[Receipt of Donation No-102]

Summary

A single-page Swatantra Party receipt printed on the party’s Maharashtra Region letterhead, acknowledging a monthly donation received on 1 January 1975. The pre-printed form carries the party’s Bombay office address (Sassoon Building, 143, Mahatma Gandhi Road, Bombay-1) and telephone number 253085, with the fields for receipt number, donor name, amount, purpose, and signatures completed by hand in ink. Receipt No. 102 records a donation of Rs. twenty-five only from a ‘Mr. M. R.’ (surname unclear in the handwriting) towards the month of January 1975, and is signed at the foot by both the receiver and the Hon. Treasurer. A separate filing number (‘1234’ or ‘1224’) and a small pencil notation are visible in the upper margin. The document is administrative rather than argumentative: a slice of the party’s routine fundraising bookkeeping from the final year of its formal existence.

Key points

• Printed letterhead of the Swatantra Party, Maharashtra Region, at Sassoon Building, 143, Mahatma Gandhi Road, Bombay-1 (tel. 253085).
• Receipt No. 102, dated 1-1-1975; the pre-printed year ends in ‘196_’ and has been overwritten ‘75’ in ink.
• Records a donation of Rs. twenty-five only received from a ‘Mr. M. R.’ (surname illegible in the handwriting) towards the month of January 1975.
• Signed at the foot by both the Receiver and the Hon. Treasurer.
• A filing number (‘1234’ or ‘1224’) and a brief pencil marking are added in the upper margin, indicating later archival handling.