Dhoraji Colony (Urdu: دھوراجی کالونی ) is a neighbourhood in

Gulshan-e-Iqbal Town Gulshan Town () is a Karachi borough in the northeastern part of Karachi. Gulshan Town was formed in 2001 as part of the Local Government Ordinance 2001, and was subdivided into 11 union councils. The town system was disbanded in 2011, and Gu ...

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(Karachi East),

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, which is located between UC-1 (Civic Center Union Council) and UC-2 (Dehli Mercantile Union Council). The demarcation separating the two Union Councils runs from the National Stadium Road (Coming from

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), towards Selani Chowk, past ZVMG Rangoonwala Community Centre via Siraj-ud-Daula road (the area closer to National Stadium Road falls under the Civic Center Union Council). Dhoraji Colony hosts a predominately

Memon Memon may refer to: Ethnic group and language * Memon people, Sunni Muslim community in Gujarat, India and Sindh, Pakistan ** Memons (Kathiawar) ** Kutchi Memon, from Kutch, Gujarat *** Kutchi Memons in Bombay ** Bantva Memons, from Bantva, Gujara ...

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community that has historically played an essential role in the development of

and of

Brief history

The name 'Memon' comes from Mu'min (مؤمن, “believer” in Arabic). The Memons, who embraced

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, migrated to Kutch (

Kutch district Kutch district (), officially spelled Kachchh is a district of Gujarat state in western India, with its headquarters (capital) at Bhuj. Covering an area of 45,674 km2, it is the largest district of India. The area of Kutch is larger than ...

). From there, they spread out to other parts of the region including

Kathiawar Kathiawar (), also known as Saurashtra, is a peninsula in the south-western Gujarat state in India, bordering the Arabian Sea and covering about . It is bounded by the Kutch district in the north, the Gulf of Kutch in the northwest, and by the ...

Dhoraji Dhoraji () is a town situated on the banks of the River Safura, a tributary of the River Bhadar. It is a municipality in the Rajkot district in the state of Gujarat, India. History Dhoraji was acquired by Kumbhaji II of Gondal State from ...

and

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. Memons also went on to establish communities outside the

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in several

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, African (

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and European countries. Following the

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, many Dhoraji Memon families migrated back to

, in the newly formed state of

Places/organizations of interest

*Kibriya Masjid *Zubaida Medical Center (ZMC) *Masjid-e-Habibia *Mustafa Masjid *Jamal Noor Hospital *V.M. Public School *ZVMG Rangoonwala Community Centre (ZVMG Rangoonwala Trust) *Selani Chowk *Dhoraji Association *Dhoraji Youth Services Foundation

References

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External links

Gulshan-e-Iqbal Town Map
Neighbourhoods of Karachi