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In 1729, immigrants from the silting-up port of Kharak relocated to found Karachi near the Hub River mouth. Initially, Karachi was a modest settlement, but its trade grew as other ports like Shahbandar and Keti Bandar also silted up. [3] [11] According to some legends, Karachi is named after a fisherwoman called Mai Kolachi. [12]
1701 to 1783 CE – Kalhora dynasty ruled Sindh 1729– Kalachi-jo Ghote founded. [1]1783 to 1843 CE – Talpur dynasty ruled Sindh 1838 - Population: 15,000. [2]1839 - British military occupation begins.
The British East India Company captured Karachi on 3 February 1839 after HMS Wellesley opened fire and quickly destroyed Manora Fort, which guarded Karachi Harbour at Manora Point. [89] Karachi's population at the time was an estimated 8,000 to 14,000, [90] and was confined to the walled city in Mithadar, with suburbs in what is now the Serai ...
The siege of Karachi (Sindhi: ڪراچي جو گهيرو) took place between Talpur Dynasty and Khanate of Kalat for control of Karachi between 1792 and 1795 ending with Talpur Victory. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
Karachi was the national capital from 1947 until 1959. Over the next several decades it became one of the fastest-growing cities in the world, doubling its population from 1981 to 1999. [1] The hills in Karachi are the off-shoots of the Kirthar Range. The highest point of these hills in Karachi is about 528m in the extreme north.
The FCT was created in 1948 from the city of Karachi and surrounding areas as the location for Pakistan's capital following its creation. [1] This move, however, was controversial as the territory was created despite resistance from the local groups in Sindh . [ 2 ]
Jinnah International Airport (Urdu: جناح بین الاقوامی ہوائی اڈا) (IATA: KHI, ICAO: OPKC), formerly Drigh Road Airport or Karachi Civil Airport, is Pakistan's busiest international and domestic airport, and handled 7,267,582 passengers in 2017–2018. [4]
Part of the town of Karachi, with mud houses; camels and villagers in foreground. April 1851. Historians called Karachi Krokola, which literally means "a place of crocodile worship". Around 1558, Karachi was a conglomerate of about 24 fishing villages called Kolachi or Kalati.