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Timeline of Dhaka

The following is a of the history of the city of Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Prior to 19th century

  • 8th century CE – Dhaka part of Pala Empire.
  • 1095 – Senas in power.
  • 1457 – Binat Bibi Mosque constructed.
  • 1459 – Gate built.
  • 1580s – Portuguese merchants open the first European trading post in Dhaka.
  • 1610 – City renamed Jahangirnagar; becomes capital of Bengal; Mughal Islam Khan in power.
  • 1639 – Capital relocated from Dhaka to Rajmahal.
  • 1640 – Mughal Eidgah mosque built.
  • 1642 – Hussaini Dalan (mosque) built.
  • 1645 – Bara Katra (caravansary) built.
  • 1646 – Navaratna temple built (approximate date).
  • 1649 – Lalbagh Fort mosque built.
  • 1659 – Capital relocated to Dhaka from Rajmahal.
  • 1660 – Pagla bridge built on Dacca-Narayangaj road (approximate date).
  • 1682 – 25 October: William Hedges, the first Agent and Governor of East India Company in the Bay of Bengal, arrived Dhaka.
  • 1663 – Choto Katra (caravansary) built.
  • 1668 – English Factory built.
  • 1676 – Chowk Bazaar Shai Mosque built.
  • 1677 – Holy Rosary Church built by Portuguese.
  • 1678 – Lalbagh palace construction begins.
  • 1679 – Shahbaz Khan Mosque and Khan Mohammad Mridha Mosque built.
  • 1696
  • Mosque of Haji Kahjeh Shahabag built in Ramne (approximate date).
  • Jayakali temple and Siva temple built in Thatari Bazar (approximate date).
  • 1704 – Murshid Quli Khan residence relocates from Dhaka to Murshidabad.
  • 1717 – Khan Muhammad Ali Khan becomes deputy governor.
  • 1723 – Itisam Khan becomes deputy governor.
  • 1728 – Mirza Lutfullah becomes deputy governor.
  • 1756 – Jasarat Khan becomes deputy governor.
  • 1765
  • British East India Company in power.
  • Population: 450,000 (estimate).
  • 1781 – Armenian Church built.
  • 1793 – Laxmi Narayan Mandir (temple) built.
  • 1800 – Population: 200,000 (estimate).

19th century

  • 1815
  • Catholic church built.
  • Lunatic Asylum founded.
  • 1819 – St. Thomas Church built.
  • 1825 – Population: 150,000 (approximate).
  • 1830
  • Iron suspension bridge constructed across Dullye Creek.
  • Gurdwara Nanak Shahi built.
  • Population: 66,989.
  • 1834 – Ghaziuddin Haider becomes deputy governor.
  • 1835 – Dhaka Collegiate School established.
  • 1840 – Population bottoms out at 50,000.
  • 1846 – Union School is established to give the poor an English education.
  • 1850 – Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Eastern Bengal established.
  • 1857 – Uprising of sepoys.
  • 1858
  • City becomes part of British Raj.
  • Mitford Hospital established.
  • 1864 – 1 August: Dacca Municipality established.
  • 1866 – Langar Khana (almshouse) founded.
  • 1872 – Population: 69,212.
  • 1874 – Madrasa established.
  • 1875 – Medical school established.
  • 1876 – Dhaka Survey School is established to teach surveying and road building in the vernacular.
  • 1878
  • Water-works in operation.
  • Eden Girls' College established.
  • 1880 – Northbrook Hall built.
  • 1881 – Population: 79,076.
  • 1882 – St Gregory's School founded.
  • 1883 – Jagannth College founded. (Now Jagannath University)
  • 1885 – Revenue service begins on the Narayanganj-Dhaka portion of the Dacca State Railway.
  • 1886 – Mymensingh-Dhaka railway opens.
  • 1888
  • April: Tornado.
  • Ahsan Manzil (Pink Palace) rebuilt.
  • 1892 – 16 March: Jeanette Rummary (as Jeanette Van Tassell) makes the first balloon ascension and parachute jump in Dhaka's history as a member of a travelling aerial exhibition led by Park Van Tassel.
  • 1897 – 12 June: Earthquake.

20th century

1900s–1960s

1970s–1990s

21st century

See also

Notes

References

Bibliography

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