Karachi Port Trust Building
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The Karachi Port Trust Building, also referred to as the KPT Building, is a building in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan that serves as headquarters for the Karachi Port Trust, which administers the Port of K
The Karachi Port Trust Building, built between 1912 and 1916
The building's façade is covered in yellow stone from Jaipur.
The building’s southeast facing façade
Karachi Port Trust Building Photo by Aliraza Khatri
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, formerly named the Prince of Wales Museum of Western India, is a museum in Mumbai which documents the history of India from prehistoric to modern times.
Karachi Port Trust Building
…It lies opposite the Qamar House on Eduljee Dinshaw Road. Karachi Port Trust Building was designed by George Wittet, who was also the architect of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya. The building's construction commenced in 1912. The Napier Mole Road was extended to the site by 1914, and terminated at a spot known as Willingdon…
Façade of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sanghralaya (CSMVS)
A portrait of Shivaji at the entrance of the museum
Statue of The Prince of Wales, who later became the Emperor, George V
On two sides of the statue has mural type of stone carving depicting the POW inaugurating the museum