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M.A. Jinnah: Telegrams of Unwavering Support and Urgent Public Appeals

Sub title : From Merchant Community Backing to Pleas for Protection Amidst Rising Tensions

Subject: M.A. Jinnah | Merchant Community Support | Communal Violence | Economic Policy | Social Justice

Language: English

Page: 199 p.

Serial no: 27873

Keyword: M.A. Jinnah -- Muslim League -- Pakistan Demand -- Merchant Support -- Memon Merchants | Communal Violence -- Amritsar -- Halvad -- Dharangadhra State -- Miana Muslims -- Hur Community -- Eviction | Assam Line System -- South African Indians -- Social Justice.

Abstract: This collection of telegrams from 1945-1946 showcases both the solidifying support for M.A. Jinnah's leadership and the escalating communal and social tensions across India. Numerous telegrams from merchant communities (Ellichpur, Mysore, Bhatinda) and Muslim employee associations declare unwavering faith in Jinnah, recognize him as the "only accredited leader," and pledge to "sacrifice everything" for Pakistan. Concurrently, urgent appeals detail violent incidents, such as the murder of a Muslim in Amritsar's Katra Janjalsingh and attacks on Muslims in Halvad, Dharangadhra State, pleading for protection and justice.

Description: This extensive set of telegraph forms captures a critical juncture in the Pakistan Movement, where fervent political support coexisted with grave social unrest. The documents powerfully illustrate the consolidation of Jinnah's authority, with communities and professional groups across India explicitly acknowledging his sole leadership. The collection is equally significant for its stark record of the deteriorating law and order situation, providing ground-level reports of communal clashes, state oppression, and the plight of vulnerable groups who saw Jinnah and the League as their ultimate recourse for justice. The appeal regarding the Hur Act draws a direct parallel to the earlier Moplah Act, situating current grievances within a longer history of colonial legislation targeting specific Muslim communities. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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