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The Sevakunj Hostel, a historic landmark in Aram Bagh Road, Rambagh Quarter, Karachi. The building was erected in the 1910s by an affluent Hindu family. The building of the Sevakunj Hostel, resembling a flawless square, is arranged around a courtyard. Rooms in the two-story structure are positioned around this central space.
Mitha Ram Hostel shares a historical connection with D. J. Sindh Government Science College, which was established through the efforts of Indian lawyer, Dayaram Gidumal, in the late 1880s. [5] Gidumal campaigned for the college's construction, as many Karachi students could not afford to travel to Bombay for education. [ 5 ]
Jinnah Courts, formerly known as Leslie Wilson Muslim Hostel, is a heritage building located on Dr Ziauddin Ahmed Road in Karachi's Civil Lines. Initially serving as a hostel for students from Sindh , the Pakistan Rangers temporarily moved in during 1999 and have remained there since.
In South Asia, youth hostelling started with the formation of a youth hostel group by Mr. W Cowley, ICS, and the then provincial Youth Organizer of the pre-independence Punjab. The first youth hostel was set up at Tara Devi near Simla in 1945. Pakistan Youth Hostels Association was formed in December 1951. Mr.
Hostel dormitory room in Taiwan. A hostel is a form of low-cost, short-term shared sociable lodging where guests can rent a bed, usually a bunk bed in a dormitory sleeping 4–20 people, [1] with shared use of a lounge and usually a kitchen. [2]
Janaseva Vidya Kendra (JSVK), commonly known as Janaseva Vidya Kendra Boys Hostel, is located on Magadi Road, Channenahalli, in Bangalore in the Indian state of Karnataka. It is a boys' hostel school. The school was built by educationists from Karnataka and began with 13 boys in 1972, growing to around 600 students ranging from 5th to 12th grade.
The hostel was started in the year 1918 during the reign of last Nizam of Hyderabad State, Mir Osman Ali Khan by Raja Bahadur Venakta Rama Reddy, a civil servant and philanthropist. Reddy Hostel library has a collection of old and new books.
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