Financial, Legal, and Property Documents Associated with M.A. Jinnah, 1937

Sub title : Banking, Shareholdings, Legal Inquiry, and Mussoorie Estate Prospectus

Subject: M.A. Jinnah | Personal Finance | Banking | Shareholdings | Legal Inquiry

Date of publication: 1937

Language: English

Page: 9 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 27496

Keyword: M.A. Jinnah — Imperial Bank of India — Shares | Rani Prem Kaur —Kapurthala | Legal Inquiry — Major Martin — Bribery | Mussoorie Property — Real Estate | The Park Estate — Mussoorie Development Co. — 1937

Abstract: This diverse collection of documents from 1937 pertains to various facets of M.A. Jinnah's interests and affairs. It includes a bank credit memorandum from the Imperial Bank of India, a bill from a Kashmiri printer, and a letter from Rani Prem Kaur of Kapurthala in Paris inquiring about shares Jinnah had sold in 1932. A significant portion consists of detailed legal notes, possibly from a deposition or inquiry, concerning a case against a "Major Martin" involving allegations of bribes in the form of a refrigerator and a bicycle from a military contractor.

Description: This file is a compilation of disparate but significant documents from 1937 linked to M.A. Jinnah. It provides a multifaceted view of his life, encompassing routine financial transactions, the management of shareholdings for a Kapurthala royal, and his deep involvement in a complex legal case concerning corruption within the military. The detailed notes on the "Major Martin" inquiry suggest Jinnah's role as a legal counsel scrutinizing a case of alleged bribery. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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