| Year
|
Events |
|
AD 1000 |
(circa) The Pataleshwar cave temples on Jangli Maharaj
Road are thought to have been built |
|
1294-1295 |
The Turkish Sultan of Delhi defeated Raja Ramdev
Yadav of Devgiri. |
|
1397-1408 |
Mahadurga famine which lasted for twelve years.
|
|
1613-14 |
Nizam Shahis gave inam grants to the Moreshwar temple
in Kasba |
|
1630-1631 |
Another famine, which struck large areas of the
Deccan. |
|
1640 |
The Lal Mahal palace for Shivaji and his mother
Jijabai is built |
|
1660 |
Shahistekhan captures Pune |
|
1680 |
Demise of Shivaji. |
|
1700 |
Pune was made the capital city of the Peshwas |
|
1720 |
Bajirao I becomes the Peshwa |
|
1728 |
The six peths - Kasba, Murtazabad, Malkapura, Shahpura,
Ashtapura and Mohyabad came into existence. |
|
1730 |
Shaniwar Wada is completed
|
|
1740-1761 |
Reign of Balaji Baji Rao |
|
1749 |
Nanasaheb Peshwa, Bajirao’s son, builds Parvati
temple and Lakdi Pul, now called Sambhaji Bridge
|
|
1755 |
Two large reservoirs built at Katraj. |
|
1761 |
Decline of the Maratha empire begins after the Marathas
lose the battle of Panipat |
|
1761-1772 |
Reign of Madhav Rao I |
|
1768 |
Madhav Rao donates money for the repair of Sheikh
Salla dargah. |
|
1772-1773 |
Reign of Narayan Rao I |
|
1773-1774 |
Reign of Raghunath Rao |
|
1774-1795 |
Reign of Sawai Madhav Rao |
|
1796 |
Reign of Chimaji Madhav Rao |
|
1796-1817 |
Reign of Baji Rao II |
|
1802 |
Baji Rao II flees from his capital and seeks shelter
with the British at Bassein.
|
|
1803-1809 |
Vishrambag Wada is built |
|
1828 |
Shaniwar Wada catches fire |
|
1856 |
Bombay-Pune
railway completed |
|
1867 |
Khadakwasla dam is built |
|
1867 |
Synagogue was built. |
|
1871 |
St.
Patrick’s church was built. |
|
1884 |
Fergusson College inaugurated. |
|
1886 |
Mandai market started |
|
1893 |
Rajabahadur Motilal Pittie starts first textile
mill in Pune |
|
1896 |
Raja Ravi Varma, legendary artist starts his litho
press at Malavli, near Lonavla, 50 km from Pune
|
|
1897 |
The first assassination of a British official in
India’s freedom struggle by the Chaphekar brothers
takes place on Ganeshkhind Road on June 22 |
|
1912 |
AC Patel introduces the first traveling cinema.
|
|
1916 |
Central
Water & Power Research Station instituted |
|
1916 |
First
town planning scheme by Pune Municipality |
|
1917 |
Development
of Laxmi Road and Tilak Road |
|
1920 |
Advent
of the tonga. |
|
1921 |
Construction
on the Lloyd (Shivaji Bridge) started |
|
1928 |
Pune
Observatory established |
|
1928 |
The
Mumbai-Pune Deccan Queen makes her first run |
|
1930 |
Vishrambaugwada
premises used for Pune Municipality |
|
1930-1940 |
Modi Colony, apartment blocks built for the Parsis.
|
|
1930-1940 |
Prabhat
Film Company takes up the Kirloskar theatre, which
showed silent movies.
|
|
1941 |
Silver
Jubilee Motor Transport bus service started |
|
1949 |
National
Chemical Laboratory (Pashan) starts functioning
|
|
1950 |
The
National Defence Academy (Khadakvasla) founded |
|
1950 |
Pune
Municipal Corporation was formed. |
|
1950 |
Pune
Municipal Transport (PMT) begins operations |
|
1952 |
Pune
got its first Municipal Commissioner - S.G. Barve.
|
|
1957-60 |
Industrial
areas of Hadapsar, Pimpri, Chinchwad, Bhosari, etc.
established |
|
1961 |
Panshet
Dam bursts and its waters flood the city, destroying
most of the older sections, giving a chance for
modern town planning concepts to be put into use. |
|
1970-80 |
Pune
emerges as the engineering capital of the country
especially in
the automotive sector with Telco, Bajaj, Kinetic,
Bharat Forge, Alfa Laval, Thermax, etc., expanding
their infrastructure |
|
1970-80 |
Pune
rapidly establishes itself as the Oxford of the
East with
educational institutions especially in the field
of higher education being set up throughout the
city.
|
|
1988 |
Pune
Festival which coincides with Ganesh Chaturthi launched
|
|
1990 |
Sports City comes into existence |
|
1990 |
Pune begins to attract foreign capital particularly
in the information
technology and engineering industries; new businesses
like floriculture and food processing begin to take
root in and around the city |
|
1998 |
Work
on the six-lane Pune-Mumbai Super expressway begins
|
|
1998 |
Pune’s first flyover is inaugurated at Dashabhuja
Ganapati Chowk,
Kothrud |
|
1999 |
Municipal Commissioner Arun Bhatia removed from
his post because of his tough stand on unauthorised
constructions |
|
1999 |
The five hundred acre Software development park
developed by STPI is inaugurated near Hinjawdi on
the Pune-Mumbai bypass. IT giants like Wipro and
Infosys set up shop |
