Central Flood Relief Fund for East Pakistan: Donation Receipts, International Contribution from Ceylon, and Staff Donation Records

Sub title : Habib Bank Limited donation receipts for the Central Flood Relief Fund for East Pakistan

Subject: Central Flood Relief Fund for East Pakistan | Habib Bank Limited | Pakistan Association of Ceylon

Date of publication: 1954

Language: English

Page: 171 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 28724

Keyword: Central Flood Relief Fund for East Pakistan -- Habib Bank Limited -- Donation receipts | Pakistan Association of Ceylon -- International relief -- Cloth donation -- S.S. Laagkerk | Baluchistan Flood Relief Fund -- Staff donations -- Court of the Judicial Commissioner Baluchistan

Abstract: This file contains eight pages of donation records and correspondence from 1954. Multiple Habib Bank Limited donation receipts (October–December 1954) document contributions to the Central Flood Relief Fund for East Pakistan, with amounts including Rs. 2, Rs. 150, Rs. 3/1, and others, though some receipts are partially completed or show inconsistencies. A detailed letter from the Pakistan Association of Ceylon (Colombo, November 22, 1954) reports raising Rs. 12,385 in cash and cloth, with 12 packages of cotton piece goods shipped per S.S. "Laagkerk" to Chittagong in the name of the Chief Secretary, Government of East Bengal, requesting immediate distribution.

Description: This file contains 1954 donation receipts for the Central Flood Relief Fund, a detailed international contribution from the Pakistan Association of Ceylon (Rs. 12,385 in cloth and cash), and a staff donation list from Baluchistan (Rs. 24). The documents illustrate domestic and international fundraising efforts for East Pakistan flood relief under Miss Fatima Jinnah’s leadership. One receipt (1951) appears misfiled. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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