| Order number: |
OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4
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| Summary: |
Ashoka Gupta interviewed about Noakhali riots; Mahatma Gandhi; experiences of women
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| Main author: |
Gupta; Ashoka (1912-2008); Indian freedom fighter and social worker |
| Other authors: |
Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian |
| Extent: |
00:30:01
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| Admin history: |
Ashoka Gupta was born in November 1912. She was educated at St. Margaret's School and Bethune College in Calcutta [Kolkata]. She married Saibal Gupta, an Indian Civil Service officer. She became a member of All India Women's Conference (AIWC) in 1936 and was involved in relief work following the Bengal famine of 1943. Her husband was posted to Chittagong in 1945 and she moved with him. Following the Noakhali riots, she led a volunteer team of relief workers from Chittagong AIWC to Noakhali. She is the founder of the West Bengal Emergency Relief Committee in 1947, which was later renamed Mahila Seva Samity (Organisation for the Welfare of Women). Following Partition, she migrated to Calcutta and continued work focused on refugee rehabilitation, literacy, social welfare projects among rural women and children. She was later President of Indian Society for Sponsorship and Adoption. She died on the 8 July 2008. |
Ashoka Gupta was born in November 1912. She was educated at St. Margaret's School and Bethune College in Calcutta [Kolkata]. She married Saibal Gupta, an Indian Civil Service officer. She became a member of All India Women's Conference (AIWC) in 1936 and was involved in relief work following the Bengal famine of 1943. Her husband was posted to Chittagong in 1945 and she moved with him. Following the Noakhali riots, she led a volunteer team of relief workers from Chittagong AIWC to Noakhali. She is the founder of the West Bengal Emerge ... View more |
| Custodial history: |
Interview by Andrew Whitehead at Ashoka Gupta's home in Ballygunj, Calcutta [Kolkata], India |
| Access status: |
Open
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| 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.
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| 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
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| Originals: |
MP3 audio datafile digitised from original recording on cassette tape. Original: OA3 Tape 74, Side A
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| 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)
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| Format: |
Archive
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