Timeline of Karachi
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Karachi, Pakistan.
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4th century BCE
- 326 BCE Alexander the Great set sail from Manora island in Karachi to Babylonia
8th century
- 712 CE Muhammad bin Qasim conquers Sindh
10th century
- 977 to 1524 CE Ghaznavid Empire and then the Delhi Sultanate
11th century
- 1058 CE Soomra Dynasty Soomro period from 1058 to 1351
14th century
- 1351 CE Samma Dynasty assumed rule over Sindh
16th century
- 1526 - 1821 CE Mughal ascendancy (1526–1707), nominal rule by Mughals (1707–1857)
- 1521 - 1554 CE Arghun dynasty ruled Sindh
- 1555 - 1612 CE Tarkhan Dynasty controlled Sindh
- 1568 CE Debal was attacked by the Portuguese Admiral Fernão Mendes Pinto in an attempt to capture or destroy the Ottoman vessels anchored there.
16th century
1612 - 1700 CE – Mughal Emperor Akbar conquers Sindh and ruled it via governors
17h century
- 1701 to 1783 CE – Kalhora Dynasty ruled Sindh
- 1783 to 1843 CE – Talpur Dynasty ruled Sindh
Prior to 20th century
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- 1729 - Kalachi-jo Ghote founded.[1]
- 1838 - Population: 15,000.[2]
- 1839 - British military occupation begins.[3]
- 1843 - Town becomes part of colonial British India.
- 1847
- Town becomes part of Sind Division, Bombay Presidency, British India.
- Karachi Anglo-Indian School founded.
- 1852
- Municipal Commission established.
- Karachi Fair begins.[4]
- 1854 - Napier Mole built connecting Kiamari Island.[5]
- 1858 - Agra and Masterman Bank branch established.[6]
- 1860 - Karachi Chamber of Commerce established.[7][8][9]
- 1861 - Sind, Punjab & Delhi Railway (Kotri-Karachi) begins operating.[4][10]
- 1865 - Frere Hall built.[11]
- 1868 - St Andrew's Church built.
- 1871 - Sind Club founded.
- 1872
- 1873 - Manora breakwater constructed in harbour.[5]
- 1878 - Karachi Zoo established.
- 1881 - Population: 68,332 (town); 5,228 (cantonment).[13]
- 1882 - Sindh Arts College inaugurated.
- 1885 - Tramway begins operating.[6]
- 1886
- Denso Hall built.[14]
- Goa-Portuguese Association established.
- 1887 - Karach Port Trust opens.
- 1889 - Empress Market built.
- 1892 - Merewether Clock Tower built.
- 1894 - Karachi Parsi Gymkhana established.[15]
- 1898 - Frere Street Station built.
20th century
1900s-1940s
- 1902 - Karachi Indian Merchants Association founded.[7]
- 1910 - Young Men's Zoroastrian Association established.[15]
- 1912 - Karachi Zarthosti Banu Mandal established.[16][17]
- 1913
- Karachi Electric Supply Company incorporated.[18]
- Karachi Race Club established.
- 1914 - Freemasons Lodge built.
- 1916 - Sind Quadrangular cricket tournament established.[19]
- 1920 - Jehangir Kothari Parade inaugurated.
- 1921 - Population: 216,000.[2]
- 1925 - Hindu Gymkhana built.[14]
- 1926 - Karachi Rugby Football Club founded.
- 1927 - Mohatta Palace (residence) built.
- 1929 - Airstrip active.
- 1932 - Karachi Municipal Corporation Building inaugurated.
- 1933
- 1934 - Teakum Dass Vadhumull becomes mayor.[20]
- 1935 - Qazi Khuda Buksh becomes mayor.[20]
- 1936
- City becomes capital of Sindh Province, British India.
- K.B. Aradsher H. Mama becomes mayor.[20]
- 1937 - Durgha Das B. Adwani becomes mayor.[20]
- 1938 - Hatim A. Alvi becomes mayor.[20]
- 1939 - R.K. Sidhwa becomes mayor.[20]
- 1940
- Daily Jang newspaper begins publication.[23]
- Lalji Malhootra becomes mayor.[20]
- 1941
- Hashim Gazdar becomes mayor.[20]
- Population: 435,000.[2]
- Dow Medical College established.
- 1942
- Karachi Cantonment established by British Indian Army.
- Soharab K.H.Katrak becomes mayor.[20]
- 1943 - Shambo Nath Molraaj becomes mayor.[20]
- 1944 - Yusuf Haroon becomes mayor.[20]
- 1945
- Advani College of Commerce & Economics established.
- Manual Musqutta becomes mayor.[20]
- 1946
- 1947
- Dawn newspaper begins publication.[23]
- University of Sindh founded.[24]
- Pakistan Institute of International Affairs headquartered in city.[25]
- May: Hakeem Muhammad Ahsan becomes mayor.[20]
- Pakistan Navy headquartered in Liaquat Barracks.[26]
- 1948
- January: Pakistan Socialist Party founded.
- May: Ghulam Ali Alana becomes mayor.[20]
- 27 July: City becomes federal capital of Pakistan.
