Correspondence and Memoranda to M.A. Jinnah Regarding Muslim Grievances

Sub title : Reports from Provincial Muslim Leagues on Political and Social Injustices

Subject: All India Muslim League | Minority Rights | Indian Politics (1939-1940)

Date of publication: 1939

Language: English

Page: 114 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 27432

Keyword: M.A. Jinnah — Muslim League — Congress Rule | Communal Tension — Discrimination — Suspension — Police Bias | Religious Desecration — Day of Deliverance — Jamshedpur — Salem | Jubbulpore — Ahmedabad — Punjab Irrigation Department — Tata Iron & Steel Company

Abstract: This collection comprises letters, memoranda, and official documents from 1939-1940 sent to Muhammad Ali Jinnah in his capacity as President of the All India Muslim League. The documents detail a range of grievances faced by Muslims across various provinces of British India. These include allegations of discrimination in employment, unfair treatment by educational institutions, religious desecration, biased police and judicial actions, and general persecution under Congress-led provincial governments. The correspondence appeals to Jinnah for intervention and highlights the consolidation of Muslim political identity around the Muslim League as their sole representative body.

Description: A dossier of primary source documents from the pre-Partition era, showcasing the multitude of local and provincial issues that were channeled to M.A. Jinnah and the All India Muslim League. The papers provide ground-level evidence of the political mobilization and the sense of insecurity among Muslims, which formed the basis for the demand for Pakistan. The documents include internal memos, personal appeals, official complaints to British authorities, and press communiques, offering a multifaceted view of the challenges of the period. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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