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Mss Eur R193

Record Id:
032-002305482
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-002305482
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100000000074.0x000378
LARK:
SLARK:
Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur R193
Title:
Oral Biography papers.
Scope & Content:
Tape recordings of interviews, conducted Nov 1987-Jan 1988, by Gillian Wright on behalf of Trevor Royle for his book `The Last Days of the Raj' (London 1989), in which fourteen Indians discuss their personal recollections of British rule including the Quit India movement, independence, and the British legacy to India.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Project / Collection:
India Office Private Papers
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Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-002305482
Is part of:
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Hierarchy:
032-002305482
Container:
not applicable
Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
13 cassettes
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1942
End Date:
1947
Date Range:
1942-1947
Era:
CE
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User Conditions:
Source of Acquisition:
Purchased, 12 January 1990
Finding Aids:
For detailed description see handlist in the reading room.
Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Anthony, Frank Reginald, fl 1987
Bhatia, Prem, journalist, fl 1942-1988
Candeth, Kunhiraman Palat, army officer, 1916-2003
Chakravarty, Nikhil
Chatterji, Adhar Kumar, naval officer, 1914-2001
Chatterji, Prabhat Chandra, broadcaster and writer, fl 1948-2002
Communist Party of India
Damodaran, A K, diplomat and scholar, 1921-2012
Das, Chand Narain, army officer, fl 1933-1988
Gandhi, Indira Priyadarshini, née Nehru, politician and Prime Minister of India, 1917-1984,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000120965502
Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand, Mahātmā, lawyer, politician, anti-colonialist activist and ethicist, 1869-1948,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121386043
Indian Army, 1895-1947
Indian Civil Service, 1858-1947
Indian National Army
Indian National Congress
Jinnah, Muhammad Ali, politician, founder of Pakistan, Quaid-i-Azam, 1876-1948,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000081429044
Malhotra, Inder
Mountbatten, Edwina Cynthia Annette, wife of Louis, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, 1901-1960
Mountbatten, Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, 1900-1979,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000110605263
Muslim League
Narain, Govind
Nehru, Jawaharlal, Pandit
Palit, Dharitri Kumar, Major-General
Pant, Govind Ballabh, Pandit
Quit India Movement, 1942
Ram, Bharat, Dr
Rees, Thomas Wynford, alias `Pete', Major-General, 1898-1959
Royal Indian Navy, 1877-1947
Royle, Trevor
Singh, Khushwant, né Khushal Singh; writer, lawyer, and politician, 1915-2014
Tyabji, Badruddin Faiz Hasan Badruddin
Places:
India, Asia
Pakistan, Asia