Correspondence between M.A. Jinnah and Mohammad Noman

Sub title : On a League History, Student Federation, and Central Office Appointment

Subject: All-India Muslim League | Muslim Students Federation | Aligarh Muslim University

Date of publication: 1930

Language: English

Page: 33 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 27713

Keyword: M.A. Jinnah -- Mohammad Noman -- Muslim Students Federation -- Aligarh Muslim University | Communal Award -- Muslim League History -- League Central Office -- Assassination Attempt -- Pakistan

Abstract: A long-term correspondence from Mohammad Noman to M.A. Jinnah, tracing his evolution from a student activist and writer to a formal employee of the Muslim League. The early letters (1930s) focus on his request for Jinnah's endorsement of a historical manuscript defending the Communal Award and his work organizing the All India Muslim Students Federation. Later letters cover political reporting from Aligarh, a congratulatory message on Jinnah's escape from an assassination attempt, and culminate in his formal appointment by Jinnah in 1946 to a position in the Central Office of the All-India Muslim League in Delhi.

Description: This collection provides a unique perspective from an intellectual and organizer who worked closely with the Muslim League's leadership, particularly from the pivotal base of Aligarh Muslim University. The correspondence reveals the importance Jinnah placed on historical narrative, student mobilization, and building a reliable central party apparatus. Noman's persistent efforts to seek Jinnah's guidance and his eventual recruitment into the League's headquarters illustrate the process of integrating dedicated party workers into the formal structure of the organization during the crucial final decade of the Indian independence movement. The documents also include touching personal notes, such as congratulations on Jinnah's birthday and his escape from an assassination attempt, highlighting the deep personal reverence he commanded. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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