College recommendation letter from Tara Singh
Singh, Tara. College recommendation letter from Tara Singh. Sep. 5, 1928. 1 p. 1 sheet. 6.5 x 7.7". Typewritten on brown paper. College recommendation letter for N. M. Rashed, written by Tara Singh, principal of Government Intermediate College, Lyallpur, in year of Rashed’s graduation. English. Box 1. Folder 14: College certificates and recommendation letter. 001. Digitized by Zain Mian. Catalogued by Pasha M. Khan. Donated (2015) by Yasmin Rashed Hassan to the Institute of Islamic Studies, McGill University, Montreal. Full item here.
From 1926 to 1928, Nazr-i Mohammad Rashed matriculated from the Government High School in Akalgarh, and passed his Faculty of Arts examination at Government Intermediate College (now Government College University) in Lyallpur (now known as Faisalabad). The principal of the college, Sardar Tara Singh, appears to have written this as a letter of recommendation for the young Rashed (who would have been 18 years old when this document was written). The college had evolved out of a high school in 1924. Akalgarh (modern Alipur Chattha), where Rashed had been born, had no college.
Rashed was a "non-resident student" because his father Raja Fazl-i Elahi Chishti was posted to Lyallpur as Additional District Inspector of Schools from September 8, 1926 to September 27, 1928. Therefore he was able to live at home with his family while completing his education at the college.[1]
According to the modern GCU Faisalabad's account, Sardar Tara Singh was the third and then the fifth principal of Government Intermediate College Lyallpur from April 11, 1927 to January 8, 1928, and again from October 2, 1928 to December 7, 1928. From the letter it appears either that this account is mistaken, or that Tara Singh depended upon his former or anticipated status to subscribe himself "Principal." In the interim Rai Bahadur Manmohan was principal at the college.[2]
As other items in the NMR Archive will show, the city of Lyallpur remained important to Rashed throughout his life, particularly since his sister Mumtaz and brother-in-law Chiragh Hassan, headmaster of M.B. High School, were resident there, as well as their sons Faruq and Aftab.
1 Khalid, Anwar Mahmūd. "N. M. Rāshid, Lā’ilpūr meñ." Draft paper in Noon Meem Rashed Archive, p. 2.
2 "College Era ; GCUF." http://gcuf.edu.pk/about/history-and-introduction/college-era/.
Rashed was a "non-resident student" because his father Raja Fazl-i Elahi Chishti was posted to Lyallpur as Additional District Inspector of Schools from September 8, 1926 to September 27, 1928. Therefore he was able to live at home with his family while completing his education at the college.[1]
According to the modern GCU Faisalabad's account, Sardar Tara Singh was the third and then the fifth principal of Government Intermediate College Lyallpur from April 11, 1927 to January 8, 1928, and again from October 2, 1928 to December 7, 1928. From the letter it appears either that this account is mistaken, or that Tara Singh depended upon his former or anticipated status to subscribe himself "Principal." In the interim Rai Bahadur Manmohan was principal at the college.[2]
As other items in the NMR Archive will show, the city of Lyallpur remained important to Rashed throughout his life, particularly since his sister Mumtaz and brother-in-law Chiragh Hassan, headmaster of M.B. High School, were resident there, as well as their sons Faruq and Aftab.
1 Khalid, Anwar Mahmūd. "N. M. Rāshid, Lā’ilpūr meñ." Draft paper in Noon Meem Rashed Archive, p. 2.
2 "College Era ; GCUF." http://gcuf.edu.pk/about/history-and-introduction/college-era/.
To Cite the Article
Khan, Pasha M. "College recommendation letter from Tara Singh." Noon Meem Rashed Archive, Jul 29, 2015.To Cite the Item:
Singh, Tara, “College recommendation letter from Tara Singh,” Noon Meem Rashed Archive, accessed March 29, 2024, https://nmrashedarchive.com/item/NMRArch-01-14-001-cert-letter-tara-singh.
Identifier
NMRArch-01-14-001-cert-letter-tara-singh
Subject
Rāshid, N. M., -- 1910-1975
Coverage
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Source
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Relation
IsRelatedTo NMRArch-2-14-029-guman-ka-mumkin-drafts
Date
1928-09-05
Language
English
Creator
Singh, Tara
Recipient
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Translator
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Contributor
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Publisher
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Box
1
Folder No.
14
Folder Name
College certificates and recommendation letter
Item No.
1
Description
College recommendation letter for N. M. Rashed, written by Tara Singh, principal of Government Intermediate College, Lyallpur, in year of Rashed’s graduation.
Format
Typewritten on brown paper
Type
Text
No. of Files
1
No. of Pages
1
No. of Sheets
1
Physical Dimensions
6.5 x 7.7"
Digitizer
Zain Mian
Cataloger
Pasha M. Khan
Donor
Yasmin Rashed Hassan
Year of Donation
2015
Repository
Institute of Islamic Studies, McGill University, Montreal