Timeline of Dhaka

The following is a timeline 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.{{cite web |url=http://archnet.org/library/places/one-place.jsp?place_id=1625 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026035337/https://archnet.org/library/places/one-place.jsp?place_id=1625 |archive-date=26 October 2012 |title=Dhaka |website=ArchNet}}
1459 – Gate built.{{sfn|Grove|2009}}
1580s – Portuguese merchants open the first European trading post in Dhaka.{{sfn|van Schendel|2009|p=xviii}}
1610 – City renamed Jahangirnagar; becomes capital of Bengal; Mughal Islam Khan in power.{{sfn|Grove|2009}}{{sfn|van Schendel|2009|p=xviii}}{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
1639 – Capital relocated from Dhaka to Rajmahal.{{sfn|Grove|2009}}
1640 – Mughal Eidgah mosque built.{{sfn|Taylor|1840}}{{sfn|Government of Bengal|1896}}
1642 – Hussaini Dalan (mosque) built.
1645 – Bara Katra (caravansary) built.{{sfn|Taylor|1840}}{{sfn|Government of Bengal|1896}}{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
1646 – Navaratna temple built (approximate date).{{sfn|Government of Bengal|1896}}
1649 – Lalbagh Fort mosque built.{{sfn|Grove|2009}}
1659 – Capital relocated to Dhaka from Rajmahal.{{sfn|Grove|2009}}
1660 – Pagla bridge built on Dacca-Narayangaj road (approximate date).{{sfn|Government of Bengal|1896}}{{citation

|author=S M Mahfuzur Rahman

|chapter=Pagla Bridge

|chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Pagla_Bridge

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1682 – 25 October: William Hedges, the first Agent and Governor of East India Company in the Bay of Bengal, arrived Dhaka.{{sfn|Romance|1906}}{{rp|156}}
1663 – Choto Katra (caravansary) built.
1668 – English Factory built.{{sfn|Taylor|1840}}
1676 – Chowk Bazaar Shai Mosque built.
1677 – Holy Rosary Church built by Portuguese.
1678 – Lalbagh palace construction begins.{{sfn|Taylor|1840}}
1679 – Shahbaz Khan Mosque and Khan Mohammad Mridha Mosque built.{{sfn|Grove|2009}}
1696
Mosque of Haji Kahjeh Shahabag built in Ramne (approximate date).{{sfn|Government of Bengal|1896}}
Jayakali temple and Siva temple built in Thatari Bazar (approximate date).{{sfn|Government of Bengal|1896}}
1704 – Murshid Quli Khan residence relocates from Dhaka to Murshidabad.{{sfn|Hunter|1885}}
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).{{sfn|Siddiqui|2010|p=4}}
1781 – Armenian Church built.{{sfn|Government of Bengal|1896}}
1793 – Laxmi Narayan Mandir (temple) built.
1800 – Population: 200,000 (estimate).{{sfn|Hunter|1885}}

