Cloth Procurement and Distribution Records – Netrakona Subdivision

Sub title : Invoices, Muster Rolls, and Relief Distribution Registers for Flood Victims

Subject: Flood relief | Cloth distribution | Sarees | Lungis | Gamchas | Relief supplies | Subdivisional administration

Date of publication: 1955

Language: English

Page: 247 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 28609

Keyword: Md. Idris -- Netrakona -- Subdivisional Officer -- Cloth distribution -- Sarees -- Lungis -- Gamchas | Relief supplies -- Form E-V -- Muster rolls -- Distribution registers -- Flood victims | Casual relief -- 1955 floods -- East Pakistan -- Recipient signatures

Abstract: This collection documents the procurement and distribution of cloth supplies for flood victims in Netrakona subdivision during September 1955. The records include a detailed invoice from local merchant Md. Idris for 280 sarees, 300 lungis, and 216 gamchas totaling Rs. 2,000, along with the official order from the Subdivisional Officer. Multiple pages of Form E-V registers record the distribution of individual cloth pieces to named recipients, with dates and signatures or thumb impressions documented for accountability.

Description: The collection opens with an invoice dated September 1955 from Barabazar merchant Md. Idris supplying 280 sarees at Rs. 4/4/-, 300 lungis at Rs. 2/4/-, and 216 gamchas at Rs. 10/- each, totaling Rs. 2,000 for flood relief purposes. A handwritten order from the Subdivisional Officer authorizes the purchase at specified rates. Multiple pages of official Form E-V registers document the distribution of these cloth items to individual flood victims, with entries recording date, recipient name and residence, particulars of relief (typically one piece of cloth), and spaces for recipient signatures or thumb impressions. The registers span several days in early September 1955 and include over fifty named recipients, demonstrating the systematic documentation of relief distribution at the village level. A muster roll summary confirms the total quantities purchased with funds from the Central Flood Relief Committee of Miss Fatima Jinnah. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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