|
YEAR |
EVENT |
|
AD 937 |
Rashtrakoota empire copper plate indicating Pune’s original name as "Punya-Vishaya" or "Poonak Vishaya" |
|
AD 1000 |
(circa) The Pataleshwar cave temples on Jungli Maharaj Road are thought to have been built |
|
1595 |
Maloji Bhosale receives Jahagir of Pune and Supe from the Mughals |
|
1625 |
Shahaji, Shivaji’s father appoints Rango Bapuji Dhadphale as administrator of Pune who develops the Kasba, Somwar, Ravivar and Shaniwar Peth localities |
|
1640 |
The Lal Mahal palace for Shivaji and his mother Jijabai is built |
|
1720 |
Bajirao I becomes the Peshwa |
|
1730 |
Shaniwar Wada is completed |
|
1749 |
Nanasaheb Peshwa, Bajirao’s son, builds Parvati temple and Lakdi Pul, now called Sambhaji Bridge |
|
1761 |
Decline of the Maratha empire begins after the Marathas lose the battle of Panipat |
|
1782 |
Nana Phadnavis builds Pune’s drainage system |
|
1790 |
A water supply system for the city is introduced, designed by Sardar Raste |
|
1811 |
Vishrambag Wada is built |
|
1820 |
The British establish a cantonment in the Eastern part of the city |
|
1830 |
Deccan College started |
|
1856 |
Bombay-Pune railway completed |
|
1867 |
Khadakwasla dam is built |
|
1886 |
Pune-Miraj metre-gauge line is completed |
|
1875 |
Department of Meterology offices shifted to Pune from Simla |
|
1884 |
Fergusson College inaugurated. |
|
1885 |
Deccan Paper Mills starts operations |
|
1888 |
Government photo-zinco press starts functioning |
|
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 |
|
1916 |
Central Water & Power Research Station instituted |
|
1916 |
First town planning scheme by Pune Municipality |
|
1917 |
Development of Laxmi Road and Tilak Road |
|
1919 |
Development of underground sewage system |
|
1920 |
Erandwane merges in Pune Municipality |
|
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 |
|
1941 |
Silver Jubilee Motor Transport bus service started |
|
1947 |
India gains independence |
|
1949 |
National Chemical Laboratory (Pashan) starts functioning |
|
1950 |
The National Defence Academy (Khadakvasla) founded |
|
1950 |
Pune Municipal Transport (PMT) begins operations |
|
1956 |
Hindustan Antibiotics (Pimpri) begins operations |
|
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 |
|
1989 |
Dehu Road-Katraj bypass is completed, reducing traffic congestion in the inner city |
|
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 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 |