Archive / Audio / H.R. Sikka

Interview number: 227

Interviewer: Shanker, Uma

Interview date: 1991-03-23

Length Not known

Condition notes: Audio missing


Sikka, veteran freedom fighter, very briefly describes joining the freedom movement, rigorous imprisonment in Lahore, Jhang and Multan jails, life as a badmaash, and his subsequent career.


Coverage notes: Jhang, Lahore, Multan jails; Pimpri, Poona; challaned; Kohna hospital; Surkhi; chapattis; atta; No.1 – quinine; No.10 – criminal register; badmaashes; hawaldar; false charges; Hindu High school, Jhang; 1929-1978