M.A. Jinnah and the All India Muslim League Civil Defence Committee

Sub title : Organizational Reports, Tour Programmes, and Correspondence

Subject: M.A. Jinnah | All India Muslim League | Civil Defence Committee (1942) | World War II | Muslim National Guards

Date of publication: 1942

Language: English

Page: 278 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 28075

Keyword: M.A. Jinnah -- 1942 -- All India Muslim League Civil Defence Committee -- Nawab Mohamed Ismail Khan -- Syed Zakir Ali | Muslim National Guards -- tour programme -- provincial organization -- Madras Presidency Muslim League -- Bihar Provincial Muslim League | WWII civil defence -- mobilization -- organizational report.

Abstract: A collection of documents from 1942 detailing the formation, activities, and nationwide tour of the All India Muslim League's Civil Defence Committee, appointed by M.A. Jinnah. The papers include committee membership lists, detailed tour programmes covering provinces from Bengal to Sindh and the NWFP, progress reports from provincial branches (notably Madras and Bihar), financial arrangements (including a cheque for Rs. 1000), and internal correspondence discussing strategy and mobilization. The committee's mandate was to organize the protection of Muslim life, honour, and property, leveraging the existing network of Muslim National Guards. These records reveal the League's extensive grassroots organizational efforts during World War II, highlighting its administrative machinery and focus on community safeguarding.

Description: This file comprises the operational records of the All India Muslim League's Civil Defence Committee for the year 1942. Initiated under the authority of M.A. Jinnah, the committee, chaired by Nawab Mohamed Ismail Khan, embarked on a rigorous subcontinental tour to establish and coordinate provincial and district defence committees. The documents include the committee's constitution, meticulous travel itineraries, fundraising correspondence (including a letter from Jinnah forwarding funds), and detailed secretarial reports on progress from various provinces like Madras and Bihar. These papers illustrate the Muslim League's sophisticated internal organization and its pivot towards community defence and preparedness during the turbulent war years. The collection serves as a crucial record of the League's nation-building and protective infrastructure, which operated in parallel to its political campaign for Pakistan. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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