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Timeline of Surat

This article is a of the city Surat in Gujarat For a more comprehensive overview of Surat's history, please see History of Surat.

Pre-1600s

  • 12-15th centuries — Part of Dhiru Sultanate, plundered multiple times.
  • 1372 — Surat Fort initially constructed during Tughlaq rule.
  • 15th century — Gujarat Sultanate established.
  • Late 15th century — Malik Gopi, a merchant and later Governor of Surat in the Sultanate, arrives and settles in the city.
  • 1510s — Continuous developments of the city take place under Malik Gopi. Gopi Talav, an artificial lake, is built. The city is first given the name Suryapur and soon after Surat.
  • 1512 — City is first burned by the Portuguese (second time in 1530).
  • 1514 — Surat is acknowledged by Portuguese traveller Duarte Barbosa as an important port, frequented by many ships from Malabar and other various places.
  • 1530 — The city is ravaged for a second time in flames by the Portuguese.
  • 1546 — Construction of the Surat Fort is completed.
  • 1573 — Surat is conquered by the Mughal emperor Akbar, the most prosperous port in the state, used for travel to the Hajj pilgrimage

1600s-1800s

  • 1612
  • First factory (KOTHI) in India is established by England, a centre for trade and commerce.
  • 29–30 November — Battle of Suvali takes place in a village near Surat.
  • 1616 — Dutch trading post established by Pieter van den Broecke in Surat (Suratte).
  • 1644 — Inauguration of Mughal Sarai.
  • 1664 — Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaja emerges victorious in the Battle of Surat against Inayat Khan (Mughal) and goes on to raid the city.
  • 1670 — City raided again by Marathas.
  • 1759 — Over the past few years trade had substantially decreased due to the rise of Bombay as an important city.
  • 1790-1 — An epidemic affects the city: 1,00,000 Gujaratis dead.
  • 1795 — Dutch Suratte comes under British protection, who promise to restore it to the Dutch when peace is reestablished in Europe.
  • 1797 — Under full control of Bombay Presidency in British East India Company.
  • 1802 — According to the Treaty of Amiens, the Dutch were supposed to regain their territories, however, this did not take place.
  • 1814 — The Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1814 finally restores Dutch Suratte to the Dutch.
  • 1824
  • Suratte is again relinquished to the British as per the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824.
  • Anglican Church built.
  • 1837 — Fire breaks out, taking the lives of 500 and demolishing 9,737 houses. It is the most destructive fire in the history of Surat.
  • 1850 — Andrews Library established.

1900s-Present

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