Timeline of Dhaka

• 8th century CE – Dhaka part of Pala Empire.
• 1095 – Senas in power.
• 1457 – Binat Bibi Mosque constructed.^[1]
• 1459 – Gate built.^[2]
• 1580s – Portuguese merchants open the first European trading post in Dhaka.^[3]
• 1610 – City renamed Jahangirnagar; becomes capital of Bengal; Mughal Islam Khan in power.^[2][3][4]
• 1639 – Capital relocated from Dhaka to Rajmahal.^[2]
• 1640 – Mughal Eidgah mosque built.^[5][6]
• 1642 – Hussaini Dalan (mosque) built.^[7]
• 1645 – Bara Katra (caravansary) built.^[5][6][4]
• 1646 – Navaratna temple built (approximate date).^[6]
• 1649 – Lalbagh Fort mosque built.^[2]
• 1659 – Capital relocated to Dhaka from Rajmahal.^[2]
• 1660 – Pagla bridge built on Dacca-Narayangaj road (approximate date).^[6][8]
• 1682 – 25 October: William Hedges, the first Agent and Governor of East India Company in the Bay of Bengal, arrived Dhaka.^[9]: 156
• 1663 – Choto Katra (caravansary) built.
• 1668 – English Factory built.^[5]
• 1676 – Chowk Bazaar Shai Mosque built.
• 1677 – Holy Rosary Church built by Portuguese.
• 1678 – Lalbagh palace construction begins.^[5]
• 1679 – Shahbaz Khan Mosque and Khan Mohammad Mridha Mosque built.^[2]
• 1696
  • Mosque of Haji Kahjeh Shahabag built in Ramne (approximate date).^[6]
  • Jayakali temple and Siva temple built in Thatari Bazar (approximate date).^[6]
• 1704 – Murshid Quli Khan residence relocates from Dhaka to Murshidabad.^[10]
• 1717 – Khan Muhammad Ali Khan becomes deputy governor.^[11]
• 1723 – Itisam Khan becomes deputy governor.^[11]
• 1728 – Mirza Lutfullah becomes deputy governor.^[11]
• 1756 – Jasarat Khan becomes deputy governor.^[11]
• 1765
  • British East India Company in power.
  • Population: 450,000 (estimate).^[12]
• 1781 – Armenian Church built.^[6]
• 1793 – Laxmi Narayan Mandir (temple) built.
• 1800 – Population: 200,000 (estimate).^[10]

• 1815
  • Catholic church built.^[13]
  • Lunatic Asylum founded.^[13]
• 1819 – St. Thomas Church built.^[13]
• 1825 – Population: 150,000 (approximate).^[14]
• 1830
  • Iron suspension bridge constructed across Dullye Creek.^[5]
  • Gurdwara Nanak Shahi built.^[15]
  • Population: 66,989.^[16]
• 1834 – Ghaziuddin Haider becomes deputy governor.^[11]
• 1835 – Dhaka Collegiate School established.^[17]
• 1840 – Population bottoms out at 50,000.^[18]
• 1846 – Union School is established to give the poor an English education.^[19]
• 1850 – Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Eastern Bengal established.
• 1857 – Uprising of sepoys.^[13][4]
• 1858
  • City becomes part of British Raj.
  • Mitford Hospital established.^[10]
• 1864 – 1 August: Dacca Municipality established.^[13]
• 1866 – Langar Khana (almshouse) founded.^[10]
• 1872 – Population: 69,212.^[16]
• 1874 – Madrasa established.^[13]
• 1875 – Medical school established.^[13]
• 1876 – Dhaka Survey School is established to teach surveying and road building in the vernacular.^[20]
• 1878
  • Water-works in operation.^[10]
  • Eden Girls' College established.^[13]
• 1880 – Northbrook Hall built.
• 1881 – Population: 79,076.^[10]
• 1882 – St Gregory's School founded.
• 1883 – Jagannth College founded.^[13] (Now Jagannath University)
• 1885 – Revenue service begins on the Narayanganj-Dhaka portion of the Dacca State Railway.^[21]
• 1886 – Mymensingh-Dhaka railway opens.^[17]
• 1888
  • April: Tornado.^[13]
  • Ahsan Manzil (Pink Palace) rebuilt.^[22]
• 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.^[23]
• 1897 – 12 June: Earthquake.^[4]

