Letter from a Lahore Resident to Miss Fatima Jinnah Expressing Concern Over Naming of Balak Ram Medical College

Sub title : Correspondence on the History of Balak Ram Medical College

Subject: Fatima Jinnah | Fatima Jinnah Medical College | Balak Ram Medical College | Naming Controversy

Date of publication: 1949

Language: English

Page: 2 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 29175

Keyword: Fatima Jinnah -- Correspondence | Fatima Jinnah -- Madar-e-Millat -- Fatima Jinnah Medical College -- Balak Ram Medical College -- Lahore -- Naming Controversy | Lahore (Pakistan) -- Description and travel | Fatima Jinnah Medical College -- History | Educational institutions -- Naming -- Pakistan | Hindu philanthropists -- Pakistan -- History

Abstract: A letter from a Lahore resident to Miss Fatima Jinnah dated March 24, 1949, expressing concern that the Balak Ram Medical College in Lahore, originally built with a donation from a Hindu widow and named after her late husband, is now being renamed as Fatima Jinnah Medical College for Women. The writer argues that this would be an insult to Miss Jinnah's high personality and suggests it would be subject to ridicule in the Indian Press.

Description: A letter from a Lahore resident to Miss Fatima Jinnah expressing concern over the decision to rename Balak Ram Medical College as Fatima Jinnah Medical College for Women. The writer details the history of the college, how a Hindu widow donated rupees five lacs to establish the college named after her late husband, and argues that renaming it after Miss Jinnah would be an insult to her high personality and subject to ridicule in the Indian Press. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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