M.A. Jinnah and the Partition of Home Department Assets

Sub title : Division of Civil Defence Stores, Furniture, and Financial Liabilities

Subject: Division of Home Department Assets | Inventory of furniture | Office equipment

Date of publication: 1947

Language: English

Page: 25 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 28052

Keyword: Partition of India 1947 -- Home Department -- Civil Defence stores -- Asset division -- furniture inventory | ARP equipment -- tear smoke reserves -- police wireless -- Expert Committee No. II -- M.A. Jinnah

Abstract: Official report and detailed inventories from the Home Department Sub-Committee to Expert Committee No. II, documenting assets and liabilities for partition. Includes itemized lists of furniture (tables, chairs, almirahs, etc.) in Delhi and Simla, Civil Defence surplus stores in Badgabati, outstanding financial dues from provincial governments and foreign entities (HMG, colonies), tear smoke reserves, and police wireless equipment. Recommendations are provided for the division of these assets, including crystal stocks for police wireless based on station distribution.

Description: This set of documents comprises the official report and supporting inventories from the Home Department's partition sub-committee, tasked with cataloging and proposing the division of its assets between India and Pakistan. The materials include exhaustive lists of office furniture and equipment, details of surplus Civil Defence stores awaiting disposal, outstanding receivables from Air Raid Precautions (ARP) grants and loans, investments in tear smoke reserves, and specialized equipment like wireless crystals for police communication. The documents reflect the administrative process of quantifying and allocating both tangible and financial resources of a central ministry critical to internal security and civil defence, as part of the broader partition settlement under the oversight of M.A. Jinnah's incoming Pakistani government. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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