Timeline of Peshawar

The following is a of the history of the city of Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.

Prior to 19th century

127 CE - Purushapura becomes eastern capital of Buddhist kingdom Gandhara (approximate date).
978 CE - Sabaktagin defeats Jayapala.
1001 - 27 November: Battle of Peshawar; Mahmud of Ghazni in power.
1006 - Mahmud of Ghazni defeats Anandapala.
1180 - Mu'izz-Ud-Din Muhammad Ibn Sam in power.
1630 - Mohabbat Khan Mosque built.
1758 - 8 May: Battle of Peshawar; Marathas in power.

1809 - Mountstuart Elphinstone arrives as ambassador to Shah Shujah.
1810 - Wazir Bagh (garden) laid out.
1825 - Sikh Ranjit Singh in power.
1834
Hari Singh Nalwa in power.
Bala Hissar (fort) rebuilt.
1838 - Italian Paolo Avitabile in power.
1849
British in power.
Gorak Nath Temple built.
1850s - Grand Trunk Road Lahore-Peshawar extension constructed (approximate date).
1851 - Peshawar cemetery established.
1860 - Flood.
1867 - Municipality constituted.
1868
British Peshawar Cantonment laid out near city.
Population: 56,589 (city); 58,555 (municipality).
1881 - Population: 79,982.
1882 - Sethi Mohallah residence built.
1883 - All Saints Church opens in cantonment.
1891 - Population: 54,191.
1900
Cunningham clock tower built.
Edwardes College established.

1901
City becomes capital of the North-West Frontier Province.
Population: 95,147.
1906 - Victoria Hall built.
1907 - Peshawar Museum founded.
1909 - Ancient Buddhist Kanishka casket discovered by archaeologists in Shah-ji-Dheri near city.
1913 - Islamia College established.
1922 - Kapoor Haveli (residence) built.
1925 - Khaiber railway built.
1930
23 April: Qissa Khwani Bazaar massacre.
Novelty cinema opens.
1932 - Khyber Mail newspaper begins publication.
1934 - Landsdowne cinema opens.
1936 - Radio station begins broadcasting.
1939 - Al Falah newspaper begins publication.
1941
Al-Jamiat-e-Sarhad newspaper begins publication.
Population: 130,967.

2004 - Peshawar Panthers cricket team formed.
2007 - 15 May: suicide Hotel bombing.
2008 - 6 September and 5 December: Bombings.
2009
5 March: Bombing at Rahman Baba shrine.
9 June: Pearl Continental hotel bombing.
9 October: Bombing in Khyber Bazaar.
28 October: Bombing in Mina Bazar.
19 November: Judicial complex bombing.
2010
5 April: attack on the United States consulate.
19 April: Bombing in Qissa Khwani Bazaar.
July - August: Flood.
Air pollution in Peshawar reaches annual mean of 111 PM2.5 and 540 PM10, much higher than recommended.
2011
PIA Planetarium inaugurated.
Saeed Book Bank closes.
9 March: Suicide bombing.
10 May: Car bombing kills a journalist.
12 June: Double bombing in Khyber market area.
2012 - 15 December: Bacha Khan International Airport attack.
2013
21 June: Suicide bombing at Shia mosque in Gulshan Colony.
22 September: Double suicide bombing at a church.
29 September: Bombing at Qissa Khwani Bazaar.
2014
2 and 11 February: Cinema bombings.
16 December: School massacre.
2015 - 13 February: Mosque attack.
2016 - 16 March: Bus bombing.
2017
Population: 1,970,042.
15 February: Hayatabad bombing.
8 May: Bombings.
Dengue outbreak.
24 November: Police vehicle attack.
1 December: Agricultural Directorate attack.
2018 - 10 July : Bombing.
2020 - 27 October: School boombing.
2022 - 4 March: Mosque attack.

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