# Timeline of Dhaka

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Dhaka, Bangladesh.

## Prior to 19th century

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Early Modern Koch Kingdom 1515 – 1956 CE Suri Dynasty 1540 – 1556 CE Twelve Bhuyans 1550 – 1620 CE Porto Grande de Bengala 1528 – 1666 CE Kingdom of Mrauk U 1530 – 1666 CE Mughal Empire 1576 – 1717 CE     Bengal Subah 1576 – 1717 CE     Rajshahi Raj c. 1700s - 1950 CE     Zamindars 1700s - 1900s CE Pratapaditya Kingdom 1602 – 1611 CE Sitaram Ray Kingdom 1688 – 1714 CE Nawabs of Bengal 1717 – 1757 CE     Maratha Invasions 1742 - 1751 CE     Siege of Calcutta 1756 CE Shamsher Gazi's Kingdom 1748 – 1760 CE Company Raj 1757 – 1858 CE     Bengal famine of 1770 1770 CE     Bengal Renaissance 1772 - 1913 CE     Faraizi Movement 1818 – 1884 CE     The Great Rebellion 1857 – 1858 CE Tariqah-i-Muhammadiya 1830 – 1831 CE     Titumir's rebellion 1830s CE British Raj 1858 – 1947 CE     Partition of Bengal 1905 CE     Bengal and Assam 1905 - 1912 CE     Bengal Famine 1943 CE     Bengali Prime Minister 1937 - 1947 CE     Noakhali riots 1946 CE :
Modern East Bengal 1947 – 1955 CE     Partition of Bengal (1947) 1947 CE     East Bengali refugees 1947 CE     Bengali Language Movement 1948 – 1956 CE East Pakistan 1955 – 1971 CE     1964 East Pakistan riots 1964 CE     Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 1965 CE     Six Point Movement 1966 CE     East Pakistan Uprising 1969 CE     Pakistani general election 1970 CE     Non-cooperation 1971 CE Bangladesh Liberation War 1971 CE     Independence Declaration 1971 CE     Provisional Government 1971 – 1972 CE     Bangladesh Genocide 1971 CE     Surrender of Pakistan 1971 CE :
Contemporary Bangladesh famine 1974 CE Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League 1975 CE Assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman 1975 CE Jail Killing Day 1975 CEMilitary rule 1975 – 1990 CE Military coups in Bangladesh 1975 - 2011 CE Chittagong Hill Tracts conflict 1977 - 1997 CE Mass Uprising 1990 CETransition to democracy 1991 – 2008 CE Caretaker government of Bangladesh 1996 CE Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord 1997 CE Bangladeshi political crisis 2006–2008 CEHasina era 2009–2024 CE Vision 2021 and Digital Bangladesh 2008 CE Bangladesh Rifles revolt 2009 CE Shapla Square protests 2013 CE Bangladesh quota reform movement 2013 CE International Crimes Tribunal 2009 CE 2015 Bangladeshi political crisis 2015 CE 2018 Bangladesh road-safety protests 2018 CE 2018 Bangladesh quota reform movement 2018 CE 2021 Bangladesh Communal Violence 2021 CE Smart Bangladesh Bangladesh protests (2022–2024) 2022- 2024 CE July Revolution 2024 CEAftermath of July Revolution 2024–present CE Yunus ministry :
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* 8th century CE – Dhaka part of Pala Empire.
* 1095 – Senas in power.
* 1457 – Binat Bibi Mosque constructed.
* 1459 – Gate built.
* 1580s – Portuguese merchants open the first European trading post in Dhaka.
* 1610 – City renamed Jahangirnagar; becomes capital of Bengal; Mughal Islam Khan in power.
* 1639 – Capital relocated from Dhaka to Rajmahal.
* 1640 – Mughal Eidgah mosque built.
* 1642 – Hussaini Dalan (mosque) built.
* 1645 – Bara Katra (caravansary) built.
* 1646 – Navaratna temple built (approximate date).
* 1649 – Lalbagh Fort mosque built.
* 1659 – Capital relocated to Dhaka from Rajmahal.
* 1660 – Pagla bridge built on Dacca-Narayangaj road (approximate date).
* 1682 – 25 October: William Hedges, the first Agent and Governor of East India Company in the Bay of Bengal, arrived Dhaka.$^{:156}$
* 1663 – Choto Katra (caravansary) built.
* 1668 – English Factory built.
* 1676 – Chowk Bazaar Shai Mosque built.
* 1677 – Holy Rosary Church built by Portuguese.
* 1678 – Lalbagh palace construction begins.
* 1679 – Shahbaz Khan Mosque and Khan Mohammad Mridha Mosque built.
* 1696
** Mosque of Haji Kahjeh Shahabag built in Ramne (approximate date).
** Jayakali temple and Siva temple built in Thatari Bazar (approximate date).
* 1704 – Murshid Quli Khan residence relocates from Dhaka to Murshidabad.
* 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).
* 1781 – Armenian Church built.
* 1793 – Laxmi Narayan Mandir (temple) built.
* 1800 – Population: 200,000 (estimate).

