Old Karachi

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Hindus celebrating Shivratri at Clifton in 1930

Napier Barracks 1910

Clifton 1930

Khaliq Dina hall

Sind Arts College 1910 (now DJ Science College)

Manora Barracks 1930

Gandhi Garden 1930 (Now Karachi Zoo)

 

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1870: Scottish Church - Karachi

1940s: Street Scene - Karachi Saddar

1930s: Elphinstone Street (Zaibunnisa Street),

1920s: Mama Mansions

1900

 

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1950s: Seventh Day
Adventist Hospital.

1930s: Victoria Museum

1930

 

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Donkey Racing, Karachi in 1940's

Dining Hall - Airport Hotel, Airport in 1950's

 

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clifton schon circle in 1970s

schon circle now

 

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Burns Road in 1980's

1940

 

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Bunder road karachi

Chidiya Ghar (Gandhi Garden) Karachi

 

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Palm Grove Hotel, in 1950's.

 

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1930s Mcleod Rd, now I. I. Chundrigar rd

Karachi in 1935

 

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Bird's eye view (with Clifton Road) [Karachi].
Photographer: Unknown
Medium: Photographic print
Date: 1900

Photograph with a view looking south across the Clifton Road in Karachi, with Frere Hall at the extreme left, taken by an unknown photographer, c.1900, from an album of 46 prints titled 'Karachi Views'. Views 21-32 from this album join together to form a 360 degree panorama of the city from the tower of Trinity Church. Clifton is now an exclusive residential district of Karachi, one of the world's largest metropolises, once the capital of Pakistan. It is now the capital of the Sindh province in the lower Indus valley, and is the financial and commercial centre of Pakistan. This huge city was however developed only in the mid-19th century after the British conquest of Sindh. Karachi is built around a bay which is a natural harbour protected from storms by a group of small islands. Its history prior to the 18th century is sketchy but it is believed to be the ancient port of Krokala on the Arabian Sea, visited by Alexander's admirals in 326 BC. The small fishing village

was known as Kolachi-jo-Goth in the 18th century, and then became a trading post under the Kalhoras and the Talpur rulers of Sindh, but the port remained small. With the British development of its harbour it grew into the large city of Karachi and an important centre of trade, particularly of cotton and wheat.

 

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Manora Karachi c.1930's

 

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1930s: An Aerial View of Airdrome Airport -

1920s: R101 Airship Hangar (Under Construction)