Kashmir Relief and Rehabilitation Correspondence

Sub title : Appeals, Donations, Fund Collections, and Personal Representations Related to the Kashmir Cause

Subject: Kashmir conflict | Relief funds | Mujahideen support | Winter clothing appeal | Jeeps procurement

Date of publication: 1948

Language: English

Page: 118 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 28925

Keyword: Fatima Jinnah -- Kashmir Mujahideen -- Karachi Women Relief Committee | Winter appeal -- Jeeps for Kashmir -- Gilgit liberation -- Rawalpindi Conspiracy Case | Military Cross -- Father-Kashmir award -- Refugee rehabilitation | Voluntary salary surrender -- Dogra army -- Ladakh -- Cease-fire

Abstract: This collection documents Fatima Jinnah’s role as Chairman of the Karachi Women Relief Committee and recipient of Kashmir-related donations and appeals. The first document is her press appeal (October 12, 1948) urging Karachi Muslims to donate animal skins (for leather jackets, caps, gloves) to Kashmiri Mujahideen facing winter. A lawyer offers to help procure 500 jeeps from France without commission (December 8, 1948). A private donor sends Rs. 100 for “Kashmir Mujahids” (June 1, 1949). The Chief Officer of Municipal Gardens & Sewage Farm forwards staff contributions totalling Rs. 1,027/11/- for the Kashmir fund (undated, but contextually 1949). A West Punjab Deputy Rehabilitation Officer voluntarily surrenders 5% of his salary to the Quaid-i-Azam Kashmir Relief Fund (January 3, 1950).

Description: A from the years 1948–1955 containing a press appeal by Fatima Jinnah for animal skins, a lawyer’s offer to source 500 French jeeps, a small personal donation, municipal staff’s collective contribution, a civil servant’s voluntary 5% salary deduction for Kashmir relief, a routine instalment payment from a government officer, and a lengthy, impassioned representation from a decorated Kashmiri ex-officer (holder of Military Cross and “Father-Kashmir” title) who claims to have initiated the Gilgit revolt and requests resettlement allowance, land rewards, and compensation for lost property. The representation is copied to Fatima Jinnah, indicating her continued moral and political significance as “Madar-i-Millat” in Kashmir affairs even after 1950. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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