Interview with Pran Chopra [sound recording]

Pran Chopra interviewd about his personal memories of Partition and Independence, including a brief visit to Kashmir and memories of the Bedis.


Order number: OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4
Date(s) of creation: 18 April 2007
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Chopra; Pran (1921-2013); Indian journalist
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: Pran Chopra interviewd about his personal memories of Partition and Independence, including a brief visit to Kashmir and memories of the Bedis.
Main author: Chopra; Pran (1921-2013); Indian journalist
Other authors: Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
Extent: 00:34:22
Admin history: Pran Chopra, was an Indian journalist and editor. He was born in Lahore in 1921. In Lahore he mixed in left-wing intellectual circles. He worked as a journalist for the 'Civil and Military Gazette' in 1941 and later as a war correspondent for All India Radio. He returned to Lahore in August 1947 to help his parents leave for India. Later worked as journalist for the 'The Hindu' and 'The Tribune' and became the first Indian Chief Editor of the 'The Statesman'. Chopra died on 22 December 2013.
Custodial history: Interview by Andrew Whitehead at the India International Centre, Delhi, India
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
Copies: Digital version of sound recording is available via SOAS Digital Collections.
Related material: Summary notes on interview compiled by Andrew Whitehead available at SOAS Library. Reference: OA3/02/03
Publications: Research for the publication: Andrew Whitehead, 'A Mission in Kashmir' (Viking Penguin, 2007)
Format: Archive