Bahadurabad () is one of the neighbourhoods of
Gulshan Town,
Karachi
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Sindh
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Pakistan
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. It is located in the Civic Centre zone in the
Gulshan Town. It was originally inhabited by mainly middle-class
Hyderabadi Muhajirs, who migrated from
Hyderabad Deccan (now
Hyderabad
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Telangana
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India
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) after the
creation of
Pakistan
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in 1947, and mainly after
India's annexation of Hyderabad in 1948.
Bahadurabad neighbourhood in Karachi is named after the noted freedom fighter
Bahadur Yar Jang (1905–1944), a Muslim nationalist and a prominent member of the
Pakistan Movement
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from
Hyderabad Deccan.
In 2007, a replica of the famous
Charminar monument of
Old City of Hyderabad, was constructed on the main crossing of Bahadurabad.
[(Moin Ali Khan]
Bahadurabad: encroachers' paradise
Dawn (newspaper), Published 21 June 2011, Retrieved 9 March 2022.
Gallery
File:Charminar-Bahadurabad, Karachi.jpg, This roundabout in Karachi was listed as one of the world's top roundabouts in 2015.Karachi's Charminar Chowrangi featured in world's top roundabouts
The Express Tribune (newspaper), Published 22 August 2015. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
File:PK Karachi asv2020-02 img88 Charminar Chowrangi.jpg, Charminar Chowrangi, built in Bahadurabad in 2007
File:CharMinar Karachi 1.jpg, Charminar Chowrangi, night view on Eid-ul-Fitr 2014.
See also
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Hyderabad Colony
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Abdul Rashid Godil
References
External links
Karachi Metropolitan Corporation official website
Neighbourhoods of Karachi
Gulshan Town
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