[🇵🇰] Old Karachi images

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1969 Student Cafe , Saddar

 

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1960, Saddar

 

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Prince Cinema

 

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@PakistaniandProud Please move this thread to Tourism section, Thanks.

 

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The Jehangir Kothari Pavilion and Lady Lloyd Pier, situated in Clifton, Karachi, marked their centenary on March 21, 2021. These significant landmarks were generously funded by a Rs. 3 Lakhs donation from Jehangir H Kothari, a Parsi businessman and philanthropist.

The elevated Gizri sandstone public walkway, known as Lady Lloyd Pier, was inaugurated on March 21, 1921. The foundation stone was laid by then Governor of Bombay Sir George Lloyd in 1919, and the pavilion structure was officially opened by Lady Lloyd on January 5, 1920.

 

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1960's

 

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Star Gate changes different shapes over such a long period.
Karachi Airport

 

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Camel Cart

 

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1945 Saddar

 

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Seaport

 

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The Parsi Fire Temple Dar-e-Meheer Saddar, Karachi. 1970.​

 

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A prominent and famous medical store of Karachi established in the British era,
"J-Bliss Drug Store" was located on the famous Elphinstone Street of Karachi.

In the picture below, you can see the J-Bliss store very clearly (Photo taken down in 1914). Unconfirmed date

 

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Karachi, which is connected with centuries of history, a part of which was of historical importance, which has been demolished at that time in the name of development, something like this has happened to Boat Basin, Bath Island, Clifton and Gazri.
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Boat basin

This area was built in 1912 on 21 acres of land, before this there were bigger boats and motor launches bottom which had four docks, there were three rafts made of cement iron, from here people went for a boat ride
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Bath Island:

The name suggests that it was an island, which the locals called "Kharkhadi", the island was thirty feet high, until 1935, it had sea water coming from the west, Karachi people used to come to take a bath here,

Naomal in his book Memoirs say there were traces of the Old Town on this island, further says I wrote a letter to the Friar on April 17, 1869 that there was a cliff surrounded by the water between Chauney and Clifton, at one time on that high point Well, this city was inhabited by the king "Dilu Roy" to the north of it and between Clifton and Kamari, the Chinese "Chhni Nar" drain was flowing. When sea waves rose, the water flowed up to the Chhni Nar and the boats passed through the city. I used to come, the letter added that I was between the ages of ten and fifteen, I saw signs of many houses there, people went there in the rain to look for valuable things, Naomal letter reminds the Friar that this is the place I had You had seen it once, then the British government did it on it.
Had a small stone replaced,
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Clifton

Clifton: was called "Mahadev Ratneshwar Temple". Because locals called Mahadev, in this area Hindus used to have Masan. The current Bilawal Chowrangi road was called Masan Road, it was an island connected to the city by a wooden bridge and sea water.

Abdullah Shah Ghazi's shrine and Mahadev Ratneshwar Temple used to collide, Mahadev was also called by many people after the wind monkey, there were two 96 feet tall sand dunes named after the old wind monkey, located three miles south of the city from the General Post Office Because of being, sea breezes were blowing all the time, that's why the wind chimes used to say,

In the English era, this area was named Clifton. According to Burton, the name was given by English women but Burton did not mention the name. Mr. Kalmati thinks it must have been attributed to Colonel Preddy's assistant collector Mr. "Clifton".

Alexander F. Bailey writes about Clifton in his book Kurrachee: Past, Present and Future, that the name Clifton commemorates the birthplace of British General Charles Napier, who occupied Sindh, which is in Britain.

The wooden bridge was built by the British in 1877, the sea retreated 1350 feet in 1919 and the fixed bridge was built in 1921, in 1917, Jhangir Kothari built his house and garden and donated three lakh recreational place "Jhangir Kuthari Parade and Lady Laidfire" completed in 1921.

In the census of 1941 AD, Clifton's inhabited land was 1120 acres, where 753 people lived in 309 houses with slippery huts, where there used to be only one road, at that time these areas are beautiful and developed areas of Karachi,

 

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1915 Keamari, Post office/ dak hana in left side is Eduljee Dinsha building ..