1900s–1960s

• 1901 – Population: 90,542; district of Dacca: 2,649,522.^[4]
• 1902 – April: Tornado.^[13]
• 1904 – Curzon Hall built.
• 1905 – City becomes capital of newly formed East Bengal and Assam province.^[18]
• 1906 – December: All India Muhammadan Educational Conference held.^[24]
• 1909 – Baldha Garden laid out.
• 1911 – Dhaka Club organized.
• 1918 – Influenza outbreak.^[12]
• 1921 – University of Dhaka established.^[7]
• 1946 – Dhaka Medical College established.
• 1947 – City becomes capital of East Bengal, a province of newly independent Pakistan.^[25]
• 1949 – All Pakistan Women's Association East Pakistan Branch organized.^[11]
• 1951
  • Habib Productions theatre troupe active.^[26]
  • Area of city: 85 square kilometers.^[27]
  • Population: 411,279.^[28]
• 1952 – Asiatic Society organized.
• 1953 – Holy Family Hospital built.
• 1954
  • Dhaka Stock Exchange incorporated.
  • Dacca Stadium and New Market built.
• 1955
  • City becomes capital of East Pakistan.
  • Bangla Academy established.^[29]
• 1956
  • Drama Circle active.^[26]
  • RAJUK Bhaban built.
• 1959 – Alliance Française de Dhaka founded.
• 1960 – Islamia Eye Hospital and Cholera Research Hospital founded.^[7]
• 1961 – Tejgaon College established.
• 1964 – Bangabhaban reconstructed.
• 1965 – Institute of Postgraduate Medicine and Research and Jinnah College founded.^{[citation needed]}
• 1967 – Officers' Club established.
• 1968
  • Protests against Ayub Khan regime.^{[citation needed]}
  • Baitul Mukarram (mosque) built.

1970s–1990s

• 1970
  • November: Bhola cyclone.
  • Jiraz Art Gallery in business.^[30]
• 1971
  • 7 March: Sheikh Mujibur Rahman speaks at Ramna Race Course Maidan.
  • 25 March: Bangladesh Liberation War begins; Dhaka University massacre.
  • 27 March: Ramna Kali Mandir (temple) razed.
  • 16 December: Instrument of Surrender signed.
  • City becomes capital of the People's Republic of Bangladesh.
  • The Bangladesh Observer newspaper in publication.^[31]
• 1972
  • Ekushey Book Fair begins.
  • Dhaka Shishu Hospital established.
  • Abahani Limited sports club formed.
  • Shaheed Minar (monument) rebuilt.
• 1973 – Dhaka Theatre established.^[26]
• 1974
  • Abul Hasnat becomes mayor.^[32]
  • Dhaka Zoo established.
  • Saju Art Gallery in business.^[30]
  • Population: 1,730,253 urban agglomeration.^[33]
• 1975
  • Islamic Foundation Bangladesh formed.
  • 15 August: Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is assassinated.^[34]
  • 3 November: Awami League leaders killed in Dhaka Central Jail.^[7]
• 1976 – Dhaka Metropolitan Police department established.
• 1977 – 2 October: Coup attempt.^[7]
• 1980 – School of the Society for Education in Theatre established.^[26]
• 1981
  • Bangladesh Group Theatre Federation organized.^[35]
  • Area of city: 510 square kilometers.^[27]
  • Population: 3,440,147.^[27]
• 1982
  • Mahamudul Hassan becomes mayor.^[32]
  • Jatiyo Sangshad Bhaban (parliament building) constructed.
  • Mirpur and Gulshan become part of Dhaka municipality.^[36]
• 1983 – Bangladesh Shilpa Bank Bhaban built.
• 1985
  • December: South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation summit held.
  • Bangladesh Bank Building and Janata Bank Bhaban constructed.
  • The National Library of Bangladesh moves into a new, purpose-built facility.^[37]
• 1986 – Bangladesh Medical College established.
• 1989
  • Maziur Rhaman becomes mayor.^[32]
  • Dhaka Pantomime group formed.^{[citation needed]}
• 1990 – Abul Hasnat becomes mayor.^[32]
• 1991
  • Mirza Abbas becomes mayor.^[32]
  • Daily Star newspaper begins publication.
  • Area of city: 1,353 square kilometers.^[27]
  • Population: 6,887,459.^{[27][nb 1]}
• 1993
  • Independent University, Bangladesh was established.
• 1994
  • Mohammad Hanif becomes mayor.^[32]
  • Puppet Development Centre opens.^[26]
• 1995
  • Pantapath road and Dhaka Nagar Bhaban constructed.
  • Dhaka Imperial College established.
• 1996 – East West University established.
• 1998 – Prothom Alo newspaper begins publication.
• 1999 – March: D-8 summit held.
• 2000
  • Chobi Mela International Photography Festival begins.^[39]
  • Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts opens.^[30]

• 2001
  • BRAC University established.
  • Area of city: 1,530 square kilometers.^[27]
• 2002
  • Sadeque Hossain Khoka becomes mayor.^[32]
  • China Bangladesh Friendship Center built.
• 2004 – Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Novo Theatre and Bashundhara City (shopping mall) open.
• 2005
  • Jagannath College transformed into Jagannath University
  • Concord Grand built.
• 2008 – Population: 7,000,940.^[40]
• 2011
  • Hay Festival begins.^[41]
  • Population: 8,906,035.^[42]
• 2012
  • April: Demonstration.^[43]
  • Dhaka Gladiators cricket team formed.
  • City Centre (building) constructed.
  • City designated a Capital of Islamic Culture.^[44]
• 2013
  • Protests in Shahbag.
  • 2013 Savar building collapse.^[45]
• 2014 – Air pollution in Dhaka reaches annual mean of 85 PM2.5 and 150 PM10, much higher than recommended.^[46]
• 2016 – 1 July: Gulshan attack.
• 2019 – 20 February: Chowk Bazaar fire.

• History of Dhaka
• Dhaka District
• Timeline of Bangladeshi history
• List of cities proper by population density

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