
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: Lyla Murshed interviewed about nationalist Muslims; Partition of Bengal.
Main author: Murshed; Lyla (1925-2017); daughter of the Mayor of Calcutta
Other authors: Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
Extent: 00:08:12
Admin history: Lyla Murshed was born 7 November 1925 in Calcutta [Kolkata], from a nationalist Muslim family. Her father, Zakaria, was a mayor of Calcutta [Kolkata] and a friend of Subhas Chandra Bose. Murshed's uncle was Abul Kasem Fazlul Huq. Following Partition, she left Calcutta to move to Dhaka.
Custodial history: Interview by Andrew Whitehead at the home of Lyla Murshed, 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 70, 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