Karachi

Karachi

Presidency: Bombay
Coordinates:
Altitude:	Sea Level
Present Day Details
Place Name:	Karachi
State/Province:	Sindh
Country:	Pakistan
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During the British period Karachi was the headquarters of Karachi District and the capital of the Sind division of Bombay Presidency from 1840s until 1936 and as an independent province from 1936 till Partition in 1947.

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Modern name: Karachi
Variants: Kurrachee

History

Memorial Arch at the Port for the Prince and Princess of Wales (1906)

It was occupied by the British in 1839.

Wikipedia article: History

Places of Worship

Churches

Various denominations existed including Catholic, Anglican and Methodist. The oldest church was St. Patrick's Church (now Cathedral)(1840s) in the Saddar area of the city.

Catholic

Was part of the Vicariate Apostolic of Bombay until 1886. From 1886 to 1947, it was part of the Archdiocese of Bombay.

Our Lady of Fatima
Sacred Heart Church, Keamari
St. Anthony's Church (1935), Cantonment
St. Anthony's Church, Manora
St. Christopher's Church, Airport
St. Lawrence's Church, Soldier Bazar
St. Patrick's Church (now Cathedral) (1843). Founder: Rev. Casabloch. Note: Started in the premises of St. Joseph's Convent. Present building completed in 1878

Protestant

Brooks Memorial Methodist Church (1875). Founder: Rev. Frank Ambrose Goodman. Denomination: Methodist
Holy Trinity Church (now Cathedral). Denomination: Anglican
St. Andrew's Church (Scotch Church) (1867-68). Denomination: Presbyterian
St. Paul's Church, Manora

Photographs of Churches in Kurrachee (taken in the 1850s- 1870s) skyscrapercity.com

Other places

Parsi Dar-e-Meher
Magain Shalome Synagogue (1890s) (demolished in 1980s)
Various Hindu temples. List

Cemeteries

Bene Israel Cemetery
Gora Kabristan
Karachi War Cemetery
Jewish Cemetery In Karachi Documented For First Time Jewish timesasia.org View the documentary film

Clubs and Associations

see here

Buildings

Cinemas

Star Cinema (1918)

Halls

Frere Hall (1865) (Victoria Road)
Max Denso Hall (Bandar Road)

Hotels

Bristol Hotel (1910) Photograph Article in Dawn
Grand Hotel
Hotel Midway House (KLM built)
Palace Hotel (now Sheraton Hotel)

Houses

Mohatta Palace (1920s)

Museums

Victoria Museum

Monuments

Merewether Clock Tower (now known simply as Tower) Architecture: Merewether Tower, Karachi

Markets

see here

Education

Bai Virbaiji Soparivala (B.V.S.) Parsi High School (only for Parsis until 1947) Alumni website
Karachi Grammer School (1847)
Sind Arts College (later DJ College)
St. Joseph's Convent (1862)History of SJC (official website)
St. Patrick's High School (1861) official website
Nadirshah Edulji Dinshaw (NED) College (formerly Prince of Wales Engineering College.) (1922, renamed 1924) official website

Newspapers

Sind Gazette

Health

Hospitals

Civil Hospital (1854). Located on Mission Road.
Lady Dufferin Hospital (1898)
Spencer Eye Hospital (1938)

Dispensaries

Eduljee Dinshaw Dispensary (1881-1882)
Jaffer Fudoo Dispensary

Veterinary Hospitals

Richmond Crawford Veterinary Hospital

Institutes

Louise Lawrence Institute (training of midwives) (after 1912)

Gardens

Burns Garden
Erskine Garden
Government Garden/ Company Bagh (1885)/ Rani Bagh/ Gandhi Garden (1933) (now the city zoo)^[1]
Municipal Garden

Government Offices

Mercantile Marine Department (May 1930)
Sind Fisheries Department

Economy and business

Economy of Karachi

Locations

This is a list of the major areas, quarters and roads of the city.

Lines

Civil Lines
Jacob Lines
Jutland Lines
N.I. Lines
R.A. Lines

Quarters

Artillery Maidan Quarter
Frere Quarter
Jamsheed Quarter
Napier Quarter

Roads

Britto Road (2007)

Britto Road
Brunton Road
Bunder Road (now M.A. Jinnah Road)
Frere Street
Jail Road
Kutchery Road (Law courts)
Lawrence Road (now Nishtar Road)
McLeod Road (now II Chundrigar Road)
Merewether Road
Mission Road
Napier Road
Newnham Road
Outram Road
Queen's Road (now M.T. Khan Road)
Rampart Road
Scandal Point Road
Somerset Road
Victoria Road (now Abdullah Haroon Road)

For more information, visit List of streets of Karachi

Transportation

Railways

There were two stations, McLeod Road Station (now City Station) and Frere Street Station (now Karachi Cantt)

Tramway

The Karachi Tramway of Yesteryears 14 September 2007 All Things Pakistan

Karachi Harbour

Karachi Port Trust was established by an Act in 1886 (effective 1887) to manage the affairs of the port.

Kemari (earlier an island, but joined to the mainland)
Mules MansionThe Karachi Walla
Napier Mole

References

↑ Soomro, Durdana, "Pleasure Gardens of a Raj City". Lahore: Sang-e-Meel. 2007 pg 43

External Links

Karachi Love to Know 1911
Karachi City Imperial Gazetteer

Maps

Kurrachee Harbour Map 1882 from the Historical Maps of Asia Collection, University of Texas, Austin

Booklets

Guide to Karachi Booklet produced for US Soldiers during WWII
Special Service Booklet for US Soldiers during WWII

Thesis

Haider, Azimusshan (1971), History of Karachi with special reference to educational and commercial development (1839-1900), PhD thesis, University of Karachi, Karachi.
Wajidi, Muhammad Abuzar (1990) KMC (Karachi Municipal Corporation): A study of its administrative and financial organisation PhD thesis, University of Karachi, Karachi.

Other

"Sugar and Stone" by Peerzada Salmon Dawn Sunday 3 April 2011. Select page 16 under Karachi. Article about historical buildings, with photographs
Somake`s Karachi by Peerzada Salman Dawn 23 May 2011. Moses Somake, born 1875, was an architect in Karachi

Video

Christian Cemetery, Karachi BBC Urdu report (in Urdu)
A Very Rare Old Karachi Video 1942 by a British Soldier You Tube