19th century

1815
Catholic church built.{{sfn|Gazetteer of India|1908}}
Lunatic Asylum founded.{{sfn|Gazetteer of India|1908}}
1819 – St. Thomas Church built.{{sfn|Gazetteer of India|1908}}
1825 – Population: 150,000 (approximate).{{sfn|Seely|1825}}
1830
Iron suspension bridge constructed across Dullye Creek.{{sfn|Taylor|1840}}
Gurdwara Nanak Shahi built.{{Cite web|title=Gurdwara Nanak Shahi, Dhaka – SikhiWiki, free Sikh encyclopedia.|url=https://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Gurdwara_Nanak_Shahi,_Dhaka|access-date=2021-01-20|website=sikhiwiki.org}}
Population: 66,989.{{sfn|Hunter|1875}}
1834 – Ghaziuddin Haider becomes deputy governor.
1835 – Dhaka Collegiate School established.{{sfn|Chambers|1901}}
1840 – Population bottoms out at 50,000.{{sfn|van Schendel|2009|p=xix}}
1846 – Union School is established to give the poor an English education.{{sfn|Ahmed|1986|p=61|ps=: "... founded a new school in the city, on 12 June 1846, under the name of the Union School ... for the express purpose of imparting English education to the needy. Within two years however ... the school could not be continued for lack of funds ... N. P. Pogose ... came to the school's rescue. The still famous Pogose School thus came into being."}}
1850 – Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Eastern Bengal established.
1857 – Uprising of sepoys.{{sfn|Gazetteer of India|1908}}{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
1858
City becomes part of British Raj.
Mitford Hospital established.{{sfn|Hunter|1885}}
1864 – 1 August: Dacca Municipality established.{{sfn|Gazetteer of India|1908}}
1866 – Langar Khana (almshouse) founded.{{sfn|Hunter|1885}}
1872 – Population: 69,212.{{sfn|Hunter|1875}}
1874 – Madrasa established.{{sfn|Gazetteer of India|1908}}
1875 – Medical school established.{{sfn|Gazetteer of India|1908}}
1876 – Dhaka Survey School is established to teach surveying and road building in the vernacular.{{sfn|Ahmed|1986|pp=76–77|ps=: "... founding of a vernacular survey school attached to the Dacca College in January 1876, which offered a two-year course in surveying ... and in levelling and the elements of road-making ... In 1876, 29 students joined the Dacca Survey School."}}
1878
Water-works in operation.{{sfn|Hunter|1885}}
Eden Girls' College established.{{sfn|Gazetteer of India|1908}}
1880 – Northbrook Hall built.
1881 – Population: 79,076.{{sfn|Hunter|1885}}
1882 – St Gregory's School founded.
1883 – Jagannth College founded.{{sfn|Gazetteer of India|1908}} (Now Jagannath University)
1885 – Revenue service begins on the Narayanganj-Dhaka portion of the Dacca State Railway.{{sfn|Ahmed|1986|p=99|ps=: "Dacca State Railway ... the Narayanganj-Dacca section was opened for passengers and goods on 4 January 1885."}}
1886 – Mymensingh-Dhaka railway opens.{{sfn|Chambers|1901}}
1888
April: Tornado.{{sfn|Gazetteer of India|1908}}
Ahsan Manzil (Pink Palace) rebuilt.{{cite web |url=http://dhakatown.net |title=Dhaka Town |publisher=Dhakatown.net |access-date=13 February 2013}}
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.{{Citation |title=Sky Rider: Park Van Tassel and the Rise of Ballooning in the West |given=Gary |surname=Fogel |publisher=University of New Mexico Press |year=2021 |isbn=978-0-8263-6282-7 |url=https://unmpress.com/books/sky-rider/9780826362827}}
1897 – 12 June: Earthquake.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}

20th century

=1900s–1960s=

1901 – Population: 90,542; district of Dacca: 2,649,522.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
1902 – April: Tornado.{{sfn|Gazetteer of India|1908}}
1904 – Curzon Hall built.
1905 – City becomes capital of newly formed East Bengal and Assam province.{{sfn|van Schendel|2009|p=xix}}
1906 – December: All India Muhammadan Educational Conference held.{{sfn|Bosworth|2007}}
1909 – Baldha Garden laid out.
1911 – Dhaka Club organized.
1918 – Influenza outbreak.{{sfn|Siddiqui|2010|p=4}}
1921 – University of Dhaka established.
1946 – Dhaka Medical College established.
1947 – City becomes capital of East Bengal, a province of newly independent Pakistan.{{sfn|van Schendel|2009|p=xx}}
1949 – All Pakistan Women's Association East Pakistan Branch organized.{{cite book |year=2012 |editor1=Sirajul Islam |editor2= Ahmed A. Jamal |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Main_Page |edition=2nd |publisher=Asiatic Society of Bangladesh }}
1951
Habib Productions theatre troupe active.{{Citation |publisher = Routledge |isbn = 9780415260879 |title = World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre: Asia/Pacific |editor = Don Rubin|date = 2001 |author=Kabir Chowdhury |chapter=Bangladesh |display-editors=etal}}
Area of city: 85 square kilometers.{{sfn|Siddiqui|2010|p=6}}
Population: 411,279.{{cite web |url= https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/1950_round.htm |work=Demographic Yearbook 1955 |publisher=Statistical Office of the United Nations |location=New York |title=Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants }}
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.{{sfn|van Schendel|2009|p=xxi}}
1956
Drama Circle active.
RAJUK Bhaban built.
1959 – Alliance Française de Dhaka founded.
1960 – Islamia Eye Hospital and Cholera Research Hospital founded.
1961 – Tejgaon College established.
1964 – Bangabhaban reconstructed.
1965 – Institute of Postgraduate Medicine and Research and Jinnah College founded.{{citation needed|date=February 2013}}
1967 – Officers' Club established.
1968
Protests against Ayub Khan regime.{{citation needed|date=February 2013}}
Baitul Mukarram (mosque) built.

