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{{short description|Major road in Karachi, Pakistan}}
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|caption = I. I. Chundrigar Road forms Karachi's historic [[central business district]]
| caption = I. I. Chundrigar Road forms Karachi's historic [[central business district]]
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|terminus_a= intersection of Ingle Road, Elander Road, and Dr. Ziauddin Road (Katchery Road)
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| terminus_a = [[Merewether Tower]]
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|terminus_b= [[Merewether Tower]]
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| terminus_b = Intersection of Ingle Road, Elander Road, and Dr. Ziauddin Road (Katchery Road)
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| location = [[Karachi]], [[Pakistan]]
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| namesake = [[Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar]], the sixth [[Prime Minister of Pakistan]]
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'''I. I. Chundrigar Road'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2019/08/28/heavy-rainfall-lashes-karachi/|title=Heavy rainfall lashes Karachi {{!}} Pakistan Today|website=www.pakistantoday.com.pk|access-date=2019-09-21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.samaa.tv/news/local/2019/09/karachi-to-receive-light-showers-sunday-evening/|title=Heavy rain turns Karachi weather pleasant {{!}} Samaa Digital|website=Samaa TV|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1498173|title=Rs248m plan for I.I. Chundrigar Road beautification|last=Reporter|first=The Newspaper's Staff|date=2019-08-05|website=DAWN.COM|language=en|access-date=2019-09-21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://arynews.tv/en/karachi-traffic-plan-8th-9th-10th-muharram-unveiled/|title=Karachi: Traffic plan for 8th, 9th and 10th of Muharram unveiled|date=2019-09-07|website=ARYNEWS|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/507893-commissioner-orders-steps-to-beautify-ii-chundrigar-road|title=Commissioner orders steps to beautify II Chundrigar Road|website=www.thenews.com.pk|language=en|access-date=2019-09-21}}</ref>, formerly '''McLeod Road''', is located in central [[Karachi]], [[Pakistan]]. It is named after former Pakistani Prime Minister [[I. I. Chundrigar]]. The road serves as the spine of Pakistan's largest financial centre, and so is frequently referred to as "Pakistan's Wall Street".<ref name="nadeemf.paracha">{{cite web|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1134284|title=Visual Karachi: From Paris of Asia, to City of Lights, to Hell on Earth|author=Nadeem F. Paracha|work=dawn.com|accessdate=8 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008%5C12%5C14%5Cstory_14-12-2008_pg12_8|title=Daily Times|website=Daily Times}}</ref> The [[Karachi Stock Exchange]], now consolidated as part of the [[Pakistan Stock Exchange]], is located on the street, along with the headquarters of [[Habib Bank Limited]], [[MCB Bank]], [[United Bank Limited]].


'''I. I. Chundrigar Road''' ({{langx|ur|{{nq|آئی آئی چندریگر روڈ}}}}), previously known as '''McLeod Road''', is a [[road]] located in [[central business district]] of [[Karachi]], [[Pakistan]], and is named after former [[Prime Minister of Pakistan|Pakistani Prime Minister]] [[I. I. Chundrigar|Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar]]. The road serves as the spine of Pakistan's largest financial centre, and is frequently referred to as "Pakistan's [[Wall Street]]". It is oriented on an east-west basis and links Dr. Ziauddin Ahmed Road in the east to [[Merewether Clock Tower|Merewether Tower]] in the west.<ref name="Dawn">{{cite news |author=Paracha |first=Nadeem F. |author-link=Nadeem F. Paracha |date=26 September 2014 |title=Visual Karachi: From Paris of Asia, to City of Lights, to Hell on Earth |newspaper=[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]] |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1134284 |access-date=30 May 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=29 April 2017 |title=Fire on Karachi's I I Chundrigar Road reignites |newspaper=[[Daily Times (Pakistan)|Daily Times]] |url=https://dailytimes.com.pk/14411/fire-on-karachis-i-i-chundrigar-road-reignites/ |access-date=30 May 2022}}</ref>
In 1963, [[Habib Bank Plaza]] was built along the street, which remained the tallest building of Pakistan until 2005,<ref name="nadeemf.paracha" /> until completion of the [[MCB Tower]], which was also built on the road.

