Correspondence between M.A. Jinnah and Hameed Nizami

Sub title : On the Punjab Muslim Students' Federation, League Organization, and the Nawa-i-Waqt Newspaper

Subject: Punjab Muslim Students' Federation | Muslim League Politics | Jinnah, Muhammad Ali - Correspondence

Date of publication: 1940

Language: English

Page: 17 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 27711

Keyword: M.A. Jinnah -- Hameed Nizami -- Punjab Muslim Students' Federation | Nawa-i-Waqt -- Muslim League -- Student Politics -- Pakistan | Nawab of Mamdot -- Rural Propaganda -- Indian Muslim Press

Abstract: A collection of letters and telegrams from Hameed Nizami, on behalf of the Punjab Muslim Students' Federation and as Editor of the "Nawa-i-Waqt" newspaper, to M.A. Jinnah between 1940 and 1944. The correspondence covers the students' efforts to organize for the Muslim League, including inviting Jinnah to preside over conferences, conducting rural propaganda tours, and mobilizing support for the Pakistan cause. It also details Nizami's role in managing internal League disputes, his requests to publish Jinnah's letters for public morale, and the strategic conversion of the "Nawa-i-Waqt" into a daily newspaper to better advocate for the League's policies.

Description: This collection provides a detailed view of the critical role played by student activists and the Muslim press in building popular support for the All-India Muslim League in Punjab during the early 1940s. The letters from Hameed Nizami, a key student leader and journalist, show a dynamic and organized effort to translate the League's national agenda into grassroots action. Jinnah's replies reveal his strategic encouragement of this youth wing, recognizing its energy as vital for the League's expansion. The documents are particularly significant for tracing the early development of the "Nawa-i-Waqt," which would become a cornerstone of the Pakistani press, and for illustrating the practical challenges of political organization, from internal dissent to logistical planning for propaganda campaigns. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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