Soldier Bazar () is a
bazaar
A bazaar or souk is a marketplace consisting of multiple small Market stall, stalls or shops, especially in the Middle East, the Balkans, Central Asia, North Africa and South Asia. They are traditionally located in vaulted or covered streets th ...
and neighborhood in
Karachi East district of
Karachi
Karachi is the capital city of the Administrative units of Pakistan, province of Sindh, Pakistan. It is the List of cities in Pakistan by population, largest city in Pakistan and 12th List of largest cities, largest in the world, with a popul ...
,
Pakistan
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.
It was previously administered as part of
Jamshed Town, 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
All-India Muslim League
The All-India Muslim League (AIML) was a political party founded in 1906 in Dhaka, British India with the goal of securing Muslims, Muslim interests in South Asia. Although initially espousing a united India with interfaith unity, the Muslim L ...
in 1906, which were collected by Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah in Karachi.
The father of former Prime Minister
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (5 January 1928 – 4 April 1979) was a Pakistani barrister and politician who served as the fourth president of Pakistan from 1971 to 1973 and later as the ninth Prime Minister of Pakistan, prime minister of Pakistan from 19 ...
, and the
Khan of Kalat both owned bungalows here.
, who spearheaded the
Pakistan Movement in
Sindh
Sindh ( ; ; , ; abbr. SD, historically romanized as Sind (caliphal province), Sind or Scinde) is a Administrative units of Pakistan, province of Pakistan. Located in the Geography of Pakistan, southeastern region of the country, Sindh is t ...
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.
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. Several roads run parallel to Clayton Road that form part of the neighborhood. Chaitram Street runs parallel to the north of Clayton Road. North of Soldier Bazaar is
Cincinnatus Town, established by
Goan Catholics 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.
See also
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Urdu Bazaar
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Bohri Bazaar
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Panchmukhi Hanuman Temple
References
External links
Karachi Website
Neighbourhoods of Karachi
Bazaars in Karachi
Jamshed Town
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