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
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

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item_location Archive & Special Collections
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scb_order_with OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4
callnumber OA3/01/16/05
callnumber_txt OA3/01/16/05
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title Interview with Bir Bahadur Singh, Bhola Singh & Basant Kaur [sound recording]
scb_date_creation 11 May 1997
scb_level Item
level_sort 8/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/Sub-Series/Sub-Sub-Series/File/Item
scb_extent 01:05:59
author Singh; Bir Bahadur (b c 1937); of Thoha Kalsa, son of Basant Kau
author_facet Singh; Bir Bahadur (b c 1937); of Thoha Kalsa, son of Basant Kau
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
authorStr Singh; Bir Bahadur (b c 1937); of Thoha Kalsa, son of Basant Kau
author_letter Singh; Bir Bahadur (b c 1937); of Thoha Kalsa, son of Basant Kau
author2 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
author2Str 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
format Archive
scb_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.
scb_custodial_history Interview by Andrew Whitehead, Delhi, India
description Interview with Bir Bahadur Singh, Bhola Singh & Basant Kaur interviewed about Thoha Khalsa; well deaths.
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 Hindi
Panjabi
English
language_search Hindi
Panjabi
English
scb_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
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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