Money Order Coupons and Remittance Slips for Kashmir Relief Fund Donations

Sub title : Handwritten and printed postal money order coupons, remittance forms, and brief messages containing contributions

Subject: Kashmir Relief Fund | Azad Kashmir | Money order donations | Blankets | Mujahideen | Postal remittances

Language: English

Page: 234 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 28913

Keyword: Kashmir Relief Fund -- Money order -- Donation -- Azad Kashmir --Blankets -- Mujahideen | Postal coupon -- 1948 -- East Bengal -- Karachi -- Delhi

Abstract: This file contains a series of postal money order coupons, remittance slips, and handwritten messages documenting small-scale donations to the Kashmir Relief Fund and for Azad Kashmir Mujahideen. Contributions range from Rs. 10 to Rs. 102, with one note specifying “six blankets for the Azad Kashmiri Motha Zedim.” Remitters include S.K. Sadique (East Bengal, Faridpur, Rajshahi), Begum Vicar Hussain (Karachi), Mrs. V. Hussain, M. Ismail (Burma), Qazi Thakur Ameer (Delhi), and others. Some coupons include appeals for the fund, expressions of thanks, or brief personal messages. One page contains Urdu script. The materials illustrate grassroots public support for Kashmir during the 1948 conflict.

Description: This file consists of several postal money order coupons and related slips, likely from 1948, recording donations to the Kashmir Relief Fund. Amounts range from Rs. 10 to Rs. 102, including a donation for six blankets. Remitters are from various locations: East Bengal (Faridpur, Rajshahi), Karachi, Burma, Delhi, and Chittagong. The documents capture the widespread, modest financial support for Kashmiri refugees and fighters during the first Kashmir war. Some coupons contain handwritten appeals and thank-you notes. One page is in Urdu script. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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