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'''Note:''' This Chamber is now known as the Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industries (OICCI) | '''Note:''' This Chamber is now known as the Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industries (OICCI) | ||
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== Chemists == | == Chemists == | ||
==Cinemas== | ==Cinemas== | ||
* Star Cinema (1918) | * Star Cinema (1918) | ||
==Clubs and Associations== | ==Clubs and Associations== | ||
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* Muslim Gymkhana | * Muslim Gymkhana | ||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sind_Club Sind Club] (1870) | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sind_Club Sind Club] (1870) | ||
==Freemasons Lodges== | ==Freemasons Lodges== | ||
* The Lodge Hope of Kurrachee - no 337 (1842) (existed until 1973) [http://yajojnmajoj.blogspot.com/2010/05/masonic-lodges-of-pakistan.html article] | * The Lodge Hope of Kurrachee - no 337 (1842) (existed until 1973) [http://yajojnmajoj.blogspot.com/2010/05/masonic-lodges-of-pakistan.html article] | ||
==Hotels== | |||
* Bristol Hotel (1910) [http://www.flickr.com/photos/pimu/5065159632/ Photograph] | |||
* Grand Hotel | |||
* Hotel Midway House ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KLM KLM] built) | |||
* Palace Hotel (demolished, rebuilt as Sheraton Hotel) | |||
==Markets== | ==Markets== | ||
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* Lambert Market, Rambagh Quarter | * Lambert Market, Rambagh Quarter | ||
* Lea Market (1920s). [http://wikimapia.org/5550185/Sabzi-Bazaar-Lea-Market Location] [http://www.flickr.com/photos/67121517@N00/767383298/ Photograph] [http://www.flickr.com/photos/zainfeb13/767383276/in/photostream/ Tower] | * Lea Market (1920s). [http://wikimapia.org/5550185/Sabzi-Bazaar-Lea-Market Location] [http://www.flickr.com/photos/67121517@N00/767383298/ Photograph] [http://www.flickr.com/photos/zainfeb13/767383276/in/photostream/ Tower] | ||
== Restaurant and Confectioners == | |||
* Abadan Tea Shop (1882) Owned by: Boman Abadan Location: near Empress Market.<ref name="news">[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> | |||
* Parisian Restaurant and Bakery (1920) Owned by: Isfandyar Bakhtiari<ref name="news"/> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 16:00, 15 August 2011
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)
Banks
- Grindlays (1884)
- Punjab National Bank - wikipedia - official
- The Reserve Bank of India - wikipedia - official
Booksellers and Stationers
Chemists
Cinemas
- Star Cinema (1918)
Clubs and Associations
- Hindu Gymkhana
- Karachi Goan Association (renamed in 1930) - (aka Goan Portuguese Association, est. 1886) official website Presidents
- Karachi Boat Club (1881)
- Karachi Club (1901)
- Karachi Golf Club (1888) Official Presidents (1894-2007) Club Captains (1891-2007)
- Karachi Gymkhana (1886)
- Karachi Sailing Club (1911) (now Karachi Yacht Club) Commodores and Vice Commodores (1930 to 2009)
- Muslim Gymkhana
- Sind Club (1870)
Freemasons Lodges
- The Lodge Hope of Kurrachee - no 337 (1842) (existed until 1973) article
Hotels
- Bristol Hotel (1910) Photograph
- Grand Hotel
- Hotel Midway House (KLM built)
- Palace Hotel (demolished, rebuilt as Sheraton Hotel)
Markets
- Boulton Market (1880s) (on Bandar Road) Location
- Cunnynghame Market, Saddar
- Empress Market (1889) (only one still standing) Article. "The Empress is Hurt" by Peerzada Salmon Dawn Sunday 10 April 2011. Select page 16 under Karachi.
- Lambert Market, Rambagh Quarter
- Lea Market (1920s). Location Photograph Tower
Restaurant and Confectioners
- Abadan Tea Shop (1882) Owned by: Boman Abadan Location: near Empress Market.[3]
- Parisian Restaurant and Bakery (1920) Owned by: Isfandyar Bakhtiari[3]
References
- ↑ Feldman, Herbert, "Karachi Through a Hundred Years" Karachi: Oxford University Press pg 1
- ↑ Feldman, Herbert, "Karachi Through a Hundred Years" Karachi: Oxford University Press pg 2
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 From Iran to Karachi and back: Remembering Irani Cafés Retrieved 21 November 2010