Interview with Jugal Ghosh [sound recording]
Jugal Chandra Ghosh interviewed about Calcutta; criminal gangs; Mahatma Gandhi
| Order number: |
OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4 |
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| Date(s) of creation: |
24 April 1997 |
| Level: |
Item |
| Format: | Archive |
| Main author: | Ghosh; Jugal Chandra (b c 1912); trade unionist |
| Other authors: | Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian |
| URL: |
https://digital.soas.ac.uk/oa3/all |
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SOAS Archive |
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OA3.01.15.02 |
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archive |
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Archive & Special Collections |
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Archive & Special Collections |
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Reference only |
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OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4 |
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OA3/01/15/02 |
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OA3/01/15/02 |
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OA3/01/15/02 |
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02 |
| title |
Interview with Jugal Ghosh [sound recording] |
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24 April 1997 |
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Item |
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8/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/Sub-Series/Sub-Sub-Series/File/Item |
| scb_extent |
00:57:52 |
| author |
Ghosh; Jugal Chandra (b c 1912); trade unionist |
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Ghosh; Jugal Chandra (b c 1912); trade unionist Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian |
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Ghosh; Jugal Chandra (b c 1912); trade unionist |
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Ghosh; Jugal Chandra (b c 1912); trade unionist |
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Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian |
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Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian |
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Archive |
| scb_admin_history |
Jugal Chandra Ghosh worked for the Congress party linked Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC) and ran an akhara or wrestling school. In 1946 riots he organised self-defence groups among Hindus in Calcutta. He met Mahatma Gandhi in August 1947. In 1992 he organised relief for Calcutta muslims following the Ayodha riots. In later life he looked after the house in Baliaghata at which Gandhi stayed in August 1947. |
| scb_custodial_history |
Interview by Andrew Whitehead at Jugal Ghosh's home, Baliaghata [Beliaghata], Calcutta [Kolkata], India |
| description |
Jugal Chandra Ghosh interviewed about Calcutta; criminal gangs; Mahatma Gandhi |
| 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 |
Bengali English |
| language_search |
Bengali English |
| scb_originals |
MP3 audio datafile digitised from original recording on cassette tape. Original: OA3 Tape 72, 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) |
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https://digital.soas.ac.uk/oa3/all |
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OA3 |
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OA3.0001.0015.0002 |