Letter from Sardar Bahadur Khan to Miss Fatima Jinnah

Sub title : Requesting Diversion of Bengal Relief Funds for Baluchistan Earthquake Relief

Subject: Fatima Jinnah | Sardar Bahadur Khan | Baluchistan Earthquake | Earthquake Relief

Date of publication: 1955

Language: English

Page: 0.5833333333333334

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 29336

Keyword: Sardar Bahadur Khan -- Fatima Jinnah -- Bengal Relief Fund -- Baluchistan Earthquake -- Earthquake Relief | Earthquake-Proof Rooms -- Relief Funds -- Correspondence | Baluchistan Earthquake -- 1955 | Earthquake Relief -- Baluchistan | Bengal Relief Fund -- Diversion of Funds | Earthquake-Proof Housing -- Baluchistan | Relief Funds -- Rs. 5 Lakhs | Fatima Jinnah -- Correspondence | Personal Correspondence -- Fatima Jinnah

Abstract: A letter from Sardar Bahadur Khan to Miss Fatima Jinnah requesting her to consider diverting funds from the Bengal Relief Fund for earthquake relief in Baluchistan. The February 1955 earthquake rendered over 44,000 persons homeless, and the estimated cost for earthquake-proof rooms is Rs. 36 lakhs. He requests Rs. 5 lakhs, subject to donor consent.

Description: Letter from Sardar Bahadur Khan to Miss Fatima Jinnah requesting the diversion of funds from the Bengal Relief Fund for Baluchistan earthquake victims. The February 1955 earthquake left 44,000 people homeless, and earthquake-proof rooms are needed at an estimated cost of Rs. 36 lakhs. He requests Rs. 5 lakhs, provided donors do not object. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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