=1970s–1990s=

1970
November: Bhola cyclone.
Jiraz Art Gallery in business.{{cite web |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=71446 |title=The thriving art scene in Dhaka|work=Daily Star |date=16 January 2009 |location=Dhaka }}
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.{{cite web |url=http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=su%3ADhaka+%28Bangladesh%29+Newspapers.&qt=hot_subject |location=USA |title= Dhaka (Bangladesh) Newspapers |work=WorldCat |publisher=Online Computer Library Center |access-date=13 February 2013}}
1972
Ekushey Book Fair begins.
Dhaka Shishu Hospital established.
Abahani Limited sports club formed.
Shaheed Minar (monument) rebuilt.
1973 – Dhaka Theatre established.
1974
Abul Hasnat becomes mayor.
Dhaka Zoo established.
Saju Art Gallery in business.
Population: 1,730,253 urban agglomeration.{{cite book |chapter-url= https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/1970_round.htm |title=Demographic Yearbook 1975 |year=1976 |last=Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office |author-link=United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs |location=New York |publisher=United Nations |chapter=Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants |pages=253–279 |quote=Dacca }}
1975
Islamic Foundation Bangladesh formed.
15 August: Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is assassinated.{{sfn|van Schendel|2009|p=xxii}}
3 November: Awami League leaders killed in Dhaka Central Jail.
1976 – Dhaka Metropolitan Police department established.
1977 – 2 October: Coup attempt.{{Citation |publisher = Scarecrow Press |isbn = 9780810867666 |location = USA |title = Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh |author = Syedur Rahman |date = 2010 |edition=4th }}
1980 – School of the Society for Education in Theatre established.
1981
Bangladesh Group Theatre Federation organized.{{cite web |url=http://theaterbd.org |title=Bangladesh Group Theatre Federation |access-date=13 February 2013}}
Area of city: 510 square kilometers.{{sfn|Siddiqui|2010|p=6}}
Population: 3,440,147.{{sfn|Siddiqui|2010|p=6}}
1982
Mahamudul Hassan becomes mayor.
Jatiyo Sangshad Bhaban (parliament building) constructed.
Mirpur and Gulshan become part of Dhaka municipality.{{cite web |url=http://www.dhakacity.org/Page/About_us/About/Category/2/About_us_info |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080424072928/http://www.dhakacity.org/Page/About_us/About/Category/2/About_us_info |url-status=usurped |archive-date=24 April 2008 |title=About Us |publisher=Dhaka South City Corporation |access-date=13 February 2013}}
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.{{sfn|van Schendel|2009|p=xxiii}}
1986 – Bangladesh Medical College established.
1989
Maziur Rhaman becomes mayor.
Dhaka Pantomime group formed.{{citation needed|date=February 2013}}
1990 – Abul Hasnat becomes mayor.
1991
Mirza Abbas becomes mayor.
Daily Star newspaper begins publication.
Area of city: 1,353 square kilometers.{{sfn|Siddiqui|2010|p=6}}
Population: 6,887,459.{{sfn|Siddiqui|2010|p=6}}{{refn|group=nb|According to the United Nations, population in Dhaka in 1991 was 3,397,187.{{cite book |chapter-url=https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/1990_round.htm |title=1995 Demographic Yearbook |year=1997 |last=((Department for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis, Statistics Division)) |location=New York |publisher=United Nations |chapter=Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants |pages=262–321 }}}}
1993
Independent University, Bangladesh was established.
1994
Mohammad Hanif becomes mayor.
Puppet Development Centre opens.
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.{{cite web |url=http://www.chobimela.org/chobimelaI/index.htm |title=Chobi Mela |access-date=13 February 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130218202100/http://www.chobimela.org/chobimelaI/index.htm |archive-date=18 February 2013 }}
Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts opens.

