Ranchore Line ( ur, رنچھور لائن), officially named as Gazdarabad ( ur, گزدر آباد ), is a neighbourhood in the Karachi South district of

Karachi Karachi (; ur, ; ; ) is the most populous city in Pakistan and 12th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 20 million. It is situated at the southern tip of the country along the Arabian Sea coast. It is the former c ...

, Pakistan. The neighborhood is one of the oldest in Karachi, and has a predominantly Muslim Marwaris population who hailed from

Jaisalmer Jaisalmer , nicknamed "The Golden city", is a city in the Indian state of Rajasthan, located west of the state capital Jaipur. The town stands on a ridge of yellowish sandstone and is crowned by the ancient Jaisalmer Fort. This fort contains a ...

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from 19th century. Gazadarabad is also home to Karachi's largest Hindu-dominated neighborhood,

Narayan Pura Narayan Pura ( ur, نارائن پورہ ), sometimes spelled Narayanpura, is a Hindu-dominated working-class locality in the Ranchore Line neighbourhood in central Karachi, near the Dr. Ruth K. M. Pfau Civil Hospital. It has an estimated popul ...

History

Gazdarabad was formerly called

Ranchore Line Ranchore Line ( ur, رنچھور لائن), officially named as Gazdarabad ( ur, گزدر آباد ), is a neighbourhood in the Karachi South district of Karachi, Pakistan. The neighborhood is one of the oldest in Karachi, and has a predominantly ...

until around the 1950s. The name of the area was associated with a Hindu named Ranchor. The area was first built in the early days of the British Raj. With time, it became one of the most densely populated areas in the city. Before the

independence Independence is a condition of a person, nation, country, or state in which residents and population, or some portion thereof, exercise self-government, and usually sovereignty, over its territory. The opposite of independence is the statu ...

of Pakistan, the area was home to a majority of Hindus. After the independence of Pakistan, the Karachi population increased dramatically when hundreds of thousands of Muslim refugees ( Muhajirs) from India moved to Pakistan and settled in the city. The minority

Hindu Hindus (; ) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism. Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pages 35–37 Historically, the term has also been used as a geographical, cultural, and later religious identifier for ...

s and Sikhs migrated to India while many Muslims refugees from India settled in the Karachi. The name was changed in the honour of Muhammad Hashim Gazdar, who belonged to the Muslim Marwaris community and resided in the locality. Mr. Gazdar had been

Mayor of Karachi Mayor of Karachi (Urdu: ) is the executive of the Karachi metropolitan corporation and the Karachi local government system of the city of Karachi which is the third tier of governance in Pakistan after Federal and provincial governments. Pre ...

and one time deputy speaker of the Constitutional Assembly. Gazdarabad is home of Muslim Marwari Community who migrated from

at and around the beginning of British Raj. These people perfected the art of yellow stone masonry. Their artistic skills can be seen in all the British era buildings in Karachi.

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External links

Karachi Website
{{coord missing, Karachi Neighbourhoods of Karachi Saddar Town

History

See also

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