Archive / Audio / K. Singh

Interview number: 234

Interviewer: Gandhi, Arun

Interview date: 1970-02-20

Length 18 minutes

Condition notes: variable volume, intermittent stretching of tape due to poor storage.


K. Singh, Sikh lawyer/teacher from Lahore, gives his views of Partition massacres, in Lahore and Delhi, involving Muslims, Sikhs and Hindus.


Coverage notes: Lahore; Muslims, Sikhs, Hindus; Master Tara Singh; Kirpan; communal riots, killings; house marking; ‘Parsee ka Makaan’; goondas; Delhi; Begum; Amritsar; Manzur Kadir; Fazal Hussaini Sikh; upper-middle class; regret, repentance, tears; R.S.S.; Akali Dal; 1947-1948