Interview with Pran Nath Jalali (2) [sound recording]

Pran Nath Jalali interviewed about the role in Kashmir of Communist Party of India; nationalist movement in Kashmir; jail on Independence Day; militia; and identifying militia members in pamphlet photograph.

Archive & Special Collections OA3/01/18/39 Open

Order number: OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4
Date(s) of creation: 11 April 2007
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Jalali; Pran Nath (b c 1929); journalist and communist
Other authors: Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
URL: https://digital.soas.ac.uk/oa3/all

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scb_order_with OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4
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title Interview with Pran Nath Jalali (2) [sound recording]
scb_date_creation 11 April 2007
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scb_extent 00:35:23
author Jalali; Pran Nath (b c 1929); journalist and communist
author_facet Jalali; Pran Nath (b c 1929); journalist and communist
Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
authorStr Jalali; Pran Nath (b c 1929); journalist and communist
author_letter Jalali; Pran Nath (b c 1929); journalist and communist
author2 Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
author2Str Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
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scb_admin_history Pran Nath Jalali was born into a Kashmiri speaking Pandit family in Kashmir. He was a freedom fighter and an activist with the Communist Party of India from 1941-1949. He was a political officer in the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference-aligned militia. Following Partition, Jalali lived in Czechoslovakia, returning to India in the mid-1950s. He worked as a journalist, most notably for the Press Trust of India in Srinagar. Jalali left Srinagar following attempt on his life in 1983.
scb_custodial_history Interview by Andrew Whitehead, Delhi, India
description Pran Nath Jalali interviewed about the role in Kashmir of Communist Party of India; nationalist movement in Kashmir; jail on Independence Day; militia; and identifying militia members in pamphlet photograph.
scb_access_status Open
scb_conditions_gov_access 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.
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_copies Digital version of sound recording is available via SOAS Digital Collections.
scb_related_material Transcript with notes compiled by Andrew Whitehead available at SOAS Library. Reference: OA3/02/03
scb_publications Research for the publication: Andrew Whitehead, 'A Mission in Kashmir' (Viking Penguin, 2007)
scb_url https://digital.soas.ac.uk/oa3/all
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