Correspondence and Reports to M.A. Jinnah

Sub title : On the Political Struggle and Rights of Muslims in Jammu & Kashmir

Subject: Jammu & Kashmir | Muslim Conference | M.A. Jinnah | Political Oppression | Sheikh Abdullah | National Conference

Date of publication: 1942

Language: English

Page: 93 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 28015

Keyword: M.A. Jinnah -- Jammu & Kashmir -- Kashmir Muslim Conference -- Ghulam Abbas -- Sheikh Abdullah | National Conference -- Sir Gopalaswami Ayyangar -- All India States Muslim League | Political Oppression -- 1943 -- Muslim Rights -- Princely State Politics

Abstract: A collection of letters, telegrams, reports, and press communications from 1942 to 1948, addressed to M.A. Jinnah (Qaid-i-Azam) by leaders and members of the All Jammu & Kashmir Muslim Conference. The documents detail the intense political struggle and persecution faced by Muslims in the princely state under the premiership of Sir Gopalaswami Ayyangar. They report on violent clashes instigated by Sheikh Abdullah's National Conference, the partisan role of state police, the arrest and expulsion of All India States Muslim League President Nawab Bahadur Khan in 1943, and repeated appeals for Jinnah's direct intervention, guidance, and visit to Kashmir to bolster the Muslim cause and secure their rights within the framework of the Pakistan movement.

Description: This file comprises a critical set of documents revealing the internal political crisis and communal strife within Jammu & Kashmir during the 1940s, as communicated directly to M.A. Jinnah. The correspondence highlights the desperate situation of Kashmiri Muslims, caught between an oppressive state government accused of favoring the Congress-aligned National Conference and violent internal factionalism. It includes first-hand accounts of political violence, censorship, and the state's high-handed treatment of Muslim leaders. The collection underscores the pivotal role Jinnah and the All India Muslim League were expected to play as protectors and mediators for Muslims in princely states, chronicling their persistent appeals for his leadership, a proposed visit to the valley, and strategic advice during the tumultuous years leading up to and immediately following the Partition of India. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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