Standardized Election Fund Estimates and Receipts from Bengal, 1946

Sub title : Constituency-Level Budget Requests and Disbursements from All India Muslim League Central Fund

Subject: Election Fund Estimates | Financial Accountability | Qaid-e-Azam Instructions

Date of publication: 1946

Language: English

Page: 72 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 27372

Keyword: Standardized Estimate Forms — Constituency Budgeting — Fund Request Procedures — Financial Accountability | Legal Declarations — Bengal Parliamentary Board | H. S. Suhrawardy — Budget Justification — Election Expenditure — Receipt Vouchers | Central Fund Allocation — Qaid-e-Azam Authorization — Campaign Financing — Financial Controls.

Abstract: A collection of standardized estimate forms and receipts used by the Bengal Provincial Muslim League to request and account for election funds from the All India Muslim League Central Fund in March 1946. The documents show detailed constituency-level budget justifications, formal declarations of moral and legal responsibility to Qaid-e-Azam Jinnah, and receipts for substantial disbursements including Rs. 20,000 to the Bengal Parliamentary Board.

Description: This file contains standardized financial documents including estimate request forms and receipts that demonstrate the systematic approach to election funding in 1946. The forms require detailed constituency expenditure justifications, formal declarations of accountability to Jinnah, and countersignatures by recommending officials. The documents reveal both the scale of funding (Rs. 20,000 receipts) and the rigorous financial controls implemented by the Central Fund committee appointed by Jinnah. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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