Bahadurabad بہادر آباد | |
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 Aerial view of Bahadurabad | |
 Interactive map of Bahadurabad | |
| Town | Gulshan Town |
| District | Karachi East |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| Postal code | 7482 |
Bahadurabad (Urdu:بہادر آباد) is one of the neighbourhoods ofGulshan Town,Karachi,Sindh,Pakistan. It is located in the Civic Centre zone in theGulshan Town. It was originally inhabited by mainly middle-classHyderabadiMuhajirs, who migrated fromHyderabad Deccan (nowHyderabad,Telangana,India) after thecreation of Pakistan in 1947, and mainly afterIndia's annexation of Hyderabad in 1948.[1]
Bahadurabad neighbourhood in Karachi is named after the noted freedom fighterBahadur Yar Jung (1905–1944), a Muslim nationalist and a prominent member of thePakistan Movement from Hyderabad Deccan.[2] In 2007, a replica of the famousCharminar monument ofOld City of Hyderabad, was constructed on the main crossing of Bahadurabad.[3][4]
![This roundabout in Karachi was listed as one of the world's top roundabouts in 2015.[5]](/mt/?noimg=&dark=on&url=http%3a%2f%2fen.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2fFile%3aCharminar-Bahadurabad%2c_Karachi.jpg)
