Postal Money Order Coupons for Contributions to Kashmir Relief Fund

Sub title : Handwritten and printed money order coupons and remittance slips from various individuals

Subject: Kashmir Relief Fund | Money order contributions | Donations | Azad Kashmir | Postal remittances

Date of publication: 1948

Language: English

Page: 103 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 28912

Keyword: Kashmir Relief Fund -- Money order -- Donation -- Azad Kashmir -- Postal coupon -- 1948 | Subdivisional Officer Tangail -- Caltex Oil -- Qazi Thakur Ameer.

Abstract: This file of postal money order coupons and remittance slips (likely from 1948) used for contributions to the Kashmir Relief Fund. Each coupon shows an amount (ranging from Rs. 10 to Rs. 100), the name or office of the remitter (e.g., “Subdivisional Officer, W.B.D “Qazi Thakur Ameer, Montgomery Park, Walcott, P.O. (Delhi),” “Mr. Gulam Meishufa,” and others), and a brief description indicating the purpose (“for Kashmir Relief Fund,” “for the help of Azad Kashmiri”). Some coupons include instructions for the postman or references to “December allotment.” The documents evidence grassroots financial support for Kashmiri refugees and mujahideen during the 1948 Kashmir conflict.

Description: This file of postal money order coupons or remittance slips, dating from around April 1948. They record small to modest monetary contributions (Rs. 10 to Rs. 100) to the Kashmir Relief Fund. Remitters include a subdivisional officer from Tangail (East Bengal), an employee of Caltex Oil (Pakistan), individuals from Burma and Delhi, and a student leader from Dacca. The coupons illustrate the widespread public response to the Kashmir crisis in 1948, with contributions coming from across the subcontinent. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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