 

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Picture of Sindh Club,
Frerehall is visible in The Background,
KARACHI , 1890s,,,

 

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1912

 

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A photo of the famous Irani restaurant "Cafe Darakshan" at corner of Bunder Road and Elphi Street

.Irani Cafes played an active role in the social life of Karachi before and after (1947) by offering to the customers ,Good food, Tea ,cakes and biscuits at an affordable price

Now most of them are shut down.in Karachi..

 

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Saddar

 

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Tram

 

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Animal Drawn Carriages​

Posted on May 24, 2019 by Amin H. Karim MD
Photos collected by Menin Rodrigues

 

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The Dual City: Karachi During the Raj​

Posted on August 3, 2018 by Amin H. Karim MD

This lavishly illustrated book provides an incisive look at the evolution of Karachi’s urban fabric and architecture as influenced by the political order of its time.

By Yasmeen Lari and Mihail S. Lari and published by Heritage Foundation Karachi and Oxford University Press.

 

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The History of Karachi
– earliest account of the area where Karachi is located can be found in the record books of one of Alexander-the-Great’s admirals, who sailed back home from the Greek expedition to India, from a harbor by the Indus delta, known as Krokola.

According to widely held belief though, the city of Karachi started its life as a small fishing settlement by the Indus Delta known as Kolachi-jo-Kun (the ditch of Kolachi), named after an old fisherwoman, Mai Kolachee who took up settlement here.

According to some and looking at old building can see today’s Karachi as kalanchi(کلانچی). Some refer it to Khara-Chi, Salted dirt because of fishing village.
Looking at 100BC Map Karachi was named as Kaccha.

Before 100 BC it was Port city of Banbhore was established before Christian era which served as an important trade hub in the region, the port was recorded by various names by the Greeks such as Krokola, Morontobara port, and Barbarikon, a sea port of the Indo-Greek Bactrian kingdom and Ramya according to some Greek texts.

The Arabs knew it as the port of Debal, from where Muhammad bin Qasim led his conquering force into Sindh (the western corner of South Asia) in AD 712.
Lahari Bandar or Lari Bandar succeeded Debal as a major port of the Indus it was located close to Banbhore, in modern Karachi.

The first modern port city near Manora island was established during British colonial Raj in the late 19th century.

looking at various name attrbuted and different reasons given it seems oldest name I could find that Karachi could have taken it’s current name is from Kaccha.

Origin of Name Karachi: One view​

Posted on July 12, 2020 by Amin H. Karim MD
From where Name of Karachi originated?
By Nadeem Baqai

 

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It's not a Qingqi but a motorcycle Rickshaw in Karachi.
Year: 1950s.

 

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1950 Saddar

 

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KMC Head office

 

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Ghazi yaar you see the oyster rocks in da background? That puddle is boat basin no? My ghaadd look how rural/ far flung Clifton was no only a 100 odd years ago?

 

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The History of Karachi, Part 1, From Ram to Alexander​

 

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1970's, Rex cinema round about

 

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We had a beautiful city back in the 60’s/ 70’s and even until da 80’s on dis planet. A beautiful city free of chaos, violence and ethnic hatred. Aur ab hamara koi haal dekhay? Laanat howay on da Sindhi peeplay haramzaday for turning Karachi into a *&*&*&*&-hole of this world. Sindhi tribal pee pee are responsible for Karachi turning into a *&*&*&*&-hole, cuz they wanna collect rent. I guess this is what they’ve always wanted no? Collecting rent no? They allowed tens of millions of illegal migrants to just waltz in like gaanddu Matilda’s no? From bhurrmeez rohingya to Afghani to Indians to Bungaali to Somali’s and Eritreans? Tens of millions pouring in as VAT payers no? And our jharrnails approved of dis shameful behavior no? Vekh lo ab saadday shehr da haal aaj!

 

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Asia House Building, M. A. Jinanah Road, Karachi. 1960's.

 

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The Musical Fountain, Karachi, Pakistan. C. 1970's.

 

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Lea Market, Karachi Pakistan in 1960's.

 

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Hamara shehr dunya ka sub say acchha shehr hota tha all the way until the 1980's......but the begherat peeplay brought in tens of millions to collect rent and VAT from them. Look at Karachi today. Its become a septic tank! Peeplay pimped Karachi to the lowest bidders.