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KARACHI - Coggle Diagram
KARACHI
historic city
demography and political geography
people originally- sindhis and the Balochi, gujrati speaking hindus and muslims
now- urdu speaking muhajirs- mulsims who left india
punjabis and pashtuns
makranis and sheedis- black african ancestry (indian slave trade)
christain, hindu, parsi, buddhist etc-- minorities.
Till the creation of Pakistan in 1947, about 50 per cent of the population of the city was Hindu, approximately 40 per cent was Muslim, and the rest was Christian (both British and local), Zoroastrian, Buddhist and (some) Jews.
now, 90% population is muslim, out of which 70% are new arrivals
After Partition, Muslims comprised 90 per cent of the population of Sindh compared with only 2.9 per cent Hindus and 6.9 per cent scheduled castes. The Muslim proportion rose by around 38 per cent while the non-Muslim fell by nearly 84 per cent due to the outmigration.
A majority of the new arrivals were Urdu-speaking Muslims (Mohajirs) from various North Indian cities and towns. Since many of them had roots in urban and semi-urban areas of India and were also educated, they quickly adapted to the urbanism of Karachi and became vital clogs in the city’s emerging bureaucracy and economy.
small fishing town ruled by sindhi-baloch dynasty the
talpurs
no well developed harbour
british annexed it in 1842
led to development of a proper seaport with connectivity for the indus river region.
became army headquarters for british
infrastructure development- roads railways bridges
In the early 1900s, encouraged by the city’s booming economy and political stability, the British authorities and the then mayor of Karachi, Seth Harchandari (a Hindu businessman), began a ‘beautification project’ that saw the development of brand new roads, parks and residential and recreational areas. One British author described Karachi as being ‘the Paris of Asia.
despite great economic prosperity, and like most cities that developed at this rate, economic disparities continued to persist and let the development of lyari- slum area-- daily wage labourers (1930s)
hindu majority- businessmen-- economic upliftment-- exodus post partition--- loss to economic prosperity.
negotiation with colonialism
changes/ continuities
Changes
continuities
characterize historic growth
imagined city
pop culture
does the imagined city match up