Correspondence from Maulana Mohammad Akram Khan to M.A. Jinnah

Sub title : Managing Bengal Muslim League Affairs and Constituent Assembly Nominations

Subject: All India Muslim League | Bengal Provincial Politics | Constituent Assembly

Date of publication: 1939

Language: English

Page: 5 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 27652

Keyword: M.A. Jinnah -- Maulana Mohammad Akram Khan -- Bengal Muslim League | Constituent Assembly -- Internal Differences -- Party Arbitration -- Candidate Selection -- By-election -- Calcutta

Abstract: A collection of letters and a telegram from Maulana Mohammad Akram Khan to M.A. Jinnah, spanning a critical period from 1939 to 1946. The correspondence highlights several key issues: a 1939 request for Jinnah's endorsement of a League candidate in a Bengal by-election; a 1946 telegram and follow-up letter explaining Akram Khan's absence from a Working Committee meeting due to his wife's serious illness; and detailed communication regarding the selection of candidates from Bengal for the Constituent Assembly. The latter letters reveal internal differences within the Bengal Provincial Muslim League and an urgent appeal for Jinnah's personal intervention as an arbitrator to settle these disputes, underscoring his role as the supreme authority in League matters.

Description: This collection provides a focused look into the political and organizational challenges within the Bengal Provincial Muslim League during the final decade of British India. The documents illustrate the dual role of M.A. Jinnah as both a national leader setting broad policy and a crucial arbiter for resolving provincial-level conflicts. The 1946 correspondence is particularly significant, capturing the immediate pre-Partition tensions and the procedural complexities of forming the Constituent Assembly. Akram Khan's reliance on Jinnah to mediate "differences in Bengal League" highlights the centralization of authority within the Muslim League under Jinnah's leadership and the critical importance of his personal intervention in maintaining party unity. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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