| Order number: |
OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4
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| Summary: |
Usha Khanna interviewed about her personal memories of Kashmir in 1947 and involvement in the Communist Party of India (CPI) and the Left, and the CPI's cultural front and the women's self-defence corps militia.
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| Main author: |
Khanna; Usha (b 1927); née Kashyap, communist |
| Other authors: |
Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian |
| Extent: |
00:22:12
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| Admin history: |
Usha Khanna (née Kashyap) was born in 1927 in Rawalpindi into a left-wing Punjabi, Kashmiri, Hindu family. She was educated at St. Joseph's convent in Srinagar. Her father was Imperial Tobacco Company distributor in Jammu and Kashmir. Kashyap joined Communist Party of India and participated in the formation of women's self-defence corps militia in 1947. A member of cultural cell of militia, Khanna helped organise plays performed in villages. She married Lahore Communist Rajbans Krishen Khanna in 1948. |
| Custodial history: |
Interview by Andrew Whitehead via telephone to Mumbai, India |
| Access status: |
Open
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| 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.
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| 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
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| Copies: |
Digital version of sound recording is available via SOAS Digital Collections. |
| Related material: |
Transcript with notes 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)
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| Format: |
Archive
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