Interview number: 220
Interviewer: Shanker, Uma
Interview date: 1986-11-03
Length 27 minutes
Condition notes: Microphone noise; brief aberration at 00:50
M.S. Mathur, Inspector-General Indian Police Service, briefly describes junior and senior police life in the U.P. during the years either side of Independence.
Coverage notes: relationships, postings, discriminations; Mirzapur, Fatehgarh, Mainpuri, Deoria, Agra; Chehlum; plague; Freda; senior ICS; British police; dacoits, rioters, Satyagrahis; Independence; law lacunae; masters/equals; 1931-1961