Invitation Letters to M. A. Jinnah from Islamia College, Peshawar

Sub title : Student Appeals for a Visit to the Northwest Frontier Province

Subject: Student Politics | Muslim League Outreach | Northwest Frontier Province | Islamia College Peshawar

Date of publication: 1936

Language: English

Page: 4p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 27967

Keyword: M. A. Jinnah -- Islamia College Peshawar -- N.W.F.P. -- Student Invitation -- 1936 -- Peshawar -- Muslim League -- Frontier Politics -- Letters

Abstract: This file contains a series of letters from students or representatives of Islamia College in Peshawar, N.W.F.P., addressed to M.A. Jinnah in May 1936. The writers express disappointment at not receiving responses to previous letters and urgently invite Jinnah to visit the college and the province. They mention that Jinnah has been elected President of a "Holy People's Birthday celebration" (possibly referring to a religious or founding anniversary) and plead with him not to disappoint the hopeful students and public. The letters indicate a scheduled meeting or event on 3rd June 1936 and convey the significant local sentiment awaiting his arrival.

Description: This collection of letters represents the grassroots appeal from the Muslim student community in the strategically important North-West Frontier Province to M.A. Jinnah during the mid-1930s. The correspondence highlights the eagerness of students at Islamia College, a premier educational institution, to engage with the All-India Muslim League leader and hear from him directly. The tone is one of respectful insistence, underscoring Jinnah's growing stature and the desire for his political presence in a province that was a key battleground for Muslim political mobilization. These letters shed light on the efforts to build a connection between the central leadership of the League and the youth in the frontier regions. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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