Interview with Usha Khanna [sound recording]

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.

Archive & Special Collections OA3/01/18/47 Open

Order number: OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4
Date(s) of creation: 31 August 2008
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Khanna; Usha (b 1927); née Kashyap, communist
Other authors: Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
URL: https://digital.soas.ac.uk/oa3/all

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title Interview with Usha Khanna [sound recording]
scb_date_creation 31 August 2008
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scb_extent 00:22:12
author Khanna; Usha (b 1927); née Kashyap, communist
author_facet Khanna; Usha (b 1927); née Kashyap, communist
Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
authorStr Khanna; Usha (b 1927); née Kashyap, communist
author_letter Khanna; Usha (b 1927); née Kashyap, 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 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.
scb_custodial_history Interview by Andrew Whitehead via telephone to Mumbai, India
description 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.
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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