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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- 8th century CE – Dhaka part of Pala Empire.
- 1095 – Senas in power.
- 1457 – Binat Bibi Mosque constructed.[1]
- 1459 – Gate built.[2]
- 1608 – City becomes capital of Bengal; Mughal Islam Khan in power.[2]
- 1639 – Capital relocated from Dhaka to Rajmahal.[2]
- 1640 – Mughal Eidgah mosque built.[3][4]
- 1642 – Hussaini Dalan (mosque) built.[5]
- 1645 – Bara Katra (caravansary) built.[3][4]
- 1646 – Navaratna temple built (approximate date).[4]
- 1649 – Lalbagh Fort mosque built.[2]
- 1659 – Capital relocated to Dhaka from Rajmahal.[2]
- 1660 – Pagla bridge built on Dacca-Narayangaj road (approximate date).[4][6]
- 1663 – Choto Katra (caravansary) built.
- 1668 – English Factory built.[3]
- 1676 – Chowk Bazaar Shai Mosque built.
- 1677 – Holy Rosary Church built by Portuguese.
- 1678 – Lalbagh palace construction begins.[3]
- 1679 – Shahbaz Khan Mosque and Khan Mohammad Mridha Mosque built.[2]
- 1696
- 1704 – Murshid Quli Khan residence relocates from Dhaka to Murshidabad.[7]
- 1717 – Khan Muhammad Ali Khan becomes deputy governor.[8]
- 1723 – Itisam Khan becomes deputy governor.[8]
- 1728 – Mirza Lutfullah becomes deputy governor.[8]
- 1756 – Jasarat Khan becomes deputy governor.[8]
- 1765
- British East India Company in power.
- Population: 450,000 (estimate).[9]
- 1781 – Armenian Church built.[4]
- 1793 – Laxmi Narayan Mandir (temple) built.
19th century
- 1800 – Population: 200,000 (estimate).[7]
- 1815
- 1819 – St. Thomas Church built.[10]
- 1825 – Population: 150,000 (approximate).[11]
- 1830
- Iron suspension bridge constructed across Dullye Creek.[3]
- Gurdwara Nanak Shahi built.[citation needed]
- Population: 66,989.[12]
- 1834 – Ghaziuddin Haider becomes deputy governor.[8]
- 1835 – Dhaka Collegiate School established.[13]
- 1848 – Pogose School established.
- 1850 – Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Eastern Bengal established.
- 1857 – Uprising of sepoys.[10]
- 1858
- City becomes part of British Raj.
- Mitford Hospital established.[7]
- 1864 – 1 August: Dacca Municipality established.[10]
- 1866 – Langar Khana (almshouse) founded.[7]
- 1872 – Population: 69,212.[12]
- 1874 – Madrasa established.[10]
- 1875 – Medical school established.[10]
- 1876 – Dhaka Survey School established.
- 1878
- Water-works in operation.[7]
- Eden Girls' College established.[10]
- 1880 – Northbrook Hall built.
- 1881 – Population: 79,076.[7]
- 1882 – St Gregory's School founded.
- 1883 – Jagannth College founded.[10] (Now Jagannath University)
- 1885 – Narayanganj-Dhaka railway constructed.
- 1886 – Mymensingh-Dhaka railway opens.[13]
- 1888
- 1897 – 12 June: Earthquake.[15]
20th century
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- 1902 – April: Tornado.[10]
- 1904 – Curzon Hall built.
- 1905 – 16 October: City becomes capital of newly formed East Bengal and Assam province.
- 1906 – December: All India Muhammadan Educational Conference held.[16]
- 1909 – Baldha Garden laid out.
- 1911 – Dhaka Club organized.
- 1918 – Influenza outbreak.[9]
- 1921 – University of Dhaka established.[5]
- 1946 – Dhaka Medical College established.
- 1947 – City becomes capital of East Bengal.
- 1949 – All Pakistan Women's Association East Pakistan Branch organized.[8]
- 1951
- 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.[17]
- RAJUK Bhaban built.
- 1959 – Alliance Française de Dhaka founded.
- 1960 – Islamia Eye Hospital and Cholera Research Hospital founded.[5]
- 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.
- 1970
- November: Bhola cyclone.
- Jiraz Art Gallery in business.[18]
- 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.[19]
- 1972
- Ekushey Book Fair begins.
- Dhaka Shishu Hospital established.
- Abahani Limited sports club formed.
- Shaheed Minar (monument) rebuilt.
- 1973 – Dhaka Theatre established.[17]
- 1974
- 1975
- Islamic Foundation Bangladesh formed.
- 3 November: Awami League leaders killed in Dhaka Central Jail.[5]
- 1976 – Dhaka Metropolitan Police department established.
- 1977 – 2 October: Coup attempt.[5]
- 1980 – School of the Society for Education in Theatre established.[17]
- 1981
- 1982
- Mahamudul Hassan becomes mayor.[20]
- Jatiyo Sangshad Bhaban (parliament building) constructed.
- Mirpur and Gulshan become part of Dhaka municipality.[22]
- 1983 – Bangladesh Shilpa Bank Bhaban built.
- 1985
- December: South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation summit held.
- Bangladesh Bank Building and Janata Bank Bhaban constructed.
- 1986 – Bangladesh Medical College established.
- 1989
- Maziur Rhaman becomes mayor.[20]
- Dhaka Pantomime group formed.[citation needed]
- 1990 – Abul Hasnat becomes mayor.[20]
- 1991
- Mirza Abbas becomes mayor.[20]
- Daily Star newspaper begins publication.
- Area of city: 1,353 square kilometers.[9]
- Population: 6,887,459.[9]
- 1994
- 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.
