Letter from Ashrafuddin Ahmad to Miss Fatima Jinnah Requesting Grant for Flood-Affected Educational Institutions in East Pakistan

Sub title : Correspondence on Flood Damage to Colleges, Schools, and Madrasahs, Request for Rs. 30 Lakhs for Rehabilitation

Subject: Fatima Jinnah | Ashrafuddin Ahmad Chowdhury | East Pakistan Floods | Educational Institutions

Date of publication: 1955

Language: English

Page: 5 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 29186

Keyword: Jinnah, Fatima, 1893–1967 -- Correspondence | Chowdhury, Ashrafuddin Ahmad -- Correspondence | Fatima Jinnah -- Madar-e-Millat -- Ashrafuddin Ahmad Chowdhury -- East Pakistan Floods -- Educational Institutions | Relief Grant -- Rehabilitation | Education -- Pakistan, East (Bangladesh) | Disaster relief -- Pakistan, East (Bangladesh) | Educational institutions -- Pakistan, East (Bangladesh) -- Rehabilitation

Abstract: A letter from Hon'ble Mr. Ashrafuddin Ahmad Chowdhury, Minister for Education, Government of East Bengal, to Miss Fatima Jinnah requesting an additional grant of Rs. 15,00,000 (Fifteen lacs) for flood-affected educational institutions in East Pakistan. The letter acknowledges her previous grant of Rs. 6,00,000 and provides a detailed breakdown of the Rs. 30,00,000 needed for rehabilitation of colleges, secondary schools, madrasahs, and primary schools. A copy of the original petition to the Regional Relief Committee is attached.

Description: A letter from Ashrafuddin Ahmad Chowdhury, Minister for Education, Government of East Bengal, to Miss Fatima Jinnah requesting an additional grant of Rs. 15,00,000 for flood-affected educational institutions, acknowledging her previous grant of Rs. 6,00,000. The letter includes a detailed breakdown of Rs. 30,00,000 needed for rehabilitation of 59 non-government colleges, 1,800 secondary schools and high madrasahs, 2,450 junior schools and junior madrasahs, and over 25,000 primary schools in rural areas, and attaches a copy of the petition submitted to the Regional Relief Committee. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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