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| Keywords: 429068485 5f192dcf9f o.jpg en Photograph of the D J Sind Arts College now known as the D J Government Science College of Karachi taken by an unknown photographer c 1893 from an album of 46 prints titled 'Karachi Views' Designed by James Strachan and considered this architect's greatest achievement the college was built between 1887 and 1893 Named after the Sindhi philanthropist Dayaram Jethmal whose two family members contributed towards its cost the building was constructed in the neoclassical or Italian architectural style A considerable amount of money was spent on the interior of the college; the floors comprised mosaic tiles imported from Belgium and the eight-foot wide main staircase was fitted with ornamental cast-iron work from McFarlane Company of Glasgow Karachi once the capital of Pakistan is now the capital of Sindh province and the major port and main commercial centre of the country It was a strategically located small port at a protected natural harbour on the Arabian Sea north-west of the mouth of the Indus and was developed and expanded by the British when they took over Sindh in the mid-19th century to serve the booming trade from the Punjab and the wheat and cotton regions of the sub-continent http //www flickr com/photos/zainub/429068485/ http //www flickr com/photos/zainub/ 1893 PD-Art Universities and colleges in Pakistan Karachi Pakistan in the 1880s Pakistan in the 1890s Historical images of Lahore British colonial architecture in Pakistan D J Science College | ||||
