Timeline of Karachi

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Karachi, Pakistan.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.

Prior to 18th century

18th-19th centuries

20th century

1900s-1940s

Independence: since 1947

1950s-1990s

21st century

2000s

2010s

See also

References

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  23. ↑ "Club History". Rotary Club of Karachi. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
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  40. 1 2 Asad Hashim (19 June 2012). "Karachi: Pakistan's bleeding heart". Al Jazeera English.
  41. 1 2 "Movie Theaters in Karachi, Pakistan". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
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Bibliography

Published in 19th century

  • William Milburn; Thomas Thornton (1825). "Coasts of Persia, Scindy, and Guzerat: Crotchey". Oriental Commerce. London: Kingsbury, Parbury, and Allen.
  • Charles Masson (1842), "(Karachi)", Narrative of Various Journeys in Balochistan, Afghanistan, and the Panjab, London: Richard Bentley
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  • Albert William Hughes (1874). "Karachi". Gazetteer of the province of Sindh. London: George Bell & Sons.
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Published in 20th century

1900s–1940s
  • Eustace Alfred Reynolds-Ball (1907). "Karachi and the Unhappy Valley". The Tourist's India. London: S. Sonnenschein.
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1950s–1990s
  • Behram Sohrab H. J. Rustomji (1952), Karachi, 1839-1947: a short history of the foundation and growth of Karachi, Karachi: Kitabistan
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  • Mohamed Amin; Duncan Willetts; Brian Tetley (1986). Karachi. Karachi: Pak American Commercial Ltd. OCLC 18529948.
  • Karachi Development Plan 2000, Karachi Development Authority, 1990
  • Soofia Mumtaz (1990), "Dynamics of Changing Ethnic Boundaries: A Case Study of Karachi", Pakistan Development Review, 29, JSTOR 41259434
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  • 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 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
  • "About Karachi: History". KMC Web Portal. Karachi Metropolitan Corporation.
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