Correspondence Regarding the Jubbulpore Flag Dispute Addressed to M.A. Jinnah

Sub title : Appeals, Resolutions, and Reports from the District and Town Muslim League

Subject: M.A. Jinnah | Muslim League | Flag Dispute | Jubbulpore | Civil Disobedience

Language: English

Page: 24 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 28574

Keyword: Jinnah -- Flag Dispute -- Jubbulpore -- Muslim League -- Civil Disobedience -- Muslim National Guard -- Congress | Municipal Committee -- 1939 -- Shaukat Ali Gate -- Communal Tension -- Resolution

Abstract: This collection comprises detailed correspondence, resolutions, and reports from the District and Town Muslim League, Jubbulpore, addressed to M.A. Jinnah regarding a flag dispute at the Shaukat Ali Gate (formerly Kamania Gate) in March 1939. The documents seek Jinnah's permission to launch civil disobedience, report on the hoisting of the Muslim League flag by the Muslim National Guard, and detail the Municipal Committee's resolution favoring the Congress flag. The collection includes copies of Municipal Committee proceedings, League resolutions, a narrative of events, and a Muslim Bulletin newsletter covering the incident and broader communal tensions.

Description: These documents provide a detailed account of a local flag dispute in Jubbulpore that escalated into a significant political confrontation, with the Muslim League directly appealing to M.A. Jinnah for intervention and authorization of civil disobedience. The collection reveals the organizational structure and activism of the Muslim National Guard, the tensions between the Muslim League and Congress-controlled Municipal Committee, and the constitutional process of seeking Jinnah's sanction for civil resistance. Together, these papers offer valuable insight into grassroots Muslim League politics, communal relations in the late 1930s, and the central role of Jinnah as the ultimate authority for League members across India. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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