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== Restaurant and Confectioners == | == Restaurant and Confectioners == | ||
* Abadan Tea Shop (1882) Owned by: Boman Abadan Location: near Empress Market.<ref>[http://jang.com.pk/thenews/may2008-weekly/nos-04-05-2008/kol.htm#1 From Iran to Karachi and back: Remembering Irani Cafés] Retrieved 21 November 2010<ref/> | |||
== Banks == | == Banks == | ||
Revision as of 11:29, 21 November 2010
The following are businesses and services that existed in Karachi during the period 1843 to 1947.
Chamber of Commerce
The Karachi Chamber of Commerce was established in 1860 with 7 founder members: McIver and Company, Barclay, Watson and Company, Fleming and Company, T. Lidbetter and Company,Finlay and Company, J.K. Dunolly and Company and Ashburner, Bell and Company.[1] Until 1947, it was predominately European though two local firms, S. Tyabjee and Company and Ardaseer and Company did join by the end of the first year (1860).[2]
- Chairmen (1860 - 1958): List
Note: This Chamber is now known as the Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industries (OICCI)
Hotels
- Bristol Hotel (1910) Photograph
- Grand Hotel
- Hotel Midway House (KLM built)
- Palace Hotel (now Sheraton Hotel)
Restaurant and Confectioners
- Abadan Tea Shop (1882) Owned by: Boman Abadan Location: near Empress Market.<ref>From Iran to Karachi and back: Remembering Irani Cafés Retrieved 21 November 2010Cite error: The opening
<ref>tag is malformed or has a bad name
Banks
Booksellers and Stationers
Chemists
Cinemas
- Star Cinema (1918)