Old Karachi

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First Elected Mayor of Karachi , ....

Jamshed Nusserwanji Mehta.

Mr. Jamshad Mehta (1886–1952) was born into a well-off Parsi family in Karachi. He was the first elected mayor of the city from 1933 to 1934. and still remembered as the "Maker of Modern Karachi".

He was lauded for having transformed Karachi from a fishing village to a well-planned city.

In 1918, Mehta was elected a councillor of the Karachi Municipal Corporation (KMC) and served later as elected President of the Corporation.

He served in that capacity for 12 years from April 1922 to October 1933. Then he was elected to become the first Mayor of Karachi from 1933 to 1934 in British India.

 

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1960's , ....

Visit of Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh first visit to India and Pakistan in January-February-March 1961. In the Picture the Queen of England and Ayub Khan are driven through Karachi’s Saddar area during the visit to Pakistan.

 

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1981, Saddar area, Buggy, ...

Lea Market 1952, ....

Clifton, 1918 ...

 

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1960's Saddar area, ...

Karachi Metropolitan Corporation, 1976 (c).

The Karachi Municipal Corporation (KMC) Building is one of the many historic buildings located at M. A. Jinnah road and has evolved an iconic status as one of the landmark structures of Karachi. The foundation stone for the KMC Building was laid in 1927, construction was completed in 1930, followed by the inauguration in 1932.

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Saddar 1947, Singer chowk

 

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1990.s , ....

 

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Napier's Barracks, Karachi 1900's , ...

 

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Bandar Road, ...

Saddar

Hindu Gymkhana Karachi
Year: 1930.
The Hindu Gymkhana is a colonial-era building located on Sarwar Shaheed Road in Karachi, Pakistan. It was established in 1925 by the Karachi's Hindus as an exclusive club for their community.

Empress Market ..1950's

 

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Saddar 1950's , ...

 

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This building still exists ...

Imperial Customs Office, Karachi.
Year: 1920-30

 

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1950's, ....
Lakshmi Building, Bandar Road .

Paradise Point, Karachi in the 70's.

A Sad State of Affairs. There are times when you feel Paradise Point calling. You go back, expecting it to have evolved over years into a perfect getaway for Karachi wallas but No! The arch has gone and so has the infrastructure and fleeting optimism.

The recreational area around the rocks look like a horror film set now. The only entertainer at the show is Mother Nature itself.

 

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Year 1935 , ....
Palace Hotel. First time I visited this hotel in early 70s. Architecture and furniture was Victorian. Later on it demolished and a new hotel with the name of Sheraton was built. It converted into Move-n-pick.

 

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1960 - 70

 

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