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341: 418: 391: 406: 438: 44: 360: 376: 323: 289:, with their offices along the street itself. By the 1870s, a number of European banks and companies were established along the street. 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 340: 417: 1568: 390: 359: 106: 375: 1614: 322: 351: 405: 1357: 1184: 285:. Several cotton warehouses were established facing the railway line behind the street during a cotton boom in the region after the 273:), in honour of John McLeod, Deputy Collector of Customs in Karachi in the 1850s. Another theory suggests it was named in honour of 594: 1267: 1199: 1110: 1029: 304:, which was also built on the road, was completed. On 9 November 1969, the street was renamed Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar Road. 1583: 1573: 17: 1588: 1459: 889: 797: 1252: 1138: 922: 1527: 1161: 1034: 732: 575: 210:. The road serves as the spine of Pakistan's largest financial centre, and is frequently referred to as "Pakistan's 1471: 1074: 1069: 1039: 508: 437: 1374: 1143: 565: 1558: 1194: 1049: 912: 1262: 1242: 1209: 1189: 1059: 290: 1619: 1609: 1553: 1426: 1133: 1064: 397: 242: 1578: 1517: 1128: 454: 204: 72: 1563: 1054: 238: 192: 68: 49: 1512: 1487: 1282: 1257: 874: 782: 282: 1502: 1497: 1327: 1237: 428: 300:
was built along the street, which remained the tallest building of Pakistan until 2005, when the
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The following are heritage buildings along I.I. Chundrigar Road which are protected by the
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Intersection of Ingle Road, Elander Road, and Dr. Ziauddin Road (Katchery Road)
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Karachi Under the Raj, 1843-1947: Visions of empire
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I.I. Chundrigar Road

central business district
Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar
Prime Minister of Pakistan
Karachi
Pakistan
24°50′56″N 66°59′55″E / 24.848870026285976°N 66.99850726645714°E / 24.848870026285976; 66.99850726645714
Merewether Tower
Urdu
road
central business district
Karachi
Pakistan
Pakistani Prime Minister
Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar
Wall Street
Merewether Tower
Karachi Stock Exchange
Pakistan Stock Exchange
Habib Bank
United Bank
National Bank
Standard Chartered
State Bank
central bank
Hum Network
Geo News
James John McLeod Innes
Victoria Cross

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