M.A. Jinnah and the Partition of Assets

Sub title : Expert Committee Reports on Division of Legislative Assembly Property

Subject: Administrative division of assets | Allocation of furniture | Office equipment

Date of publication: 1947

Language: English

Page: 13 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 28048

Keyword: Partition of India 1947 -- Pakistan Assembly -- Asset division -- Expert Committee | Legislative Assembly Department -- furniture inventory -- office equipment -- stationery list | government report -- M.A. Jinnah (as President of Constituent Assembly of Pakistan).

Abstract: Official reports and inventories from Expert Committee No. II and its Sub-Committee No. 19 concerning the division of movable assets of the Legislative Assembly Department between India and Pakistan in July-August 1947. Includes detailed lists of furniture, typewriters, duplicating machines, and stationery, with valuations and proposed allocations to the Pakistan Assembly.

Description: This set of documents comprises official reports, memoranda, and detailed appendices from the Government of India's Expert Committee No. II, tasked with allocating assets and liabilities during the Partition. The papers include the final report of Sub-Committee No. 19, inventories of furniture (e.g., almirahs, racks, chairs), office equipment (typewriters, duplicating machines), and stationery stocks, with specific items listed for transfer to the Pakistan Assembly. The correspondence highlights the administrative challenges of dividing resources amidst the impending constitutional changes. While not addressed directly to him, the documents fall under the purview of M.A. Jinnah in his capacity as the head of the new state's constituent assembly. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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