Correspondence and Appeals to Regional Flood Relief Committee

Sub title : Letters addressed to the Regional Flood Relief Committee including: M. Raschid forwarding newspaper clippings to Miss Fatima Jinnah

Subject: Regional Flood Relief Committee | Miss Fatima Jinnah | Newspaper cuttings | Flood-affected institutions

Date of publication: 1956

Language: English

Page: 30 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 28692

Keyword: Regional Flood Relief Committee -- M. Raschid -- Miss Fatima Jinnah -- Madar-e-Millat | Morning News Dacca -- Newspaper cuttings | Flood-affected institutions -- Individual flood relief -- Crescent Association -- H.H. Nomani -- M.A. Hamid -- Children’s Park Swamibagh | Amritaabad School -- Mridul Chandra Ghose -- Flood rehabilitation -- Grant appeal -- 1956 floods -- 1966.

Abstract: This file contains six pages of correspondence and appeals received by the Regional Flood Relief Committee. The first document is a letter from M. Raschid (Honorary Secretary) to Madar-e-Millat Miss Fatima Jinnah (June 26, 1956) enclosing seven sets of newspaper cuttings from The Morning News, Dacca, listing flood-affected institutions financed by the committee. An undated individual appeal (January 20, 1956) from a flood victim describes the destruction of his home and requests Rs. 100 for reconstruction. A letter from Crescent Association, signed by Honorary Secretary M.A. Hamid (June 27, 1966), seeks Rs. 20,000 from the committee to acquire land for a Children’s Park in the waterlogged Swamibagh area of Dacca, citing persistent public demand. Finally, a letter from Amritaabad B.C.L.H.E. School (January 29, 1956), signed by Mridul Chandra Ghose, requests Rs. 2,500 for the school, which suffered from floods and the economic distress of the local community.

Description: This collection of comprises diverse appeals and correspondence related to the Regional Flood Relief Committee. It includes a 1956 transmittal of press clippings from M. Raschid to Fatima Jinnah, a personal plea from a flood victim, a 1966 request from Crescent Association for a children’s park in Dacca, and a 1956 school appeal for flood recovery funds. Together, they illustrate the committee’s role in publicizing grants, responding to individual hardship, and considering community development projects. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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