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`Gandhi: His Life and Philosophy': as told by himself and those connected with him; with narration written and spoken by Francis Watson and traditional Indian background music. (BBC Cassettes, Mono, 1983).
Tape recording of interview, given 1984, by John Walter Robert Sarkies (b 1912), Indian Medical Service 1937-47, on his life and career as a doctor in the Indian Army, including early years at Secunderabad 1937-39, service in Burma 1939-42 including the retreat from Burma, and his duties in Java ...
Tape recording of interview, given 1976, by Leslie Cyril Frederick Robins (b 1907) on his experiences in India as an officer in the Indian Police 1928-48, serving mainly in the United Provinces.
Tape recordings by Col Mohammad Sharif Khan (b 1916), Indian Army 1937, describing his life on the North-West Frontier as a Lieutenant in the Tochi Scouts, in particular his being besieged in Datta Khel Fort by the Faqir of Ipi May-July 1942. See also related papers at Mss Eur T 179.
Tape recording, made c1975, by Sir Ronald Evelyn Leslie Wingate (1889-1978), Indian Civil Service 1913-17, Indian Political Service 1917-39, on special duty under Civil Commissioner of Occupied Territories, Mesopotamia 1917-19, recalling incidents of his life in India and Mesopotamia 1917-19; wit...
Tape recording of interview, given 1987, by Sir (Edward) Penderel Moon (1905-87), Indian Civil Service, Punjab 1929-43, served again in India 1946-c60, on aspects of British rule in India including race relations, the transfer of power, the Indian Civil Service, and the Indian Police; and on his ...
`Going Home': tape recording of BBC Radio Scotland programme by Trevor Royle, broadcast 3 Jun 1987, to mark 40th anniversary of transfer of power in India; also programme script, and full recordings of interviews with contributors giving their personal recollections of the transfer of power.
Tape recording of interview, given 1988, by Eleanor May Boult (nee Robinson) (b 1916), describing the life of a European girl (daughter of a British Army sergeant, later a railwayman), born in India and growing up as a member of the domiciled European community, whose first visit to England was i...
Tape recording of interview, given 1988, by Bernard Wilfred Budd (b 1912), on his career in the Indian Civil Service in Bombay 1935-38, Sind 1938-47, and in the Pakistan Administration Service 1947-51. [Transcript available].