Interview with Ashoka Gupta [sound recording]

Ashoka Gupta interviewed about Noakhali riots; Mahatma Gandhi; experiences of women

Archive & Special Collections OA3/01/15/06 Open

Order number: OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4
Date(s) of creation: 24 April 1997
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Gupta; Ashoka (1912-2008); Indian freedom fighter and social worker
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 Ashoka Gupta [sound recording]
scb_date_creation 24 April 1997
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author Gupta; Ashoka (1912-2008); Indian freedom fighter and social worker
author_facet Gupta; Ashoka (1912-2008); Indian freedom fighter and social worker
Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
authorStr Gupta; Ashoka (1912-2008); Indian freedom fighter and social worker
author_letter Gupta; Ashoka (1912-2008); Indian freedom fighter and social worker
author2 Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
author2Str Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
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scb_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.
scb_custodial_history Interview by Andrew Whitehead at Ashoka Gupta's home in Ballygunj, Calcutta [Kolkata], India
description Ashoka Gupta interviewed about Noakhali riots; Mahatma Gandhi; experiences of women
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 74, Side A
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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