Hamara Karachi: an informative presentation

HAMARA KARACHI

The area of Karachi is known for many names in history , some of these names are

Krokola

Ramya

Debal

Kolachi

The earliest account of the area where Karachi is located can be found in the record books of one of Alexander-the-Great's admirals, who sailed back home from the Greek expedition to India, from a harbor by the Indus delta, known as

Krokola.

Karachi originally was a small fisherman village settled by the Baloch tribes from Balochistanand Makran. Their first settlement was near the delta of the Indus River which they named as 'Kolachi’ village.

At the end of 1700 century, the settlers of Kolachi village started trading across the sea with Muscat and the Persian Gulf region. Later, the village started to grow as the commercial hub and a port for trade.

The British recognized the importance of the city as the trade post. So they captured the city in February 1843 under the command of Sir Charles Napier and the city was annexed as a district of the British Indian Empire. In 1846, it was home to around 9000 citizens.

In 1878, the city was connected by a railway line to the rest of India and consequently public building projects like Frere Hall (1865) and the Empress Market (1890) were started in the city. Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan was born in the city in 1876.

Political Violence

Land Grabbing

Kidnaping for Ransom

Load Shedding

Ethnic Differences

Existence of illegal Weapons

Shortage of Water supply

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