Condolence Messages and Correspondence Addressed to Miss Fatima Jinnah on the Death of M.A. Jinnah

Sub title : Messages from Royalty, International Figures, Educational Institutions, and Religious Organizations Across the World

Subject: M.A. Jinnah | Fatima Jinnah | Condolence Messages | Death | Jaganath Hall Union

Date of publication: 1948

Language: English

Page: 45 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 28578

Keyword: Jinnah -- Fatima Jinnah -- Condolence -- Quaid-e-Azam -- Death -- 1948 | Royalty -- Princess of Berar -- Princess Niloufer | Transjordan -- Chittagong -- Calcutta -- London -- Salvation Army | Women's Voluntary Services -- Ghulam Mohammed -- Condolence Letters

Abstract: This collection comprises condolence messages from diverse sources addressed to Miss Fatima Jinnah following the death of Quaid-e-Azam M.A. Jinnah on September 11, 1948. The documents include messages from Indian royalty conveyed through government officials, resolutions from educational institutions in Chittagong, condolences from the British Indian Association in Calcutta, a personal letter from the Chairman of Women's Voluntary Services in London, and a message from the Salvation Army in Pakistan forwarded by the Governor of West Punjab.

Description: These documents reveal the international reach of mourning for Jinnah, with condolences arriving from Indian royalty in London, a Transjordan minister, and British organizations. The collection includes Fatima Jinnah's personal thank-you letters acknowledging these messages, providing insight into her role as the recipient of global sympathy. Together with resolutions from educational institutions in East Pakistan and commercial associations in Calcutta, these messages demonstrate how Jinnah's passing was mourned across political, geographic, and religious boundaries by those who recognized his monumental contribution to history. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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