Soldier Bazar ( ur, ) is a bazaar and neighborhood in

Karachi East Karachi East District ( ur, ) is an administrative district of Karachi Division in Sindh, Pakistan. Map of Karachi Division History The district was established in 1972. The district was abolished in 2000, and was divided into four ...

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 ...

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. It was previously administered as part of

Jamshed Town Jamshed Town ( sd, جمشيد ٽائون , ur, ) lies in the central part of Karachi, Pakistan. To the northwest is Liaquatabad Town across the Lyari River, while to the east is Gulshan Town and to the southeast is Korangi Town across the Ma ...

, which was disbanded in 2011.

History

Soldier Bazar was constructed in 1857 next to Mazar Roshan Shah run by Muslim committee Muslim Jamaat Soldier Bazaar. Muslim Jamaat Soldier Bazaar donated funds of 3000 gold coins to Muslim league India in 1906, which were collected by Quaid e Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah in Karachi. The father of former Prime Minister

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Zulfikar (or Zulfiqar) Ali Bhutto ( ur, , sd, ذوالفقار علي ڀٽو; 5 January 1928 – 4 April 1979), also known as Quaid-e-Awam ("the People's Leader"), was a Pakistani barrister, politician and statesman who served as the fourt ...

, and the Khan of Kalat, owned bungalows here. G. M. Syed, who spearheaded the

Pakistan Movement The Pakistan Movement ( ur, , translit=Teḥrīk-e-Pākistān) was a political movement in the first half of the 20th century that aimed for the creation of Pakistan from the Muslim-majority areas of British India. It was connected to the per ...

in Sindh also owned a bungalow here named Hyder Manzil. According to Syed's family, the Pakistan Resolution of 1943 was written there before its introduction and passage in the

Sindh Assembly The Provincial Assembly of Sindh ( ur, ) is a unicameral legislature of elected representatives of the Pakistani provinces, Pakistani province of Sindh, and is located in Karachi, the provincial capital. It was established under Article 106 of ...

. In 1954, the Soldier Bazaar Market was established. The building serves as a marketplace for food items, and was built in a 1950s modernist style.

Location

The market is centered on Clayton Road, and runs from Madina Road in the west near the Holy Family Hospital, to Gurmandir in the east near

Mazar-e-Quaid Mazar-e-Quaid ( ur, , lit=Mausoleum of the Leader) is the resting place of Muhammad Ali Jinnah situated in Karachi, Sindh. The marble monument comprises a surface area of . It is surrounded by formal gardens and designed in an Islamic modernist ...

. Several roads run parallel to Clayton Road that form part of the neighborhood. Mukhi Chaitram Street runs parallel to the north of Clayton Road. North of Soldier Bazaar is Cincinnatus Town, established by

Goan Catholics Goan Catholics ( gom, Goenchem Katholik) are an ethno-religious community of Indian Christians following the Roman Rite of worship from the Goa state, in the southern part of the Konkan region along the west coast of India. They are Konkan ...

with its neo-Mughal St. Lawrence's Church. Rodrigues Road, Tailor Street, and Shahnawaz Bhutto Road run parallel to the south of Clayton Road. To the south of Shahnawaz Bhutto Road is a posh area where Nishtar Park and Parsi Colony are located.

References

External links

Karachi Website
Neighbourhoods of Karachi Bazaars in Karachi Jamshed Town {{Karachi-geo-stub

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