Interview with Anusuya Das [sound recording]

Anusuya Das interviewed about Parition in Lahore; Delhi refugee camps.


Order number: OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4
Date(s) of creation: 1 May 1997
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Dass; Anusuya (b c 1919); physician
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: Anusuya Das interviewed about Parition in Lahore; Delhi refugee camps.
Main author: Dass; Anusuya (b c 1919); physician
Other authors: Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
Extent: 00:26:18
Admin history: Dr Anusuya Das was a pioneer of medical care for those displaced by Partition. was brought up in a Hindu family in Lahore. She qualified as a doctor and gynaecologist. Travelled to India in September 1947. Dass set up medical facilities for refugees in the Kingsway area of Delhi. She later became the principal of Lady Hardinge Medical College.
Custodial history: Interview by Andrew Whitehead at home of Anusuya Dass, Delhi, India
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 79, Side A
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