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Fatima Jinnah's Address on Women's Role in Pakistan

Sub title : Speech to the Women's National Guard

Subject: Fatima Jinnah | Pakistan Women's National Guard | Women's Role in Nation-Building | Muslim League

Language: English

Page: 4p.

Serial no: 28494

Keyword: Fatima Jinnah -- Pakistan Women's National Guard -- Madar-e-Millat -- Nation-Building -- Muslim League | Post-Partition Pakistan -- Qur'an Presentation -- Official Envelope -- Patna -- Employment Exchange

Abstract: This collection features a significant excerpt from a speech by Fatima Jinnah (sister of M.A. Jinnah), addressing the Pakistan Women's National Guard. She congratulates them, emphasizes their role in building Pakistan, advises against divisive politics, and urges strengthening the Muslim League. Other pages include a presentation inscription for a Holy Qur'an gifted to "Madar-e-Millat" (Fatima Jinnah) from Nazir Jung Chowdhury of Bhola, and two sides of an official "O.H.M.S." (On His Majesty's Service) envelope slip from the Patna Employment Exchange, addressed to Fatima Jinnah, with instructions in Urdu and Hindi.

Description: This file highlights the public role of Fatima Jinnah in the early days of Pakistan. Her speech is a call to action for women, framing national service through the Women's Guard as a patriotic duty and warning against political fragmentation. The Qur'an presentation underscores her revered status as "Madar-e-Millat" (Mother of the Nation). The official Patna envelope slip, though mundane, is historically curious—it suggests administrative correspondence with Fatima Jinnah in a region (Patna) that became part of India after Partition, indicating the transitional chaos of 1947. Together, these items capture the symbolic and practical dimensions of building a new nation-state and the prominence of the Jinnah family within it. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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