## 19th century

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

## 20th century
### 1900s–1960s

* 1901 – Population: 90,542; district of Dacca: 2,649,522.
* 1902 – April: Tornado.
* 1904 – Curzon Hall built.
* 1905 – City becomes capital of newly formed East Bengal and Assam province.
* 1906 – December: All India Muhammadan Educational Conference held.
* 1909 – Baldha Garden laid out.
* 1911 – Dhaka Club organized.
* 1918 – Influenza outbreak.
* 1921 – University of Dhaka established.
* 1946 – Dhaka Medical College established.
* 1947 – City becomes capital of East Bengal, a province of newly independent Pakistan.
* 1949 – All Pakistan Women's Association East Pakistan Branch organized.
* 1951
** Habib Productions theatre troupe active.
** Area of city: 85 square kilometers.
** Population: 411,279.
* 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.
* 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.
* 1967 – Officers' Club established.
* 1968
** Protests against Ayub Khan regime.
** Baitul Mukarram (mosque) built.

### 1970s–1990s

* 1970
** November: Bhola cyclone.
** Jiraz Art Gallery in business.
* 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.
* 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.
* 1975
** Islamic Foundation Bangladesh formed.
** 15 August: Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is assassinated.
** 3 November: Awami League leaders killed in Dhaka Central Jail.
* 1976 – Dhaka Metropolitan Police department established.
* 1977 – 2 October: Coup attempt.
* 1980 – School of the Society for Education in Theatre established.
* 1981
** Bangladesh Group Theatre Federation organized.
** Area of city: 510 square kilometers.
** Population: 3,440,147.
* 1982
** Mahamudul Hassan becomes mayor.
** Jatiyo Sangshad Bhaban (parliament building) constructed.
** Mirpur and Gulshan become part of Dhaka municipality.
* 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.
* 1986 – Bangladesh Medical College established.
* 1989
** Maziur Rhaman becomes mayor.
** Dhaka Pantomime group formed.
* 1990 – Abul Hasnat becomes mayor.
* 1991
** Mirza Abbas becomes mayor.
** Daily Star newspaper begins publication.
** Area of city: 1,353 square kilometers.
** Population: 6,887,459.
* 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.
** Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts opens.

## 21st century

* 2001
** BRAC University established.
** Area of city: 1,530 square kilometers.
* 2002
** Sadeque Hossain Khoka becomes mayor.
** 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.
* 2011
** Hay Festival begins.
** Population: 8,906,035.
* 2012
** April: Demonstration.
** Dhaka Gladiators cricket team formed.
** City Centre (building) constructed.
** City designated a Capital of Islamic Culture.
* 2013
** Protests in Shahbag.
** 2013 Savar building collapse.
* 2014 – Air pollution in Dhaka reaches annual mean of 85 PM2.5 and 150 PM10, much higher than recommended.
* 2016 – 1 July: Gulshan attack.
* 2019 – 20 February: Chowk Bazaar fire.