Gandhi Garden (Karachi Zoo)

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Heritage: How a factory garden became Karachi’s Zoo

Dr Sohail Ansari,

Fountain constructed in 1883 in the Government Garden, Karachi (now Karachi Zoo), in memory of Bombay philanthropist Cowasjee Jehangir Readymoney - Photo courtesy www.historickarachi.weebly.com

A view of the Duck Pond circa 1900 -Photo provided by the writer

Postcard by Nusserwanjee & Co., Karachi -Photo provided by the writer

A view of Karachi Zoological Garden circa unknown -Photo by White Star

 

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Karachi Zoo early 1970s.

A pair of giraffes and black rhino were purchased by the ambassador of Pakistan in Egypt and dispatched to Karachi Zoo where doctor is offering the first meal to the giraffe on the landing in Karachi Zoo. The pair bred here and was reared to maturity.
Courtesy by Dr Qureshi .

 

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Amna Nadeem
Ah! what a great day it was when we were with Abba and Ammi and went to Ghandhi Garden. Abba told me to give some money to Mahavat ,the elephant keeper but I was so terrified.
Abba miss you , you gone too Soon..

 

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