M.A. Jinnah and the Partition of Administrative Assets

Sub title : Division of Labour Department Resources between India and Pakistan

Subject: Division of government department assets | Labour administration | Allocation of office furniture

Date of publication: 1947

Language: English

Page: 60 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 28049

Keyword: Partition of India 1947 -- Labour Department -- Asset division -- Coal Mines Welfare Fund -- Emigrant Labour Fund | Office furniture inventory -- Expert Committee No. II -- government report -- M.A. Jinnah.

Abstract: Official reports and inventories from the Government of India's Department of Labour regarding the division of its assets and liabilities between India and Pakistan during the Partition. Includes detailed lists of furniture, office equipment, and financial assets such as the Coal Mines Welfare Fund and Tea Districts Emigrant Labour Fund. The documents outline proposed distribution ratios, location-based allocations, and corrections to financial figures, reflecting the administrative complexities of resource division.

Description: This collection comprises official reports, corrigenda, and detailed annexures from the Indian Labour Department's committee tasked with partitioning its assets ahead of Independence. The documents include inventories of furniture (chairs, tables, almirahs), equipment, and financial funds, with discussions on allocation principles—whether by population ratio, location, or purpose. Specific focus is given to welfare funds for coal mine and tea garden laborers, and assets of semi-militarized organizations like the Civil Pioneer Force. The papers highlight the procedural and equitable challenges in dividing resources that served undivided India, relevant to the nascent Pakistani administration under M.A. Jinnah. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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