The Bureaucratic Division of India: Partition Council Reports and Staff Allocations for the New Dominion of Pakistan under M.A. Jinnah

Sub title : Detailed Departmental Sub-Committee Reports on Transport, Works, Mines & Power, and Home Departments (July 1947)

Subject: India – History – Partition, 1947 | Partition Council | Civil Service – India

Date of publication: 1947

Language: English

Page: 160 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 27447

Keyword: Partition of India 1947 — Partition Council | M.A. Jinnah — H.M. Patel — Administrative Division | Staff Allocation — Transport Department — Works Mines and Power | Home Department — Civil Service — Pakistani Bureaucracy

Abstract: This collection comprises the highly detailed, granular reports of the various Departmental Sub-Committees tasked with the physical and administrative division of the Government of India. Addressed to the Partition Council, led by M.A. Jinnah, these documents provide exhaustive breakdowns of staff, furniture, and organizational structure for the nascent Pakistani state.

Description: An exceptionally detailed primary source collection that exposes the sheer scale of the administrative partition of India. These documents move beyond high politics into the practical realities of creating a state, listing the exact number of clerks, peons, and draftsmen needed for each branch of Pakistan's new central government. The meticulous inventories of office supplies and the notes on individual officers' postings provide a unique, ground-level view of the bureaucratic machinery being disassembled and reassembled under extreme pressure, all under the ultimate supervision of M.A. Jinnah and the Partition Council. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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