21st century
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- 2000
- Chobi Mela International Photography Festival begins.[23]
- Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts opens.[18]
- 2001
- BRAC University established.
- Area of city: 1,530 square kilometers.[9]
- 2002
- Sadeque Hossain Khoka becomes mayor.[20]
- 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.[24]
- 2011 – Hay Festival begins.[25]
- 2012
- April: Demonstration.[26]
- Dhaka Gladiators cricket team formed.
- City Centre (building) constructed.
- City designated a Capital of Islamic Culture.[27]
- 2013
- 2014 - Air pollution in Dhaka reaches annual mean of 90 PM2.5 and 158 PM10, much higher than recommended.[29]
- 2016 - 1 July: Gulshan attack.
See also
- History of Dhaka
- Dhaka District
- Timeline of Bangladeshi history
- List of cities by population density
References
- ^ ArchNet. "Dhaka". Archived from the original on October 2012.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|archivedate=(help); Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ a b c d e f "Dhaka". Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art & Architecture. Oxford University Press. 2009.
- ^ a b c d e James Taylor (1840), "The City", A Sketch of the Topography & Statistics of Dacca, Calcutta: G.H. Huttmann, Military Orphan Press
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ a b c d e f g Government of Bengal, Public Works Department (1896). List of Ancient Monuments in the Dacca Division. Calcutta: Bengal Secretariat Press.
- ^ a b c d e Syedur Rahman (2010), Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh (4th ed.), USA: Scarecrow Press, ISBN 9780810867666
- ^ S M Mahfuzur Rahman (2012), "Pagla Bridge", in Sirajul Islam and Ahmed A. Jamal (ed.), Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.), Asiatic Society of Bangladesh
- ^ a b c d e f William Wilson Hunter (1885), "Dacca", Imperial Gazetteer of India (2nd ed.), London: Trübner
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ a b c d e f Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A., eds. (2012). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Siddiqui, Kamal; Ahmed, Kaniz Siddique Jamshed (2010). Social Formation in Dhaka, 1985–2005: A Longitudinal Study of Society in a Third World Megacity. England: Ashgate. ISBN 978-1-4094-1103-1.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Dacca", Imperial Gazetteer of India, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1908, p. 116+
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ John B. Seely (1825). "(Dacca)". Road Book of India; or, East Indian Traveller's Guide. London: Richardson.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ a b William Wilson Hunter (1875), "Dacca City", Statistical Account of Bengal, London: Trübner
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ a b "Dacca", Chambers's Encyclopaedia, London: W. & R. Chambers, 1901
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ "Dhaka Town". Dhakatown.net. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
- ^ "Dacca", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ C. Edmund Bosworth, ed. (2007). "Dacca". Historic Cities of the Islamic World. Leiden: Koninklijke Brill.
- ^ a b c d e Kabir Chowdhury (2001), "Bangladesh", in Don Rubin; et al. (eds.), World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre: Asia/Pacific, Routledge, ISBN 9780415260879
- ^ a b c "The thriving art scene in Dhaka". Daily Star. Dhaka. 16 January 2009. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
- ^ "Dhaka (Bangladesh) Newspapers". WorldCat. USA: Online Computer Library Center. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Mayor's Corner". Dhaka South City Corporation. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
- ^ "Bangladesh Group Theatre Federation". Retrieved 13 February 2013.
- ^ "About Us". Dhaka South City Corporation. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
- ^ "Chobi Mela". Retrieved 13 February 2013.
- ^ "Statistical Pocket Book, 2008" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.
- ^ "Hay Festival Dhaka Is Back Again". Global Voices. 7 November 2012. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
- ^ Encyclopaedia Britannica Book of the Year. 2013. ISBN 978-1-62513-103-4.
- ^ "Capitals of Islamic Culture". Morocco: Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
- ^ "A history of cities in 50 buildings", The Guardian, UK, 2015
- ^ World Health Organization (2016), Global Urban Ambient Air Pollution Database, Geneva
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Further reading
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- Published in the 19th century
- Charles D'Oyly; John Landseer (1814). Antiquities of Dacca. London. OCLC 27939924.
- Jedidiah Morse; Richard C. Morse (1823), "Dacca", A New Universal Gazetteer (4th ed.), New Haven: S. Converse
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - J.H. Stocqueler (1854), "Dacca", Hand-book of British India (3rd ed.), London: Allen and Co.
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - "Dacca". Street's Indian and Colonial Mercantile Directory for 1870. London: Street. 1870.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - "Dhakah", Handbook of the Bengal Presidency, London: J. Murray, 1882, OCLC 2093946
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - Edward Balfour (1885), "Dacca", Cyclopaedia of India (3rd ed.), London: B. Quaritch
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- Published in the 20th century
- Joachim Hayward Stocqueler (1900), "Dacca", The Oriental Interpreter and Treasury of East India Knowledge, London: Cox
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - F. B. Bradley-Birt (1906), The Romance of an Eastern Capital, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., OCLC 14390376
- Basil Copleston Allen (1912), "Dacca (city)", Dacca, Eastern Bengal District Gazetteers, Allababad: Pioneer Press
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - R. Hartmann (1913). "Dhaka". Encyclopaedia of Islam. Leiden.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Ahmed (1986). Dacca: a Study in Urban History and Development. London.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Schellinger and Salkin, ed. (1996). "Dhaka". International Dictionary of Historic Places: Asia and Oceania. UK: Routledge. ISBN 9781884964046.
- Published in the 21st century
- Ahsanul Kabir & Bruno Parolin (2012), Planning & Development Of Dhaka – A Story Of 400 Years – via International Planning History Society
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dhaka.
- "Dhaka". Islamic Cultural Heritage Database. Istanbul: Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, Research Centre for Islamic History, Art and Culture.
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