Timeline of Mumbai

The history of Mumbai can be traced back to 600 BC, with evidence of the first known settlement of the Harrappan civilization discovered in the region.

up to 18th century

19th century

Mumbai in 1888
Mumbai ca. 1890

20th century

  • 1900 – By this year, 45 trains of Western Railway in each direction were carrying over one million passengers annually.
  • 1908 – Franciscan Missionary Brothers, a German Missionary established St Francis D'Assisi High School in Borivali, west suburbs of Bombay, India.
  • 1911 – King George V and Queen Mary visit Bombay. Gateway of India is built to commemorate their arrival.
  • 1912 – King George English School, Dadar, Mumbai was established, now known as Raja Shivaji Vidyasankul, Dadar, Mumbai[3]
  • 1913 – Sydenham College established. The First College of Commerce in Asia.
  • 12 January 1915 – Gandhi returns to India from South Africa at Bombay.
  • 1920 – Half of Bombay [ Arthur road (Chinchpokli West) to Kalachauki (cotton green station), sewri station- Bharatmata (Lalbaug) ] united in Chinchpokli to celebrate Ganesh Festival. People came from all over Bombay to Chinchpokli in Ganesh Festival.
  • 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 – Mumbai Cricket Association established.
  • 15 October 1932 – J. R. D. Tata flew from Karachi to Mumbai via Ahmedabad landing on a grass strip at Juhu paving the way for civil aviation in India.
  • 1 October 1933 – UDCT established. First institute dedicated to research in Chemical Engineering in India.[4]
  • 1934 – Congress Socialist Party founded.[5]
  • 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 – Mumbai Harbour Explosion kills scores of people and hurls debris up to 3 km away.
  • 1947 – Progressive Artists' Group founded.[6]
  • 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 Mumbai, 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 Mumbai, masterminded by underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, kill 300 and injure hundreds more.
  • 1995 – Bombay renamed Mumbai. Subsequently, University of Bombay renamed to University of Mumbai.

21st century

Bandra-Worli Sea Link

See also

References

  1. http://nirc.nanzan-u.ac.jp/nfile/1064
  2. Schellinger and Salkin, ed. (1996). "mumbai". International Dictionary of Historic Places: Asia and Oceania. UK: Routledge. ISBN 9781884964046.
  3. "I.E.S. Raja Shivaji Vidyalaya". www.iesrsv.com. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
  4. Ṭikekara, Aruṇa (2006). The Cloister's Pale: A Biography of the University of Mumbai. Popular Prakashan. p. 198. ISBN 978-81-7991-293-5. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  5. James C. Docherty; Peter Lamb (2006). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of Socialism (2nd ed.). Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6477-1.
  6. "South Asia and the Himalayan Region, 1900 A.D.–present: Key Events". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  7. "Corporate Information: Google Offices". Google Inc. Archived from the original on 31 August 2006.

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