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|presidency=[[Bombay]]
|image=Karachi_port_and_harbour_aerial.jpg
|coordinates= [https://www.google.com/maps/search/24.86,67.01/@24.86,67.01,12z/data=!4m2!2m1!4b1?hl=en 24°51'3624.0"N 67°00'3686°N 67.0"E01°E]
|altitude= 8 m (26 ft)
|presentname= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karachi Karachi]
|stateprovince= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sindh Sindh]
|country= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan Pakistan]
|transport=[[Kotri-Rohri Railway]]
}}
{{Places of Interest|title=Karachi|name=Karachi |link=https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=211401480495186034184.0004d1ece46598812fb6d&msa=0&ll=24.861867,67.03505&spn=0.007924,0.00692}}
During the British period '''Karachi''' was the headquarters of [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?volume=15&objectid=DS405.1.I34_V15_007.gif [Karachi District]] and the capital of the Sind division of [[Bombay (Presidency)|Bombay Presidency]] from 1840s until 1936 and as . See [[Bombay Districts]]. [[Sind]] was an independent province from 1936 till Partition in 1947.
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*[http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/photocoll/b/largeimage57526.html Bird's eye view Napier Barracks Karachi c 1900] with [http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/photocoll/b/019pho000000425u00027000.htm description] [http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/photocoll/b/largeimage57527.html A second view c 1900] with [http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/photocoll/b/019pho000000425u00028000.htm description] British Library Online Gallery
*[http://www.telstudies.org/discussion/service_years/karachi_photos.shtml Snapshots of Drigh Road RAF Depot, Karachi, now PAF Base Faisal] c 1927. [[T E Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia)]] , as Aircraftman T E Shaw, was stationed here in 1927-1928. telstudies.org. Retrieved 21 August 2014
*"Every Day A Bonus" by Ken Clarke from ''Regimental Association of The Queen's Own Buffs (PWRR): The Journal''issues No 11-14 Autumn 2005- Spring 2007. The pages covering the voyage to India in 1933, time in India, and voyage back to England in 1938 are (11)48-49; (12)29-39; (13)15-25; (14)38.:[http://thequeensownbuffs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Journal-No-11-Autumn-2005.pdf Issue 11], [http://thequeensownbuffs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Journal-No-12-Spring-2006.pdf 12], [http://thequeensownbuffs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Journal-No-13-Autumn-2006.pdf 13], [http://thequeensownbuffs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Journal-No-14-Spring-2007.pdf 14] thequeensownbuffs.com:Issue 13 includes his experiences with the [[50th Regiment of Foot|1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment]] in Karachi.*"Last stop Karachi 1946!'' " by John ‘Dusty’ Miller [https://web.archive.org/web/20140624065252/http://www.qissa-khwani.com:80/2012/09/last-stop-karachi-1946.html Part 1], [https://web.archive.org/web/20161221004433/http://www.qissa-khwani.com/2012/09/last-stop-karachi-1946_16.html Part 2]. He was a driver in the [[Royal Air Force|RAF]] and was in India 1945-1947, his last posting in Karachi. www.qissa-khwani.com, now archived.
*[http://www.rafweb.org/Stations/Stations-K.htm#Karachi RAF Karachi] (including Drigh Road) rafweb.org. Retrieved 1 July 2014
*[http://www.rafweb.org/Stations/Stations-M.htm#Mauripur RAF Mauripur], in the vicinity of Karachi. rafweb.org. Retrieved 1 July 2014
* Hotel Midway House ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KLM KLM] built)
* Palace Hotel (now Sheraton Hotel)
===Houses===
* [http://thekarachiwalla.com/2011/06/07/karachi-landmarks-the-mules-mansion/ Mules Mansion]The Karachi Walla
* Napier Mole
==External Links==
[http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/kurrachee_harbour_1882.jpg Kurrachee Harbour Map 1882] from the Historical Maps of Asia Collection, University of Texas, Austin
====BookletsHistorical books online====*[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=uZdeAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP9 ''An Account of the Kurachee Municipality, from Its Commencement to the 1st Jan. 1860''] by A F Bellasis, late Collector and Magistrate of Kurachee. 1860 Google Books*[http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_000000036228#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=8&z=0%2C-256.4058%2C2842%2C2800.8116 ''The Sind Directory. With a map ... Also, a plan of Kurrachee ... A general description of the Punjab, etc.''] by George Bease 1862 British Library Digital Collection. Note: There do not appears to be any maps.**[http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_000000036228#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=269&z=0%2C-256.4058%2C2842%2C2800.8116 A List of the European and Eurasian Inhabitants in Sind at 1st April 1862] page 252* [http://cbiaccess.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_00000005D3D8 ''The Tourist's Guide from Delhi to Kurrachee, describing the various towns ... commerce: railways: river communications: &c: &c: with a map'']. Lahore [c 1865?]. British Library Digital Collection*[https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.110482/page/n3/mode/2up ''Kurrachee: Past Present And Future''] by Alexander F Baillie 1890. [https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.7678/page/n1/mode/2up 2nd file] with images correctly rotated. Archive.org. [http://www.sanipanhwar.com/Kurrachee%20Past%20Present%20and%20Future%20.pdf Another version] transcribed by sanipanhwar.com*[https://archive.org/details/b32843355_0001/page/n5/mode/2up ''Drainage problems of the East : being a revised and enlarged edition of "Oriental drainage", [Volume 1<nowiki>]</nowiki>''] by C C James 1917, first published 1906 Archive.org. Includes chapters relating to Drainage of the major cities in India (Bombay, Calcutta, '''Karachi''', Madras, “Benares, Lucknow, Mirzapur and Lahore”), Rangoon, Singapore, Penang and Shanghai, and of the major cities in Egypt. [https://archive.org/details/b32843355_0002/page/n5/mode/2up ''Drainage problems of the East, Volume 2-theaterPlans''] by C C James 1917 Archive.org* ''The Karachi Handbook & Directory for 1922-1023'' edited by Sir Montague de P Webb 1922. Published by ''The Daily Gazette'', Karachi. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.homedli.comcast2015.net548423/~page/n17 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India. The print quality of some pages is poor.=====Booklets=====* [http://www.cbi-theater-10.com/karachi/karachi.html ''Guide to Karachi] '' Booklet produced for US Soldiers during WWII. cbi-theater.com* [http://www.cbi-theater-10.home.comcast.net/~cbi-theater-10com/depotno1/depotno1.html ''Special Service Booklet''] for US Soldiers during WWII. cbi-theater.com
====Thesis====
====Video====
* [http://www.chaltatv.com/video/14368/Christian-Cemetery-Karachi-Pakistan-BBC-Report Christian Cemetery, Karachi] BBC Urdu report (in Urdu)
* [httphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOhCaFkojhY&sns=fb A Very Rare Old G9wfetvoanI Karachi Video 1942 and Bombay at the End of the Raj] as seen by a British Soldiersoldier sometime between 1942 and 1947: (updated commentary from the earlier posting [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhtldMcawFA Karachi at the End of the Raj] You TubeYouTube video* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CRiJs7vXWg Churches of Karachi] Short documentary on their construction/architecture (in Urdu) on youtube
==Further Reading==
* Lari, Yasmin and Mihail Lari, "The Dual City: Karachi during the Raj" Karachi OUP. 1997. ISBN: 978-0195777352
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