The [[Karachi Stock Exchange]], now consolidated as part of the [[Pakistan Stock Exchange]], is headquartered here along with the largest banks, namely [[Habib Bank Limited|Habib Bank]], [[United Bank Limited|United Bank]], [[National Bank of Pakistan|National Bank]], [[Standard Chartered Pakistan|Standard Chartered]]'s Pakistani subsidiary and the [[State Bank of Pakistan|State Bank]] – the nation's [[central bank]]. It is also the headquarters of media companies [[Hum Network]] and [[Geo News]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Khan |first=Zaheer Ahmed |date=2006-10-07 |title=DAWN - Features; October 07, 2006 |url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1069467 |access-date=2023-01-04 |website=[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]] |language=en}}</ref>

== History ==
The road was originally named McLeod Road ({{nq|میکلوڈ روڈ}}),<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Haroon|first1=Hameed|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IA1uAAAAMAAJ&q=ii+chundrigar+road+mcleod|title=Karachi Under the Raj, 1843-1947: Visions of empire|last2=Baig|first2=Mariam Ali|date=2004|publisher=Pakistan Herald Publications|isbn=9789698837006|language=en}}</ref> in honour of John McLeod, Deputy Collector of Customs in Karachi in the 1850s.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=5 February 2022 |title=Travelling back in time to visit Karachi of '60s and '70s |language=en |newspaper=[[The News International]] |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/931000-travelling-back-in-time-to-visit-karachi-of-60s-and-70s |access-date=2022-05-30}}</ref> Another theory suggests it was named in honour of [[James John McLeod Innes]], a recipient of the [[Victoria Cross]], for his services to the Crown during the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857|1857 Mutiny]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Salman |first=Peerzada |date=2012-12-08 |title=McLeod bahadur |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/769870/mcleod-bahadur |access-date=2022-05-30 |language=en |newspaper=[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]]}}</ref> Several cotton warehouses were established facing the railway line behind the street during a cotton boom in the region after the [[American Civil War]],<ref name=":1" /> with their offices along the street itself. By the 1870s, a number of European banks and companies were established along the street.<ref name=":0" /> In the 1870s, a small railway station was built along the southern edge of the road, which was upgraded in the 1880s, and again in 1935 with the construction of the McLeod Station, now the [[Karachi City railway station]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-05-09 |title=Keeping track of history |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/973090/keeping-track-of-history |access-date=2022-05-30 |website=[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]] |language=en}}</ref>

In 1963, the [[Habib Bank Plaza]] was built along the street, which remained the tallest building of Pakistan until 2005, when the [[MCB Tower]], which was also built on the road, was completed.<ref name=Dawn/> On 9 November 1969, the street was renamed Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar Road.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Salman |first=Peerzada |date=2019-11-04 |title=This week 50 years ago: Decentralisation of municipal administration |language=en |newspaper=[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]] |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1514685 |access-date=2022-05-30}}</ref>


== Gallery ==
== Gallery ==
The following are heritage buildings along I.I. Chundrigar Road which are protected by the [[Government of Sindh]].
<gallery>
<gallery>
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File:Ii chundrigar.jpg|Looking east towards the [[MCB Tower]], with the historic Cotton Exchange on the left
File:Skyline of Karachi.jpg|I.I. Chundrigar Road's skyline viewed from the south
File:HBL Plaza.jpg|[[Habib Bank Plaza]], built in 1963, was once the tallest building in [[South Asia]]
File:HBL Plaza.jpg|[[Habib Bank Plaza]], built in 1963, was once the tallest building in [[South Asia]]
File:Old building of State Bank of Pakistan, Now its known as State Bank Museum.jpg|The historic [[State Bank of Pakistan]] building now serves as the [[State Bank of Pakistan Museum & Art Gallery|State Bank of Pakistan Museum]]
File:Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar.jpg|The road is named after the sixth Prime Minister of Pakistan, [[I. I. Chundrigar]]
File:State Bank of Pakistan Building.jpg|The midcentury building of the new [[State Bank of Pakistan]] complex
File:Merewether Clock Tower 01.jpg|[[Merewether Clock Tower]] is at the western terminus of the road
File:PK Karachi asv2020-02 img24 Chundrigar Road.jpg|Historic headquarters of the [[Standard Chartered Pakistan]]
File:PK Karachi asv2020-02 img23 Chundrigar Road.jpg|Standard Insurance House, built in 1905
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File:PK Karachi asv2020-02 img21 Chundrigar Road.jpg|Looking east towards the [[MCB Tower]], with the historic [[Karachi Cotton Exchange]] on the left
File:PK Karachi asv2020-02 img25 Chundrigar Road.jpg|Nadir House
</gallery>
</gallery>


