ORAL HISTORY OF LABOUR MOVEMENT IN INDIA: Recent submissions

  • Interview of Munishwar Pandey 
    Unknown author
    Interview of Munishwar Pandey, veteran union leader. Began politics from the students movement, through AISF in Benaras. Worked with Benaras Cotton and Silk Mills, Raiwaymen's Federation and others. Also organised hotel ...
  • Interview of N. Prasada Rao 
    Unknown author
    Interview of N. Prasada Rao, President, CITU, Andhra Pradesh. Began politics from Congress and the civil disobidience movement. Participated in the kisan movements of 1930s and 40s in the Godavari district. Began working ...
  • Interview of N.C. Roychaudhury 
    Rajimwale, Anil (2003-02-04)
    Interview of N.C. Roychaudhury, President, South Eastern Railwaymen's Union, Calcutta. Born in today's Bangladesh, he was schooled in Calcutta and began student politics in 1944-45. Joined South Eastern Railways in 1951. ...
  • Interview of N.D. Sundriyal 
    Rajimwale, Anil; Jha, Krishna; Poulose, Bobby (2002-09-27)
    Interview of N.D. Sundriyal, veteran trade unionist. Born in Uttarakhand, he got active in politics through student movement. He is one of the tallest leaders of road transport workers of Uttarakhand and he was the General ...
  • Interview of N.S. Bhangoo 
    Rajimwale, Anil; Jha, Krishna; Poulose, Bobby (2002-10-05)
    Interview of N.S. Bhangoo, Secretary General, All India Railway Employees Confederation. Born in Punjab, did graduation in science and joined the railways as apprentice block maintainer in 1956. Main reason for his coming ...
  • Interview of Namdeo Ramchandra Shenmare 
    Unknown author (2004-07-22)
    Interview and profile of Com. Namdeo Ramchandra Shenmare, trade unionist, AITUC. Began with organising textile workers in Gujarat. Participated in the railways strike of 1949 and got arrested. Released in 1951, became ...
  • Interview of Nand Kishore Patnaik 
    Jha, Krishna (2003-01-23)
    Interview of Nand Kishore Patnaik, veteran communist leader from Orissa. Began activism from college days and organised study circles, at the time of the second world war. He was active in the strike of the Sree Durga Glass ...
  • Interview of Narayan Palekar 
    Unknown author
    Interview of Narayan Palekar, veteran trade union leader. He was initially with the Radical Humanist Party of MN Roy. Participant in the strike of electric supply and bus transport workers in Bombay. Also participated in ...
  • Interview of Nutneshwar Khobragade 
    Poulose, Bobby (2003-06-24)
    Interview of Nutneshwar Khobragade, veteran union leader. Began activism with the manganese ore mines at the Balaghat district. From 1982 onwards, he has been working in Raipur and organising PWD, Nagar Nigam, Plywood, ...
  • Interview of Nutthi Narasaiah 
    Unknown author
    Interview of Nutthi Narasaiah. Worked as a child miner, in the age of 12. Belonged to the Hyderabad state of Nizam and participated in the anti-Nizam struggle of 1946-47. He organised the Singareni Workers Union in the ...
  • Interview of P. Anjaneyulu 
    Unknown author (2004-09-24)
    Interview and profile of P Anjaneyulu. Born in a poor Brahmin family, he was initially attracted to Congress Party. He was arrested for setting afire to railway station during Quit India Movement. At the age of 19, he came ...
  • Interview of P. Peddaraju 
    Unknown author (2004-09-15)
    Interview and profile of P Peddaraju, labour leader at Chitti Valsa Jute Mill Workers Union. Born in a farmer family, he studied at Vijaynagaram and came to the jute mill for a job. He joined the factory in 1948. Initially ...
  • Interview of P. Ramachandrarao 
    Unknown author (2004-09-17)
    Interview and profile of P Ramachandrarao. Began politics with AISF, and went on to become party leader of the Kakinada union. Also got elected as Vice Chairman of the Kakinada town from the party.
  • Interview of P. Venkataswaralu 
    Unknown author (2004-09-11)
    Interview and profile of P Venkataswaralu, worker, Hindustan Shipyard, Vizag. He began as an unskilled worker in 1964 and got promoted as skilled worker in 1966. In 1999, he took voluntary retirement, four years earlier ...
  • Interview of P.K. Ganguly 
    Poulose, Bobby (2003-02-02)
    Interview of P.K. Ganguly.
  • Interview of P.R. Menon 
    Unknown author (2004-06-29)
    Interview and profile of P.R. Menon, leader, Northern Railway Mazdoor Union. Joined the railways in 1951. Participant of all major railway struggles of 1960s and 1970s, including the historic 1974 strike.
  • Interview of Padala Ramarao 
    Unknown author (2004-09-22)
    Interview and profile of Padala Ramarao, member of AITUC General Council and Progressive Writers Association. Began union activities in 1941 and organised weavers. Also organised sweepers and ensured their wage hike in ...
  • Interview of Panchanan Choudhury 
    Unknown author (2004-09-10)
    Interview and profile of Panchanan Choudhury, Ex Director, Vizag Steel Plant. Born in Calcutta, influenced by INTUC leader Anand Gopal Mukherjee, who brought him into unionism. He feels that unless unions have collaborative ...
  • Interview of Parduman Singh 
    Unknown author
    Interview of Parduman Singh. Born in 1924, he began his political activities as a student, collecting relief for the victims of the Bengal famines. Started Sarvodaya work near Amritsar. After Partition, came to Delhi and ...
  • Interview of Parvati Krishnan 
    Unknown author
    Interview of Parvati Krishnan, veteran trade unionist. Born in an upper caste progressive and nationalist family, she went on to organise textile, plantation and other workers. As an AITUC leader, she was the first to raise ...

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