M.A. Jinnah and the Muslim League Grassroots

Sub title : Local resolutions, communal grievances, economic protests, and organizational correspondence

Subject: All India Muslim League (Local Bodies) | Communal Politics & Tensions | Muslim Representation in Services

Date of publication: 1945

Language: English

Page: 224 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 28425

Keyword: M. A. Jinnah -- All India Muslim League -- Katni Municipality -- Kathiawar Muslim League | Kalvad-Halvad Incident -- Muslim Representation -- Employment Quota -- Heejras' Association -- Heejrastan | Income Tax Amendment Bill 1938 -- Indian Merchants Batavia -- Cloth Control Order 1945 -- Simla Conference

Abstract: This collection consists of grassroots-level communications sent to or concerning the All India Muslim League and its President, M. A. Jinnah. It features resolutions from local Muslim Leagues (Katni, Kathiawar, Aligarh, Jubbulpore, Karachi, Gohana) detailing communal grievances, protests against municipal discrimination, and demands for proportional employment. It includes unique appeals such as one from the "All India Heejras' Association" for a separate "Heejrastan," protests by Indian merchants in Java against Income Tax amendments, and resolutions from trade unions and merchant associations on economic policies.

Description: This archive provides a vivid, ground-level view of the All India Muslim League's expanding network and its role as a receptacle for diverse Muslim concerns in the 1940s. The documents illustrate how local communal disputes, municipal politics, civil service anxieties, and national economic policies were all framed within the broader political struggle for Muslim rights and Pakistan. They showcase the League's function not just as a high-political negotiator but as a local advocate and protest organiser. The collection includes both tragic accounts of communal violence (Halvad) and almost satirical demands (Heejrastan), reflecting the complex social landscape of the time. Internal dissent and power struggles within provincial Leagues (Karachi, Sind) are also visible. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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