21st century

2001
BRAC University established.
Area of city: 1,530 square kilometers.{{sfn|Siddiqui|2010|p=6}}
2002
Sadeque Hossain Khoka becomes mayor.{{cite web |url= http://www.dhakacity.org/Page/Mayor/Link/4/List_id/65/Roll_of_Honour |archive-url= https://archive.today/20130414190522/http://www.dhakacity.org/Page/Mayor/Link/4/List_id/65/Roll_of_Honour |url-status= usurped |archive-date= 14 April 2013 |title=Mayor's Corner |publisher=Dhaka South City Corporation |access-date=13 February 2013}}
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.bbs.gov.bd/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/SubjectMatterDataIndex/pk_book_09.pdf|title=Statistical Pocket Book, 2008|publisher=Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130228132753/http://www.bbs.gov.bd/webtestapplication/userfiles/image/SubjectMatterDataIndex/pk_book_09.pdf|archive-date=28 February 2013}}
2011
Hay Festival begins.{{cite web |url=http://globalvoicesonline.org/2012/11/07/hay-festival-dhaka-is-back-again/ |title=Hay Festival Dhaka Is Back Again |date=7 November 2012 |publisher=Global Voices }}
Population: 8,906,035.{{citation |chapter=Table 8 – Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants |chapter-url=https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic-social/products/dyb/dyb_2018/ |title=Demographic Yearbook – 2018 |publisher=United Nations }}
2012
April: Demonstration.{{cite book|title=Encyclopædia Britannica Book of the Year |year=2013|publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jXadAAAAQBAJ|isbn=978-1-62513-103-4}}
Dhaka Gladiators cricket team formed.
City Centre (building) constructed.
City designated a Capital of Islamic Culture.{{cite web |url=http://www.isesco.org.ma/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&layout=item&id=51&Itemid=81&lang=en |title=Capitals of Islamic Culture |publisher= Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |location= Morocco |access-date=13 February 2013}}
2013
Protests in Shahbag.
2013 Savar building collapse.{{citation |work=The Guardian |location=UK |year=2015 |url= https://www.theguardian.com/cities/series/history-cities-50-buildings |title= A history of cities in 50 buildings }}
2014 – Air pollution in Dhaka reaches annual mean of 85 PM2.5 and 150 PM10, much higher than recommended.{{cite web |url=https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/air-pollution-documents/air-quality-and-health/who_aap_2021_v9_11august2022.xlsx?sfvrsn=9035996c_3 |title=Ambient Air Quality Database |website=World Health Organization}}
2016 – 1 July: Gulshan attack.
2019 – 20 February: Chowk Bazaar fire.

Notes

References

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=Published in 19th century=

{{cite book |title=Antiquities of Dacca |author1=Charles D'Oyly |author-link1=Sir Charles D'Oyly, 7th Baronet |author2=John Landseer |author-link2=John Landseer |year=1814 |location=London |oclc=27939924 }}
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{{cite book |title=Road Book of India; or, East Indian Traveller's Guide |year=1825 |location=London |author=John B. Seely |publisher=Richardson |chapter=(Dacca) |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=TeYGAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA12

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{{Citation |publisher = Allen and Co. |location = London |author = J.H. Stocqueler |author-link=Jocquim Hayward Stocqueler |title = Hand-book of British India |date = 1854 |edition=3rd |chapter=Dacca |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=mGlSAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA254

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{{Citation |publisher = Cox |location = London |author = Joachim Hayward Stocqueler |author-link=Jocquim Hayward Stocqueler |title = The Oriental Interpreter and Treasury of East India Knowledge |date = 1900 |chapter=Dacca |chapter-url= https://archive.org/stream/orientalinterpre00stocuoft#page/70/mode/2up

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=Published in 20th century=

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{{cite book |title=Encyclopaedia of Islam |year=1913 |location=Leiden |publisher=Brill |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rezD7rvuf9YC |chapter= Dhaka |author=R. Hartmann

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=Published in 21st century=

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{{cite book |author1=Kamal Siddiqui |author2= Kaniz Siddique Jamshed Ahmed |date=2010 |title=Social Formation in Dhaka, 1985–2005: A Longitudinal Study of Society in a Third World Megacity |location=England |publisher=Ashgate |isbn=978-1-4094-1103-1

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External links

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