Diverse Flood Relief Records: Receipts, Personal Appeals, Postal Acknowledgment, and Educational Assistance Requests

Sub title : Chandpur Mahkuma Samity receipt for cloth worth Rs. 5,000 from Miss Jinnah Flood Relief Fund

Subject: Flood relief | Chandpur Mahkuma Samity | Cloth distribution | Personal hardship appeals

Date of publication: 1955

Language: English

Page: 98 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 28710

Keyword: Chandpur Mahkuma Samity -- Miss Jinnah Flood Relief Fund -- Cloth distribution | Flood relief 1958 -- Personal appeal -- Md. Habiz Ali -- Tippera | Postal money order -- Siraj-ul-Haq Khan -- Fatima Jinnah -- Free studentship -- Free hostelship -- House repair -- East Pakistan floods.

Abstract: This file contains five distinct records related to flood relief activities and personal appeals. A receipt (September 22, 1958) from Chandpur Mahkuma Samity, signed by General Secretary M. Rahiman, acknowledges receipt of cloth worth Rs. 5,000 from the Miss Jinnah Flood Relief Fund for distribution to flood-stricken people of Chandpur Sub-division. A personal appeal (July 14, 1956) from Md. Habiz Ali of Tippera describes repeated floods and requests relief for his family. A postal money order acknowledgment form (undated) lists payee “Falma Khalil” and includes postal department stamps. A letter (December 1955) from Siraj-ul-Haq Khan to Miss Fatima Jinnah seeks free studentship and hostelship for his 13-year-old daughter, citing his low income and refugee background. Another appeal (March 23, 1956) from a Tippera resident requests help to repair flood-damaged houses before the next monsoon.

Description: This file contains five disparate documents: a 1958 receipt for cloth donation to Chandpur, a 1956 personal relief appeal from Tippera, a postal money order form, a 1955 letter to Fatima Jinnah seeking educational sponsorship, and a 1956 house repair appeal. Together they illustrate the range of flood relief activities—from bulk donations to individual hardships—and the central role of the Relief Committee and Miss Jinnah in addressing them. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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