Interview with Bir Bahadur Singh, Bhola Singh & Basant Kaur [sound recording]
Interview with Bir Bahadur Singh, Bhola Singh & Basant Kaur interviewed about Thoha Khalsa; well deaths.
| Order number: |
OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4 |
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| Date(s) of creation: |
11 May 1997 |
| Level: |
Item |
| Format: | Archive |
| Main author: | Singh; Bir Bahadur (b c 1937); of Thoha Kalsa, son of Basant Kau |
| Other authors: | Singh; Bhola (b c 1957); son of Bir Bahadur Singh, Kaur; Basant (b c 1905); of Thoha Kalsa, mother of Bir Bahadur Singh , 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: |
Interview with Bir Bahadur Singh, Bhola Singh & Basant Kaur interviewed about Thoha Khalsa; well deaths. |
| Main author: | Singh; Bir Bahadur (b c 1937); of Thoha Kalsa, son of Basant Kau |
| Other authors: | Singh; Bhola (b c 1957); son of Bir Bahadur Singh, Kaur; Basant (b c 1905); of Thoha Kalsa, mother of Bir Bahadur Singh , Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian |
| Extent: |
01:05:59 |
| Admin history: | Bir Bahadur Singh was present at the Sikh village of Thoha Khalsa near Rawalpindi in March 1947. The village was the site of a mass suicide of Sikh women during Partition violence. Singh's father was involved in the killing of Sikh women in advance of an feared attack. |
| Custodial history: | Interview by Andrew Whitehead, 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: | Hindi Panjabi English |
| Originals: |
MP3 audio datafile digitised from original recording on cassette tape. Original: OA3 Tape 80, Side A + B and OA3 Tape 80, Side BMP3 audio datafile digitised from original recording on cassette tape. Original: OA3 Tape 81, 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 |