'The Gathering of the Storm' (1997) [sound recording]

Recording of first radio programme of BBC World Service series 'India: A People Partioned'. "Setting the context of partition; looking at the first big partition riot, the Great Calcutta Killing of August 1946; the spread of the disturbances to Noakhali in east Bengal; and Gandhi's attempts to broke...

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Order number: OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4
Date(s) of creation: 16th July 1997
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: BBC; British Broadcasting Corporation; World Service; India: A People Partitioned; radio series
Other authors: Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian

Order number: OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4
Summary: Recording of first radio programme of BBC World Service series 'India: A People Partioned'. "Setting the context of partition; looking at the first big partition riot, the Great Calcutta Killing of August 1946; the spread of the disturbances to Noakhali in east Bengal; and Gandhi's attempts to broker communal peace". Andrew Whitehead, 1998
Main author: BBC; British Broadcasting Corporation; World Service; India: A People Partitioned; radio series
Other authors: Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
Access status: Open
Access conditions: MP3 audio file can be accessed on DVD-R in Special Collections Reading Room, SOAS Library. Users must bring their own headphones and computer to consult material.
Copyright: Copyright held by BBC; British Broadcasting Corporation
Language: English
Copies: The radio series 'India: A People Partitioned' is available, with the permission of the BBC World Service, on Andrew Whiteheads personal website [http://www.andrewwhitehead.net/india-a-people-partitioned.html].
Publications: Research for broadcasts:
Format: Archive