- Federal Capital Territory administrative area created (containing Karachi city and surrounding area).[24]
- Karachi Stock Exchange and St. Joseph's College for Women founded.
- Beech Luxury Hotel built.[15]
- 1949 - Civil and Military Gazette Karachi edition begins publication.[27]
1950s-1990s
- 1950 - Federation of Pakistan Chamber of Commerce & Industry headquartered in city.
- 1951
- University of Karachi established.
- National Museum of Pakistan opens in Frere Hall.[28]
- Population: 1,126,400 (including military cantonment).[29]
- Edhi Foundation headquartered in city.[30]
- 1952
- St. Patrick's College founded.
- Nazimabad suburb developed.
- 1953 - Karachi Municipal Aquarium built.
- 1954
- Pakistan Maritime Museum active.
- Mahmoud Haroon becomes mayor.[20]
- Hamdard Foundation established.[31]
- 1955
- National Stadium opens.
- Al-Haj Malik Bagh Ali becomes mayor.[20]
- 1956 - Siddique Wahab becomes mayor.[20]
- 1957 - Karachi Development Authority,[32] Pakistan Institute of Development Economics,[33] and Pakistan National Scientific Documentation Centre[34] established.
- 1958
- Federal capital relocated from Karachi to Rawalpindi.
- Karachi Press Club established.
- S.M. Taufique becomes mayor.[20]
- 1959 - Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry established.
- 1961
- Adamjee Government Science College and Islamia Science College established.
- Aisha Bawany Academy opens.
- 1962 - Daily News English-language newspaper begins publication.[23]
- 1963
- Habib Bank Plaza built.
- Aghaz Urdu-language newspaper begins publication.[23]
- Sindh Industrial Trading Estate established.
- 1964 - Goethe-Institut Karachi active.[35]
- 1965
- Business Recorder newspaper begins publication.[23]
- Clifton Fish Aquarium opens.
- 1966 - Pakistan Navy Engineering College active.
- 1968 - Bambino Cinema opens.[36]
- 1969
- Karachi Circular Railway begins operating.
- Hill Park laid out.
- Masjid e Tooba (mosque) built.
- 1970
- Jasarat Urdu-language newspaper begins publication.[23]
- Jinnah Mausoleum and Liaquat National Memorial Library[34] constructed.
- December: City hosts Islamic Foreign Ministers' conference.[37]
- 1971 - December: Indo-Pakistani Naval War of 1971.
- 1972
- Karachi labour unrest of 1972
- Aziz Bhatti Park developed.
- November: Karachi Nuclear Power Plant commissioned.
- 1973 - Applied Economics Research Centre established at University of Karachi.
- 1975 - Pakistan Naval Station Mehran (military base) commissioned.
- 1978
- All Pakistan Muttahidda Students Organization founded.[38]
- Star Cinema opens in Saddar district.[39]
- Islamic Chamber of Commerce and Industry headquartered in city.
- 1979 - Abdul Sattar Afghani becomes mayor.[20]
- 1980
- Orangi Pilot Project established.[40]
- Defence Housing Society Karachi opens.
- 1981
- 1985 - Karachi Hilton hotel built.[15]
- 1986
- August: Muttahida Qaumi Movement rally.
- 5 September: Pan Am Flight 73 hijacked.
- December: Pathan-Muhajir conflict.[42]
- 1987 - VM Art Gallery founded.[43]
- 1988
- Qaumi Akhbar Urdu-language newspaper begins publication.[23]
- Farooq Sattar becomes mayor.[20]
- Defence Authority Degree College for Men established.
- 1989 - Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture founded.
- 1990
- Jago Sindhi-language newspaper begins publication.[23]
- Pakistan Air Force Museum and Quaid-e-Azam House museum[44][45] established.
- 1992 - Jinnah International Airport new terminal built.
- 1994 - Daily Awam Urdu-language newspaper and Financial Post English-language newspaper begin publication.[23]
- 1995 - Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology established.
- 1996
- 20 September: Politician Murtaza Bhutto killed.
- International School established.
- 1998
- Daily Express Urdu-language newspaper begins publication.
- Faran Mosque built.[46]
- Population: 9,339,023.[47]
21st century
2000s
- 2000
- International Defence Exhibition and Seminar begins.
- Karachi Central District divided into 4 towns: Gulberg Town, Liaquatabad Town, New Karachi Town, North Nazimabad Town.
- Karachi East District divided into 4 towns: Gulshan Town, Korangi Town, Landhi Town, Shah Faisal Town.
- Karachi South District divided into 3 towns: Jamshed Town, Lyari Town, Saddar Town.
- Karachi West District divided into 4 towns: Baldia Town, Kemari Town, Orangi Town, SITE Town.
- Malir District divided into 3 towns: Bin Qasim Town, Gadap Town, Malir Town.
- 2001
- Naimatullah Khan becomes mayor.[48]
- Vasl Artists' Collective founded.[43]
- Kara Film Festival begins.
- 2003 - Universe Cineplex opens.[39]
- 2004 - Karachi Dolphins cricket team formed.
