I. I. Chundrigar Road

The road was originally named McLeod Road, in honour of John McLeod, Deputy Collector of Customs in Karachi in the 1850s.[5] Another theory suggests it was named in honour of James John McLeod Innes, a recipient of the Victoria Cross, for his services to the Crown during the 1857 Mutiny.[6] Several cotton warehouses were established along facing the railway tracks behind street during a cotton boom in the region after the American Civil War,[6] with their offices along the street itself. By the 1870s, a number of European banks and companies were established along the street.[5] In the 1870s, a small railway station was built along the southern edge of the road, which was upgraded in the 1880s, and again in 1935 with the construction of the McLeod Station, now the Karachi City railway station.[7]

In 1963, Habib Bank Plaza was built along the street, which remained the tallest building of Pakistan until 2005, when the MCB Tower, which was also built on the road, was completed.[2] On 9 November 1969, the street was renamed Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar Road.[8]

The following are heritage buildings along I.I. Chundrigar Road which are protected by the Government of Sindh.[9]

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  Habib Bank Plaza, built in 1963, was once the tallest building in South Asia
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  The historic State Bank of Pakistan building now serves as the State Bank of Pakistan Museum
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  The midcentury building of the new State Bank of Pakistan complex
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  Merewether Clock Tower is at the western terminus of the road
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  Historic headquarters of the Standard Chartered Pakistan
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  Standard Insurance House, built in 1905
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  Looking east towards the MCB Tower, with the historic Karachi Cotton Exchange on the left
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  Nadir House

• List of streets of Karachi

• Reconstruction project of I I Chundrigar Road – The News