Interview with Jolly Kaul [sound recording]

Jolly Mohan Kaul interviewed about Communist Party of India (CPI) policy towards Direct Action Day general strike; Port Trust Employees Association; Calcutta trade union movement; Direct Action Day/Great Calcutta Killings; CPI policy towards Pakistan.


Order number: OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4
Date(s) of creation: 26 April 1997
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Kaul; Jolly Mohan (b c 1922); trade unionist and communist
Other authors: Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
URL: https://digital.soas.ac.uk/oa3/all

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item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
scb_order_with OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4
callnumber OA3/01/15/12
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title Interview with Jolly Kaul [sound recording]
scb_date_creation 26 April 1997
scb_level Item
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scb_extent 00:19:27
author Kaul; Jolly Mohan (b c 1922); trade unionist and communist
author_facet Kaul; Jolly Mohan (b c 1922); trade unionist and communist
Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
authorStr Kaul; Jolly Mohan (b c 1922); trade unionist and communist
author_letter Kaul; Jolly Mohan (b c 1922); trade unionist and communist
author2 Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
author2Str Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
format Archive
scb_admin_history Jolly Mohan Kaul was a trade unionist active in the Kidapur port area of Caluctta [Kolkata] in 1946. He was secretary of the Port Trust Employees Association, one of the largest trade unions in Calcutta. He was member of the district committee of the Communist Party of India (CPI). He participated in a CPI-led trade union march to the Maidan on Direct Action Day. He spent the evening h
scb_custodial_history Interview by Andrew Whitehead at Jolly Kaul's flat, Calcutta [Kolkata], India
description Jolly Mohan Kaul interviewed about Communist Party of India (CPI) policy towards Direct Action Day general strike; Port Trust Employees Association; Calcutta trade union movement; Direct Action Day/Great Calcutta Killings; CPI policy towards Pakistan.
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 76, Side 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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