Harchandrai Vishandas

As mayor of Karachi, he oversaw a major beautification project, which involved development of new roads, parks, residential and recreational areas.

His received his primary education at a school in Manjhu founded by his father, Seth Vishandas Nihalchand.

[5] After completing his primary, Harchandrai was sent to Kotri for middle education at a missionary school, and boarded there in a spacious bungalow.

Thereafter, Harchandrai went to Bombay for higher education and read law at Elphinstone College, which he later patronised as his Alma mater.

[1] Under his mayorship, civic improvements led to the installation of gas lamps along the city's streets and the introduction of footpaths.

[13] When the British Simon Commission was sent to India to dispute and review the working of 1919 reforms, the Congress party pressed for its boycott.

Thus, he chose to leave Karachi against the advice of his doctor and friends, so determined he was to record his vote against the Simon Commission.

On 16 February 1934, on his sixth death anniversary, a statue of Harchandrai was unveiled in front of Karachi Municipal Corporation Building.