- 2005
- Syed Mustafa Kamal becomes mayor.
- National Academy of Performing Arts established.
- MCB Tower built.
- 2007
- 12 May at least 42 people killed and 140 injured in riots when CJP Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry came to address the city bar association on the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Pakistani Supreme Court.[49]
- 18 October: Bombing of Benazir Bhutto motorcade.[50]
- Bagh Ibne Qasim (park) inaugurated.
- 2008
- Peoples' Aman Committee founded in Lyari.[38]
- Arts Council Theatre Academy established.[51]
- 2009
- 13 December: Bank robbery.
- Air pollution in Karachi reaches annual mean of 88 PM2.5 and 290 PM10, much higher than recommended.[52]
2010s
- 2010
- Karachi Literature Festival begins.[53]
- Express Tribune English-language newspaper begins publication.
- October: Bombing.[54]
- 2011
- Karachi Metropolitan Corporation revived.[55]
- 22 May: PNS Mehran attack.
- September: Floods.[56]
- Dolmen Mall Clifton in business.
- 2012
- April: Lyari police operation begins
- 11 September: Garment factory fire in Baldia Town.[57]
- Ocean Tower built.
- 2013
- 3 March: Bombing of Shia area in Abbas Town.
- 26 June: Bombing on Burns Road.
- 7 August: Bombing in Lyari.
- 2014
- 21–22 February: Karachi Children's Literature Festival was held.[58]
- 2015
- 3 March: Karachi recognised as the cheapest city in the world by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU).[59]
See also
- History of Karachi
- Timeline of Pakistani history
- Banbhore (near present-day Karachi), 1st century BCE - 13th century CE[60]
- Other cities in Pakistan
References
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Further reading
Published in the 19th century
- Charles Masson (1842), "(Karachi)", Narrative of Various Journeys in Balochistan, Afghanistan, and the Panjab, London: Richard Bentley
- Edward Thornton (1844), "Kurachee", A gazetteer of the countries adjacent to India on the northwest: including Sinde, Afghanistan, Beloochistan, the Punjab, and the neighbouring states, London: W.H. Allen, OCLC 6141828
- "Kurrachee (Karachi, Karkalla)". Bradshaw's Hand-Book to the Bombay Presidency and North-Western Provinces of India. London: W.J. Adams. 1864.
- Record of the Kurrachee fair and exhibition of 1869, 1870
- Albert William Hughes (1874). "Karachi". Gazetteer of the province of Sindh. London: George Bell & Sons.
- "Karachi", Handbook of the Bombay Presidency (2nd ed.), London: J. Murray, 1881, OCLC 2094004
- Edward Balfour (1885), "Karchi, or Kurachee", Cyclopaedia of India (3rd ed.), London: B. Quaritch
Published in the 20th century
- 1900s–1940s
- Eustace Alfred Reynolds-Ball (1907). "Karachi and the Unhappy Valley". The Tourist's India. London: S. Sonnenschein.
- "Karachi, or Kurrachee", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424
- J.W. Smyth (1919). Gazetteer of the Province of Sind. B Vol 1 Karachi District. Bombay: Government Central Press.
- 1950s–1990s
- 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
- Azimusshan Haider (1980). History of Karachi Port. Karachi.
- Mohamed Amin; Duncan Willetts; Brian Tetley (1986). Karachi. Karachi: Pak American Commercial Ltd. OCLC 18529948.
- Karachi Development Plan 2000, Karachi Development Authority, 1990
- I. Banga (1992). "Karachi and its Hinterland under Colonial Rule". In I. Banga. Ports and their Hinterlands in India (1700-1950). Delhi. ISBN 8185425868.
- Mehtab S. Karim (1995), "Changing Demographic, Social, and Economic Conditions in Karachi City, 1959-94: A Preliminary Analysis", Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, 34, JSTOR 41259925
- Yasmeen Lari; Mihail S. Lari (1996), The dual city: Karachi during the Raj, Karachi: Heritage Foundation, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0195777352
- Moonis Ahmar (1996). "Ethnicity and State Power in Pakistan: The Karachi Crisis". Asian Survey. 36: 1031–1048. doi:10.1525/as.1996.36.10.01p0176y. JSTOR 2645632.
- S. Akbar Zaidi (20 December 1997). "Politics, Institutions, Poverty: The Case of Karachi". Economic and Political Weekly. 32. JSTOR 4406207.
- Hamida Khuhro and Anwer Mooraj, ed. (1997). Karachi: Megacity of our Times. Karachi: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0195778065.
Published in the 21st century
- Mehtab Ali Shah (2001), "Criminalisation of Politics: Karachi, a Case Study", Ethnic Studies Report (19): 99–137
- "Karachi". Understanding Slums: Case Studies for the Global Report 2003. United Nations Human Settlements Programme and University College London. 2003.
- Behram Sohrab H J Rustomji; Sohrab K H Katrak (2007). Karachi during the British Era: two histories of a modern city. Karachi: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195474503.
- The Open City: Social Networks and Violence in Karachi, London: Crisis States Research Centre, 2010 – via International Relations and Security Network
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