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== External links ==
== External links ==
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* [http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/mar2005-daily/03-03-2005/metro/k15.htm Reconstruction project of I I Chundrigar Road – The News]{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}


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Latest revision as of 17:06, 26 October 2024

I. I. Chundrigar Road
آئی آئی چندریگر روڈ
I. I. Chundrigar Road forms Karachi's historic central business district
Former name(s)McLeod Road
NamesakeIbrahim Ismail Chundrigar, the sixth Prime Minister of Pakistan
Length2.2 km (1.4 mi)
LocationKarachi, Pakistan
Coordinates24°50′56″N 66°59′55″E / 24.848870026285976°N 66.99850726645714°E / 24.848870026285976; 66.99850726645714
West endMerewether Tower
East endIntersection of Ingle Road, Elander Road, and Dr. Ziauddin Road (Katchery Road)
Other
Known forbeing "Pakistan's Wall Street"

I. I. Chundrigar Road (Urdu: آئی آئی چندریگر روڈ), previously known as McLeod Road, is a road located in central business district of Karachi, Pakistan, and is named after former Pakistani Prime Minister Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar. The road serves as the spine of Pakistan's largest financial centre, and is frequently referred to as "Pakistan's Wall Street". It is oriented on an east-west basis and links Dr. Ziauddin Ahmed Road in the east to Merewether Tower in the west.[1][2]

The Karachi Stock Exchange, now consolidated as part of the Pakistan Stock Exchange, is headquartered here along with the largest banks, namely Habib Bank, United Bank, National Bank, Standard Chartered's Pakistani subsidiary and the State Bank – the nation's central bank. It is also the headquarters of media companies Hum Network and Geo News.[3]

History

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The road was originally named McLeod Road (میکلوڈ روڈ),[4] in honour of John McLeod, Deputy Collector of Customs in Karachi in the 1850s.[5] Another theory suggests it was named in honour of James John McLeod Innes, a recipient of the Victoria Cross, for his services to the Crown during the 1857 Mutiny.[6] Several cotton warehouses were established facing the railway line behind the street during a cotton boom in the region after the American Civil War,[6] with their offices along the street itself. By the 1870s, a number of European banks and companies were established along the street.[5] In the 1870s, a small railway station was built along the southern edge of the road, which was upgraded in the 1880s, and again in 1935 with the construction of the McLeod Station, now the Karachi City railway station.[7]

In 1963, the Habib Bank Plaza was built along the street, which remained the tallest building of Pakistan until 2005, when the MCB Tower, which was also built on the road, was completed.[1] On 9 November 1969, the street was renamed Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar Road.[8]

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The following are heritage buildings along I.I. Chundrigar Road which are protected by the Government of Sindh.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Paracha, Nadeem F. (26 September 2014). "Visual Karachi: From Paris of Asia, to City of Lights, to Hell on Earth". Dawn. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Fire on Karachi's I I Chundrigar Road reignites". Daily Times. 29 April 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  3. ^ Khan, Zaheer Ahmed (7 October 2006). "DAWN - Features; October 07, 2006". Dawn. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  4. ^ Haroon, Hameed; Baig, Mariam Ali (2004). Karachi Under the Raj, 1843-1947: Visions of empire. Pakistan Herald Publications. ISBN 9789698837006.
  5. ^ a b "Travelling back in time to visit Karachi of '60s and '70s". The News International. 5 February 2022. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  6. ^ a b Salman, Peerzada (8 December 2012). "McLeod bahadur". Dawn. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  7. ^ "Keeping track of history". Dawn. 9 May 2010. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  8. ^ Salman, Peerzada (4 November 2019). "This week 50 years ago: Decentralisation of municipal administration". Dawn. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
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