Business Correspondence, Invitations, and Personal Documents from the Era of M.A. Jinnah

Sub title : Dinner Invitations, Business Reply Cards, Wedding Announcements, and Multilingual Ephemera

Subject: M.A. Jinnah | Business Correspondence | Wedding Invitations | Sind Minorities Association | M.A. Khuhro

Date of publication: 1937

Language: English

Page: 23 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 28571

Keyword: Jinnah -- Aerolite -- Business Correspondence -- Wedding Invitation | Sind Minorities Association -- Soviet Women's Committee -- Gujarati -- Calcutta -- Bombay

Abstract: This collection features diverse including a product inquiry form pre-filled with M.A. Jinnah's name and Mount Pleasant Road address requesting AEROLITE Blinds demonstration. Other items include a dinner invitation from the Sind Minorities Association (1947), wedding invitations from Calcutta in Gujarati script, and a Soviet Women's Committee International Women's Day greeting card. The collection also contains business correspondence, a Kumbakonam wedding invitation, and a change of address card for Dr. Albert Batty between London and Delhi.

Description: This compilation offers a glimpse into mid-20th century social and commercial life, highlighted by a rare document directly connected to Quaid-i-Azam M.A. Jinnah showing routine business correspondence at his Bombay residence. The multilingual wedding invitations from Calcutta (1937) reflect the linguistic diversity and social networks within the Gujarati Muslim community in Bengal. Together with the post-independence Sind Minorities Association dinner invitation and international Soviet greeting card, these items illustrate the varied personal, commercial, and political landscapes of the Jinnah era. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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