The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Karachi, Pakistan.
1900s-1940s
- 1901 - Population: 115,407.[4]
- 1902 - Karachi is the capital of Province of Sind.[8]
- 1910 - Young Men's Zoroastrian Association established.[16]
- 1912 - Karachi Zarthosti Banu Mandal established.[17][18]
- 1913
- 1914– Freemasons Lodge built.
- 1916 - Sind Quadrangular cricket tournament established.[20]
- 1920– Jehangir Kothari Parade inaugurated.
- 1921
- 1923– Ida Rieu School for blind, deaf, dumb and children with other disabilities was founded[22]
- 1925– Hindu Gymkhana built.[15]
- 1927– Mohatta Palace (residence) built.
- 1929– Airstrip active.[citation needed]
- 1932– Karachi Municipal Corporation Building inaugurated.
- 1933
- 1934 - August: Teakum Dass Vadhumull becomes Mayor of Karachi.[25]
- 1935 - May: Qazi Khuda Buksh becomes Mayor of Karachi.[25]
- 1936
- 1937 - May: Durgha Das B. Adwani becomes Mayor of Karachi.[25]
- 1938 - May: Hatim A. Alvi becomes Mayor of Karachi.[25]
- 1939 - May: R.K. Sidhwa becomes Mayor of Karachi.[25]
- 1940
- Daily Jang newspaper begins publication.[26]
- May: Lalji Malhootra becomes Mayor of Karachi.[25]
- 1941
- 1942
- 1943 - May: Shambo Nath Molraaj becomes Mayor of Karachi.[25]
- 1944 - May: Yusuf Haroon becomes Mayor of Karachi.[25]
- 1945
- 1946
- Millat Gujarati-language newspaper begins publication.[26]
- May: Wishram Das Dewan Das becomes Mayor of Karachi.[25]
1950s-1990s
- 1950– Federation of Pakistan Chamber of Commerce & Industry headquartered in city.[citation needed]
- 1951
- 1952
- 1953
- 1954
- 1955
- 1956 - May: Siddique Wahab becomes Mayor of Karachi.[30]
- 1957– Karachi Development Authority,[36] Pakistan Institute of Development Economics,[37] and Pakistan National Scientific Documentation Centre[38] established.
- 1958
- 1959– Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry established.
- 1961
- 1962– Daily News English-language newspaper begins publication.[26]
- 1963
- 1964– Goethe-Institut Karachi active.[39]
- 1965
- 1966– Pakistan Navy Engineering College active.
- 1968– Bambino Cinema opens.[40]
- 1969
- 1970
- 1971 - December: Indo-Pakistani Naval War of 1971.
- 1972
- 1973– Applied Economics Research Centre established at University of Karachi.
- 1975– Pakistan Naval Station Mehran (military base) commissioned.
- 1978
- 1979– Abdul Sattar Afghani becomes Mayor of Karachi.[30]
- 1980
- 1981
- City area expands to 730 square miles (from 285 square miles).[3]
- Population: 5,180,562.[46]
- 1985 - Karachi Hilton hotel built.[16]
- 1986
- August: Muttahida Qaumi Movement rally.
- 5 September: Pan Am Flight 73 hijacked.
- December: Pathan-Muhajir conflict.[47]
- 1987 - VM Art Gallery founded.[48]
- 1988
- 1989– Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture founded.
- 1990
- 1992– Jinnah International Airport new terminal built.
- 1994– Daily Awam Urdu-language newspaper and Financial Post English-language newspaper begin publication.[26]
- 1995– Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology established.
- 1996
- 1997
- 1998
- Daily Express Urdu-language newspaper begins publication.
- Faran Mosque built.[51]
- Population: 9,339,023.[52]
- 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.
2000s
- 2001
- 2003 - Universe Cineplex opens.[44]
- 2004– Karachi Dolphins cricket team formed.
- 2005
- 2007
- 2008
- 2009
2010s
- 2010
- Karachi Literature Festival begins.[58]
- Express Tribune English-language newspaper begins publication.
- October: Bombing.[59]
- 2011
- 2012
- 2013
- 2014
- 21–22 February: Karachi Children's Literature Festival was held.[63]
- 2015
- 3 March: Karachi recognised as the cheapest city in the world by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU).[64]
- 2017 - Population: 14,910,352.[65]
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Published in 19th century
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- 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 20th century
- 1900s–1940s
- 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.
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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" (PDF), Pakistan Development Review, 29 (3/4): 223–248, doi:10.30541/v29i3-4pp.223-248, JSTOR 41259434
- I. Banga (1992). "Karachi and its Hinterland under Colonial Rule". In I. Banga (ed.). Ports and their Hinterlands in India (1700-1950). Delhi. ISBN 8185425868.
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- Mehtab S. Karim (1995), "Changing Demographic, Social, and Economic Conditions in Karachi City, 1959-94: A Preliminary Analysis" (PDF), Pakistan Development Review, 34 (4), Pakistan Institute of Development Economics: 1093–1106, doi:10.30541/v34i4IIIpp.1093-1106, JSTOR 41259925, S2CID 141776577
- 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 (10): 1031–1048. doi:10.2307/2645632. JSTOR 2645632.
- S. Akbar Zaidi (20 December 1997). "Politics, Institutions, Poverty: The Case of Karachi". Economic and Political Weekly. 32 (51): 3282–3293. JSTOR 4406207.
- Hamida Khuhro and Anwer Mooraj, ed. (1997). Karachi: Megacity of our Times. Karachi: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0195778065.
Published in 21st century
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