The following is a of the history of the city of Karachi, Pakistan.
Prior to 16th century
16th-17th-18th-19th centuries
- Early 1600s Mughal Empire (Nominal Control)
- Mid-1600s Emergence of Khanate of Kalat
- Late 1600s Baloch Tribal Migration & Settlement
- Early 1700s Khan of Kalat exerts suzerainty over Lasbela and coastal Balochistan; influence reaches Karachi's outskirts.
- Mid 1700s â Kalhora dynasty Kalhoras attempt to consolidate power in Sindh, face resistance from autonomous Baloch tribes in coastal areas.
- 1729â Kalachi-jo Ghote founded.
- 1783 to 1843 CE â Talpur dynasty ruled Sindh
- 1838 - Population: 15,000.
- 1839 - British military occupation begins.
- 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.
- 1854 - Napier Mole built connecting Kiamari Island.
- 1858â Agra and Masterman's Bank branch established.
- 1860â Karachi Chamber of Commerce established.
- 1861â St Patrick's High School, Karachi established
- Scinde, Punjab & Delhi Railway (Kotri-Karachi) begins operating.
- 1862â St Joseph's Convent School (Karachi) established
- 1865â Frere Hall built.
- 1868â St Andrew's Church built.
- 1871â Sind Club founded.
- 1872 -
- Karachi Boat Club founded.
- Population: 62,384.
- 1873 - Manora breakwater constructed in harbour.
- 1878â Karachi Zoo established.
- 1881 - Population: 68,332 (town); 5,228 (cantonment).
- Saint Patrick's Cathedral, Karachi built
- 1882â Sindh Arts College inaugurated.
- 1885 - Tramway begins operating.
- 1886
- Denso Hall built.
- Goa-Portuguese Association established.
- 1887â Karachi Port Trust opens.
- 1889â Empress Market built.
- 1891 - Population: 105,199.
- 1892â Merewether Clock Tower built.
- 1894 - Karachi Parsi Gymkhana established.
- 1898â Frere Street Station built.
20th century
1900s-1940s
Independence: since 1947
1950s-1990s
- 1950â Federation of Pakistan Chamber of Commerce & Industry headquartered in city.
- 1951
- University of Karachi established.
- National Museum of Pakistan opens in Frere Hall.
- Population: 1,009,438 city; 1,126,417 urban agglomeration.
- Edhi Foundation headquartered in city.
- April: Allah Bakhsh Gabol becomes Mayor of Karachi.
- 1952
- St. Patrick's College founded.
- Nazimabad suburb developed.
- 1953
- Karachi Municipal Aquarium built.
- H.M. Habibullah Paracha becomes Mayor of Karachi.
- 1954
- Pakistan Maritime Museum active.
- Hamdard Foundation established.
- January: Mahmoud Haroon becomes Mayor of Karachi.
- 1955
- National Stadium opens.
- May: Al-Haj Malik Bagh Ali becomes Mayor of Karachi.
- 1956 - May: Siddique Wahab becomes Mayor of Karachi.
- 1957â Karachi Development Authority, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, and Pakistan National Scientific Documentation Centre established.
- 1958
- Federal capital relocated from Karachi to Rawalpindi.
- Karachi Press Club established.
- May: S.M. Taufiq becomes Mayor of Karachi.
- 1959â Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry established.
- 1961
- Adamjee Government Science College and Islamia Science College established.
- Aisha Bawany Academy opens.
- May: Allah Bakhsh Gabol becomes Mayor of Karachi for the second time.
- 1962â Daily News English-language newspaper begins publication.
- 1963
- Construction begins on Habib Bank Plaza.
- Aghaz Urdu-language newspaper begins publication.
- Sindh Industrial Trading Estate established.
- 1964â Goethe-Institut Karachi active.
- 1965
- Business Recorder newspaper begins publication.
- Clifton Fish Aquarium opens.
- 1966â Pakistan Navy Engineering College active.
- 1968â Bambino Cinema opens.
- 1969
- Karachi Circular Railway begins operating.
- Hill Park laid out.
- Masjid e Tooba (mosque) built.
- 1970
- Jasarat Urdu-language newspaper begins publication.
- Jinnah Mausoleum and Liaquat National Memorial Library constructed.
- December: City hosts Islamic Foreign Ministers' conference.
- 1971 - December: Indo-Pakistani Naval War of 1971.
- 1972
- Habib Bank Plaza completed.
- Karachi labour unrest of 1972.
- Aziz Bhatti Park developed.
- November: Karachi Nuclear Power Plant commissioned.
- Population: 3,498,634.
- 1973â Applied Economics Research Centre established at University of Karachi.
- 1975â Pakistan Naval Station Mehran (military base) commissioned.
- 1978
- All Pakistan Muttahidda Students Organization founded.
- Star Cinema opens in Saddar district.
- Islamic Chamber of Commerce and Industry headquartered in city.
- 1979â Abdul Sattar Afghani becomes Mayor of Karachi.
- 1980
- Orangi Pilot Project established.
- Defence Housing Authority, Karachi opens.
- 1981
- City area expands to 730 square miles (from 285 square miles).
- Population: 5,180,562.
- 1985 - Karachi Hilton hotel built.
- 1986
- August: Muttahida Qaumi Movement rally.
- 5 September: Pan Am Flight 73 hijacked.
- December: Pathan-Muhajir conflict.
- 1987 - VM Art Gallery founded.
- 1988
- Qaumi Akhbar Urdu-language newspaper begins publication.
- Farooq Sattar becomes Mayor of Karachi.
- Defence Authority Degree College for Men established.
- 1989â Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture founded.
- 1990
- Jago Sindhi-language newspaper begins publication.
- Pakistan Air Force Museum and Quaid-e-Azam House museum established.
- 1992â Jinnah International Airport new terminal built.
- 1994â Daily Awam Urdu-language newspaper and Financial Post English-language newspaper begin publication.
- 1995â Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology established.
- 1996
- 20 September: Politician Murtaza Bhutto killed.
- 1997
- Health Oriented Preventive Education was founded in July.
- 1998
- Daily Express Urdu-language newspaper begins publication.
- Faran Mosque built.
- Population: 9,339,023.
- 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.
21st century
2000s
2010s
2020s
See also
References
Bibliography
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