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| Karachi Through The Eyes of my Ancestors | Views: 5966 |
| May 07, 2007 6:27 am | | Karachi Through The Eyes of my Ancestors | # |
RAJAN ADVANI | | I hope you enjoy this storyboard:
The 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.
In time, the settlement grew into a small fishing village and came to be known as Kolachi-jo-Goth or, the village of Kolachee. This small fishing village gradually started trading activities by sea with Muscat and Bahrain.
A portrait of the natives of Sindh and the Mir Yar Muhammad Khan and Mir Muhammad Khan (c. 1842)
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| May 07, 2007 6:47 am | | re: Karachi Through The Eyes of my Ancestors | # |
RAJAN ADVANI | | These are some of the old pictures of Karachi looked
The old fort at the Karachi harbor, the Karachi Fort (Charles Masson, 1830)
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| May 07, 2007 6:51 am | | re: Karachi Through The Eyes of my Ancestors | # |
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Maggar Talao (Alligator Tank): a swampy oasis filled with alligators attributed to a miracle performed by Lal Shahbaz Qalandar, a sufi saint in Sindh
Views of the old village of Karachi (c. 1850)
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| May 07, 2007 6:56 am | | re: re: Karachi Through The Eyes of my Ancestors | # |
RAJAN ADVANI | | On February 1st, 1839, a British ship, the Wellesley, anchored off the island of Manora. By 3rd February, the fort at Kolachi had surrendered without firing a single shot and this small fishing village crossed a turning point in its life. Three years later in 1843, upon the annexation of Sindh into the British empire, the regional capital was transferred from Hyderabad to Karachi by Charles Napier, the first governor of Sindh. The British made the town an Army Headquarters and military cantonments were established outside the town limits. A municipal committee was formed to provide basic facilities and municipal limits were expanded to 74 square miles to allow for expansion, even though the town occupied only 4 square miles. Napier also started a water supply to the town from Malir and established a basic police and judicial system.
Charles Napier, conquerer of Sindh
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Old Clifton, Karachi
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Napier Barracks - constructed in 1847
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Barracks at Manora, Karachi
An early picture of rifle practice near Karachi
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| May 07, 2007 7:28 am | | re: re: re: re: re: Karachi Through The Eyes of my Ancestors | # |
RAJAN ADVANI | | The British recognized the importance of this natural harbor by the Indus and started developing the fishing village as a principal port for the Indus River basin. In 1843, a river steamer service was introduced linking Karachi with the city of Multan, 500 miles upstream on the Indus. The population of the city started rising rapidly and by the 1850's, Karachi had become an established city with a population of about 14,000 and prosperous overseas trade.
Karachi was endowed with a natural harbour, fair weather and plenty of space. It had the potential to become a great metropolis and held lots of prospects for those who could take their chances. Soon, moneyed people from Bombay, Goa, Kuchh and other parts of the subcontinent started migrating to the city to undertake various occupations. The town's population started rising rapidly which is evidenced by the fact that the municipality's income rose from Rs. 6,000 in 1848, to Rs. 27,000 by 1850 in just two years. In 1854, substantial development of the Karachi Port was undertaken with the dredging of the main channel, and the construction of a mole (or causeway) which joined the main harbor with the rest of the city.
The Trinity Church - consecrated in 1855, its exceptionally tall tower was used as a beacon for ships approaching the Karachi Harbour (last picture dates from 1890)
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| May 07, 2007 7:31 am | | re: re: re: re: re: re: Karachi Through The Eyes of my Ancestors | # |
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Early postcard views of the Karachi Port at Manora and Keamari
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| May 07, 2007 9:20 am | | re: re: re: re: re: re: re: Karachi Through The Eyes of my Ancestors | # |
RAJAN ADVANI | |
Let me tell you- that Pakistan Government has preserved all the architecture and Heritage building and kept them in excellent condition, Unfortunately I cannot say this about the Government of India.
Should I continue?
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