Interview with the Bali family [sound recording]
Interview with the Bali family of Baramulla, Kashmir. Anoop Singh Bali, Randir Singh Bali, and Gunwant Kaur Bali [in Urdu] interviewed about the Sikh experience of the 1947 invasion in Baramulla.
| Order number: |
OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4 |
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| Date(s) of creation: |
1 May 2003 |
| Level: |
Item |
| Format: | Archive |
| Main author: | Bali; Anoop Singh (b c 1920); of Baramulla, husband of Gunwant Kaur Bali |
| Other authors: | Bali; Gunwant Kaur (fl 1946-2003); of Baramulla, wife of Anoop Singh Bali, Bali; Randir Singh (b c 1936); of Baramulla, 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 the Bali family of Baramulla, Kashmir. Anoop Singh Bali, Randir Singh Bali, and Gunwant Kaur Bali [in Urdu] interviewed about the Sikh experience of the 1947 invasion in Baramulla. |
| Main author: | Bali; Anoop Singh (b c 1920); of Baramulla, husband of Gunwant Kaur Bali |
| Other authors: | Bali; Gunwant Kaur (fl 1946-2003); of Baramulla, wife of Anoop Singh Bali, Bali; Randir Singh (b c 1936); of Baramulla, Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian |
| Extent: |
00:49:42 |
| Admin history: | Anoop Singh Bali was from a prosperous Sikh family from Baramulla, Kashmir. Following Partition he was in the Indian Air Force and returned to Kashmir in November 1947. He married Gunwant Kaur Bali in 1946. |
| Custodial history: | Interview by Andrew Whitehead in Baramulla, Kashmir |
| Access status: |
Open |
| Access conditions: |
MP3 audio file can be accessed on CD-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 Urdu |
| Copies: | Digital version of sound recording is available via SOAS Digital Collections. |
| Related material: | Partial transcript with notes compiled by Andrew Whitehead available at SOAS Library. Reference: OA3/02/03 |
| Publications: |
Research for broadcast of the BBC Radio 4 programme 'An Incident in Kashmir' (2003); and Andrew Whitehead, 'A Mission in Kashmir' (Viking Penguin, 2007) |
| Format: | Archive |