New Memon Masjid

New Memon Masjid
New Memon Masjid
Religion
Affiliation	Sunni Islam
Province	Sindh
Location
Location	Karachi
Country	Pakistan
	Location in Karachi, PakistanShow map of KarachiShow map of PakistanShow all
Geographic coordinates	24°51′05″N 67°00′00″E / 24.8513784°N 67.0001042°ECoordinates: 24°51′05″N 67°00′00″E / 24.8513784°N 67.0001042°E
Architecture
Date established	1949

The New Memon Masjid^[1]^[2] (Urdu: نئی میمن مسجد‎) known as the Memon Masjid^[3] of Karachi, Pakistan, is one of the largest and oldest mosques in the city^[4]^[5] located on M.A Jinnah Road.

The first committee of the Memon Masjid was formed on 17 September 1948, The First Adhan, also known as Azan or Azaan was given on 15 July 1949. The Foundation-Stone was laid on 24 August 1949 By the Governor General Khuwaja Nazim UD Din.

History[]

The New Memon Masjid was built when Pakistan did not come into existence, It is said by the people that this Masjid was built over a graveyard. Capacity is now increasing of mosque according to the survey few years ago the capacity of people were 10000. New Memon Masjid is also famous for performing Nikkah as people from Memon community perform their Nikkah in this Masjid.^{[citation needed]}