Correspondence to Miss Fatima Jinnah including a scheme for eradicating illiteracy, a plea for intervention in East Pakistan

Sub title : Letters from M.S.U. Chowdhury, Mir Roushan Ali, and property disputes, and public grievances

Subject: Fatima Jinnah | Floating Educational Units | Corruption | Food Shortages

Date of publication: 1947

Language: Urdu / English

Page: 29 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 29458

Keyword: M.S.U. Chowdhury -- Fatima Jinnah -- Adult Education -- Floating Educational Units -- Correspondence | Mir Roushan Ali -- Fatima Jinnah -- East Pakistan -- Poor Conditions -- Correspondence | Anonymous Correspondent -- Fatima Jinnah -- East Pakistan -- Poverty -- Correspondence | Fatima Jinnah -- East Pakistan -- Social Conditions -- Correspondence

Abstract: This file contains several documents. M.S.U. Chowdhury writes on September 12, 1947, submitting a scheme for stamping out illiteracy through "Floating Educational Units" organized by university students to educate the masses in villages during vacations. Mir Roushan Ali writes from East Pakistan on October 7, 1949, complaining about the low mentality and immoral practices of his relatives, the corruption of ministers and M.L.As, and appealing to Miss Jinnah to visit East Pakistan to see the distressed condition of the poor. An anonymous correspondent submits a detailed report on the miserable state of poor East Pakistanis, accusing foreign mission workers of being spies, and criticizing the rise of black marketing, bribery in agricultural loans, and the failure of the rationing system that leaves the poor starving.

Description: A detailed scheme for eradicating illiteracy titled "A Scheme for Stamping Out the Illiteracy of the Country." The scheme proposes organizing "Floating Educational Units" of university students to go to villages during long vacations to establish village educational institutions and teach adults reading, writing, arithmetic, and useful industries. Mir Roushan Ali writes from Masimpur, P.O. Sirajganj, East Pakistan, on October 7, 1949, appealing to Miss Jinnah to visit East Pakistan to witness the distressed condition of the poor and complaining about corruption among ministers and M.L.As. An anonymous correspondent submits a report stating that poor East Pakistanis are living miserably, accusing foreign mission workers of being spies, and criticizing the moral decay, black marketing, bribery in agricultural loans, and the failure of the rationing system that leaves the poor without proper food while the wealthy exploit the system. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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