Timeline of Mumbai--600B.C. ONWARDS

Timeline of Mumbai

Up to 18th century 600 BC — First known permanent settlement. 300 BC — Part of Ashokas Empire. 900 to 1300 — part of Hindu Silhara dynasty. 1343 — Part of the Gujarat sultanate. 1431 – Haji Ali Dargah built. 1508 — Francisco de Almeida sailed into the deep natural harbour. 1534 — Bombay ceded to the Portuguese. 1661 — Portuguese Princess Catherine of Braganza brings Bom Bahia to King Charles II of England as part of her marriage dowry. 1668/1669 — British East India Company leased the seven islands of Bombay from Charles II 1670 — First printing press imported to Bombay by Parsi businessman Bhimji Parikh 1672 — Consecration of the first Tower of Silence and first Fire temple (Hirji Vachha Agiary, now defunct) 1675 — Population estimated to have risen to 60,000 from 10,000 in 1661. 1675 — The Mumba Devi temple built near the main landing site on the former Bori Bunder creek or inlet, against the north wall of the English Fort Saint George. 1709 — First attested private Parsi Adaran (in the home of Banaji Limji). Continues to be the oldest continuously-burning Zoroastrian fire in Mumbai (now in the Limji Agiary, Fort). 1735 — Start of shipbuilding industry (Wadia docks, Duncan docks) 1750 — Asia's first dry dock built by Lovji Wadia in Bombay 1777 — First newspaper published in Bombay by Rustom Kersaspjee 19th century 1801 – Siddhivinayak temple built at Prabhadevi. 19 June 1810 — HMS Minden floated, first Royal Navy ship built outside the British Isles and from the deck of which the Star Spangled Banner would be composed 1822 — First vernacular language newspaper in Bombay, Mumbai Samachar published by Fardunjee Marzban. India's oldest newspaper still being published. 1838 — First edition of Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce launched 1845 — Grant Medical College founded. 1846 — Mahim Causeway between Salsette and Mahim completed. 16 April 1853 — First railway line in India between Bombay and Thane. 1854 — First cotton mill started. 1857 — University of Bombay established. 1858 — The Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China opens its Bombay branch. 1864 — The Bombay, Baroda, and Central India Railway (later merged with other railways to form Western Railway) is extended to Bombay. 1870 — Bombay Port Trust formed. 1872 — Bombay Municipal Corporation founded. 1885 — Indian National Congress formed at Gowalia Tank Maidan. 1887 — Victoria Jubilee Technological Institute(VJTI) established. First and only institute offering degree in engineering until 1960. 1890 — Robert Harris, 4th Baron Harris arrives to take over as Governor of the Presidency of Bombay. 1893 — Sectarian rioting between Hindus and Muslims. 1896 — Famine followed by break out of bubonic plague. Waldemar Haffkine begins plague research at Grant Medical College. 1897 — Haffkine announces plague vaccine, tests it on himself and on volunteers from Byculla Jail. 1899 – Bombay plague epidemic 20th century 1900 — By this year, 45 trains of Western Railway in each direction were carrying over one million passengers annually. 1911 — King George V and Queen Mary visit Bombay. Gateway of India is built to commemorate their arrival. 1913 — Sydenham College established. The First College of Commerce in Asia. 12 January 1915 — Gandhi returns to India from South Africa at Mumbai. 22 January 1926 — King Edward Memorial Hospital inaugurated. 15 July 1926 — First motorised bus ran between Afghan Church and Crawford Market. 1928 — The first electric train runs between Churchgate and Borivali. 1930 — Bombay Cricket Association established. 15 October 1932 — J. R. D. Tata flew from Karachi to Bombay via Ahmedabad landing on a grass strip at Juhu paving the way for civil aviation in India. 1934 — UDCT established. First institute dedicated to research in Chemical Engineering in India. 1940 — reclamation of land that will become Nariman Point begins. 8 August 1942 — Quit India Movement declaration passed at Gowalia Tank Maidan. 14 April 1944 — Bombay Harbour Explosion kills scores of people and hurls debris up to 3 km away. 1958 — IIT Bombay established in Powai. 1960 — Flora Fountain incident": 105 Samyukta Maharashtra Samiti demonstrators killed in altercation with the police 1 May 1960 – Bombay becomes the capital of newly formed Marathi state Maharashtra. 31 March 1964 — Last tram made its journey from Bori Bundar to Dadar. 1982 January – Great Bombay Textile Strike started, by mill workers of Bombay, under trade union leader Dutta Samant. December 1992 – January 1993 — Over 2000 people killed in Hindu-Muslim communal riots following the Babri Masjid destruction. 1993 — Serial bomb blasts across Bombay, masterminded by underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, kill 300 and injure hundreds more. 1995 — Bombay renamed to Mumbai. Subsequently University of Bombay renamed to University of Mumbai. 21st century 26 July—1 August 2005 — Torrential July rains and flooding – the worst in 120 years – push the death toll to nearly 450. Terrorist acts 12 March 1993 – Series of 13 bombs go off killing 257 6 December 2002 – Bomb goes off in a bus in Ghatkopar killing 2 27 January 2003 – Bomb goes off on a bicycle in Vile Parle killing 1 14 March 2003 – Bomb goes off in a train in Mulund killing 10 28 July 2003 – Bomb goes off in a bus in Ghatkopar killing 4 25 August 2003 – Two Bombs go off in cars near the Gateway of India and Zaveri Bazaar killing 50 11 July 2006 – Series of seven bombs go off in trains killing 207 26 November 2008 – November 2008 Mumbai Attacks