Letter from Muhammad Ali Jinnah to Mubarek Ali Khan

DESCRIPTION
Copy of a 1941 letter from Muhammad Ali Jinnah, then president of the All-India Muslim League, to Mubarek Ali Khan, president of the India Welfare League, supporting Khan's work "for the betterment of the Indians and particularly of the Musslmans [sic]." Khan sent this copy of the letter to the Senate Committee on Immigration to underscore widespread support for S.236, a bill to permit all people from India residing in the United States to be naturalized. The letter became part of the committee's records regarding S.236.

THEMES
Citizenship & Voting

ADDITIONAL METADATA
Date: August 27, 1941
Subject(s): Mubarek Ali Khan, India Welfare League, Inc., Luce-Cellar Act of 1946
Type: Correspondence
Language: English
Creator: Muhammad Ali Jinnah

PROVENANCE
Holding Institution: National Archives Building, Washington, D.C.
Collection: U.S. Senate Committee on Immigration Bill Files
Folder: S.236, Committee on Immigration, SEN 79A-E1, Box 22
Digitizer: Anu Kasarabada
Item History: 2015-03-19 (created); 2015-04-11 (modified)

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