Personal and Household Accounts of M.A. Jinnah, 1940

Sub title : Bills, Receipts, and Correspondence

Subject: M.A. Jinnah | Personal Finances | Household Management | Political Correspondence

Date of publication: 1940

Language: English

Page: 298 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 27486

Keyword: M.A. Jinnah — Muhammad Ali Jinnah — Receipts — Household Accounts — Bills — Personal Finance | All India Muslim League — Pakistan Principle | India's Problem of Her Future Constitution — 1940 — Bombay — New Delhi

Abstract: This collection of documents from 1940 provides a glimpse into the personal and household life of M.A. Jinnah. It primarily consists of bills, receipts, and financial correspondence related to his residences in Bombay and Delhi. Items include invoices for cigarettes, furniture, insurance premiums, and utility bills. The file also contains a letter from the All India Muslim League's Central Office, signed by A.K. Kaiser Bilgrami, directing an inquiry about the Pakistan principle to Jinnah's book, "India's Problem of Her Future Constitution."

Description: This file is a collection of financial and commercial documents associated with M.A. Jinnah from the year 1940. It offers a rare, ground-level view of his personal expenditures and lifestyle, featuring transactions with companies like D. Macropolo & Co. (cigarettes), Waring and Gillow (furnishers), and The New India Assurance Co. Notably, a single piece of political correspondence from the Muslim League Office is nestled among these personal records, creating a stark contrast between the mundane details of managing a household and the overarching political struggle for Pakistan, which Jinnah was simultaneously leading SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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