As per the decision of the Committee, we had printed one rupee coupons and blank receipt books to collects funds from the people of all walks of the Society. I feel glad to declare here that this money has mainly swelled from the down trodden, room the members of the middle class and lower middle class families, from gangman to the Divisional Superintendent of the Railway, from students, from petty shopkeepers and businessmen, from Police and RPF personal, from Intellectuals, from clerks both in public and private sectors from taxiwallas, from vegetable sellers and so on. We have collected this amount from the people living in different parts of this great cosmopolitan city. It gives me pleasure to declare that wherever we had visited for the Founds we have received spontaneous response from the people. The public were very generous and they donated generously for the Cause; we are heartily thankful to them.
To organize the movement more vigorously, women section was also formed under the banner of the Samiti and they an important role in collecting of funds and propagating for Bangladesh. I, therefore, also feel it my moral duty to convey my hearty greeting to those sincere collectors (Ladies and Gentle-men)- who came forward and rendered their valuable support and services from time to time, for collecting funds and supplying matterials free of charge to our Samiti. It is needless to say that it would have been next to impossible on our part to collect even such amount Such amount (whichever is collected) if they would have not rendered their valuable support and help to us.
We know that collected amount is nothing for this big dimensional affairs, and I can rather say, it is not even a drop of water compared to a big ocean. Even thought with an honest and sincere intention “Only to help the freedom fighters of Bangladesh”, to create an atmosphere in favour of the struggle and to educate the masses-till to-day, we have collected Rs. 8152 out of which we are paying Rs. 8101 to the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund, later to be transferred to Bangladesh Assistance Committee, New Delhi.
I shall agree here that due to our limited strength, it was not possible on our part to approach you all for funds, But I am sure that in near future, we will get all out support from all you, when we will knock at your doors for help,
I will be failing to discharge my responsibilities if I do not enlighten you about the procedure we adopted for correct disposal of the money collected for the cause. In this regard, we wrote to Hon. Shri Ajoy Mukherjee, the then Chief Minister of West Bengal but unfortunately when our collection was in progress the Ministry was dissolved. Then we wrote a letter on 24-06-71 under Registered A/D to Hon, Shri M. Hossain Ali, Mission of the Peoples Republic of Bangladesh, Calcutta-17. But when we found that the Head of the Mission was not in a position to send us the reply up to 18-7-71, we again reminded him by a letter dated 19-7-71 and in that letter we have clearly stated that our Samiti has decided to handover the collected amount on 15th August 1971. But it seems that the Mission was much busy with their responsibilities.
Hence after waiting for the reply from the head of Mission up to 4-7-71 (as the Secretaries were authorized to take a final decision in the respect) we ultimately on 5-8-71 wrote a letter under Reg. A/D to Honourable Smt Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of
