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Karachi was known as Khurachee Scinde (i.e. Karachi, Sindh) during the early British colonial rule. An old image of Karachi from 1889 Karachi map, 1911 St Joseph's Convent School, Karachi An image from 1930 of Elphinstone Street, Karachi Karachi Municipal Corporation Building, inaugurated in 1932
A number of cultural sites in and around Karachi testify to the glorious past of Karachi. In recent years, the Sindhi population in the city has surged. WAGU DARR, earthen cavity for the living of a crocodile, is located at the coastal village of Chashma Goth near Korangi. A natural sweet water spring flows perennially past this site.
Behram Sohrab H. J. Rustomji (1952), Karachi, 1839-1947: a short history of the foundation and growth of Karachi, Karachi: Kitabistan Herbert Feldman (1970), Karachi through a hundred years: the centenary history of the Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry, 1860-1960 (2nd ed.), Karachi: Pakistan Branch, Oxford University Press
The demographic history of Karachi of Sindh, Pakistan.The city of Karachi grew from a small fishing village to a megacity in the last 175 years. The Late Palaeolithic and Mesolithic sites found by Karachi University team on the Mulri Hills, in front of Karachi University Campus, constitute one of the most important archaeological discoveries made in Sindh during the last fifty years.
Karachi has over 350 sites which are protected under the Provincial Act. Sites are listed under broad areas or quarters under which they are located. Some streets/roads are found in two areas. Sites located on them are found under their respective area.
Keamari was a low lying island located between Manora and the city of Karachi well into the colonial era. [3] During this time, Keamari was the landing point for all goods and people entering Karachi. Kemari's anchorage during the early colonial era was too shallow for large ships, and so those were instead forced to dock at Manora. [4]
A view of fishing boats in Mubarak Village, Karachi. Karachi's second largest fishermen locality of Mubarak Village does not have basic facilities including jetty, gas, health and education, despite the fact that it had existed even before the independence of Pakistan. Most of the local people are involved in fisheries.
Karachi University is the city's largest by number of students, number of departments & occupied land area. Karachi is home to several major public universities. Karachi's first public university's date from the British colonial era. The Sindh Madressatul Islam founded in 1885, was granted university status in 2012.