The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Lahore, Pakistan.
Prior to 11th century
664/682 CE – City besieged by Muslim forces led by Muhallab ibn Abi Sufra.Wink 2002, p. 121.
11th–15th centuries
1022 CE – Mahmud of Ghazni ousts Hindu rulers; Malik Ayaz in power. 1157 – City becomes Muslim Ghaznavid capital. 1241 – City sacked by Mongols. 1267 – Lahore Fort rebuilt.
16th–17th centuries
1524 – Mughal Babur in power. 1530 – Mir Yunis Ali becomes governor. 1560 – Masjid Niwin (mosque) built. 1566 - Lahore Fort built. 1584 – Mughal Akbar relocates capital to Lahore. 1622 – Court of Mughal Jehangir established. 1627 Khwabgah palace built. Tomb of Jahangir built in Shahdara Bagh near city. 1632 – Shish Mahal (palace) built at Lahore Fort. 1634 – Wazir Khan Mosque built. 1635 – Moti Masjid (mosque) built at Lahore Fort. 1637 Shalimar Gardens laid out near city.
1649 – Dai Anga Mosque built. 1673 – Badshahi Mosque built.
18th century
1739 – City captured by Persian forces under the command of Nader Shah. 1748 – Ahmed Shah Durrani in power. 1753 – Sunehri Mosque built in Dubbi Bazaar area. 1758 – Lahore Fort captured by Maratha forces under Raghunath Rao. 1759 – Marathas defeat the Durrani Empire in the Battle of Lahore."Marathas and the English Company 1707–1818 by Sanderson Beck". san.beck.org. Retrieved 2015-04-10. 1765 - Lehna Singh and Gujar Singh of the Sikh Bhangi Misl (Punjab), occupy Lahore. 1779 - Timur Shah Returns to Punjab to Punish the Sikhs (1776-1780)
1798 – Ranjit Singh in power. 1799 – Ranjit Singh occupies Lahore. and shifts his capital from Gujrawala.
19th century 1813–1818 – Hazuri Bagh Baradari built. 1846 – British Council of Regency of the Punjab established. 1849 3 January: British East India Company in power. Lahore Chronicle newspaper begins publication. 1850s – Grand Trunk Road Peshawar-Lahore extension constructed (approximate date). 1858 November 1 – British Crown in power. 1859 – Masonic Temple built in Anarkali. 1860 Amritsar-Lahore train begins operating. Lahore Junction railway station built. 1861 – Nahr canal built (approximate date). 1864 – Government College and Rang Mahal School founded. 1868 – Population: 125,413. 1872 Lahore Zoo founded. Civil and Military Gazette begins publication. 1875 – Mayo School of Industrial Art established. 1880 – Faletti's Hotel in business. 1881 Tribune newspaper begins publication. Population: 149,369. 1882 – Punjab University and Lahore Bar Association founded. 1883 – Central Model School established. 1884 – Punjab Public Library established. 1885 – Punjab Civil Secretariat Library founded. 1886 Aitchison College founded. Khalsa Akhbar Lahore Punjabi-language newspaper begins publication. 1887 General Post Office, Lahore built. Anglican Cathedral Church of the Resurrection consecrated. 1889 Lahore High Court building constructed. Railway Technical School established. 1890 – New town hall built. 1892 – Punjab Textbook Board Library established. 1894 – Lahore Museum opens. 1898 – April: Punjab Assembly passes first law.
20th century 1901 – Population: 202,964. 1904 - Sacred Heart Cathedral completed. 1908 – Dyal Singh Trust Library established. 1909 – Punjab Chiefs' Association headquartered in city. 1915 – Lahore Conspiracy Case trial held. 1921 Model Town suburb established. Mughalpura Technical College founded. 1924 – Punjab Archival Museum and record office established. 1928 – Armoury Museum established in Lahore Fort. 1935 – Punjab Assembly Chamber built. 1940 March: City hosts Lahore Resolution proceedings of the All-India Muslim League. Nawa-i-Waqt Urdu-language newspaper begins publication. 1941 Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan political party headquartered in city. Population: 671,659.
Independence 1947 Riots. 15 August: City becomes part of West Punjab province of Pakistan. 1948 - Chatan newspaper begins publication. 1951 Institute of Islamic Culture established. Population: 849,476. 1952 – Lahore newspaper begins publication. 1953 – 6 March: Martial Law promulgated in Lahore to control disturbances against Ahmadis. 1955 – City becomes capital of West Pakistan. 1959 – Gaddafi Stadium built. 1964 – 26 November: Pakistan Television Lahore Station inaugurated. 1965 – Indo-Pakistani War. 1968 – Minar-e-Pakistan constructed in Iqbal Park. 1970 Lahore Stock Exchange founded. Pakistan Monitor newspaper begins publication. 1972 – Population: 2,165,372. 1974 – City hosts Islamic Summit Conference. Recognized former East Pakistan as Bangladesh. 1975 – Lahore Development Authority established. 1976 – Samjhota Express Amritsar-Lahore train begins operating. 1977 – Allama Iqbal Museum inaugurated. 1981 Minhaj-ul-Quran International (Islamic organization) founded. Population: 2,952,689. Lahore Zoo Safari established. 1983 – Ajoka (theatre group) formed. 1984 – Lahore University of Management Sciences and Lahore Conservation Society established. 1985 – Punjab Lok Rehas (theatre group) formed. 1986 – The Nation newspaper begins publication. 1989 – The Friday Times begins publication. 1990 Lahore Drama School and Institute of Leadership and Management founded. Daily Pakistan newspaper begins publication. February: 1990 Men's Hockey World Cup held. 1991 – Pearl Mosque built. 1992 – Alhamra Arts Council building constructed. 1993 – Zahoor ul Akhlaq Gallery established at the National College of Arts Lahore. 1996 – Lahore Post begins publication. 1997 – Lahore-Islamabad Motorway completed. 1998 – Population: 5,143,495. 1999 21 February: City hosts signing of the India-Pakistan Lahore Declaration regarding nuclear armaments. University of Lahore established.
21st century 2001 – Lahore City District divided into nine towns: Aziz Bhatti Town, Data Gunj Bakhsh Town, Gulberg Town, Iqbal Town, Lahore Cantonment, Ravi Town, Samanabad Town, Shalimar Town, Wagah Town. 2002 – Daily Times begins publication. 2003 Allama Iqbal International Airport inaugurated. 11 July: Delhi-Lahore bus service resumes after suspension of 18 months. 2006 – Pakistan Fashion Design Council headquartered in city. 2007 March: Lawyers' Movement begins. DHA Cinema opens. Expo Centre Lahore built in Johar Town. 2009 – Software Technology Park and Alamgir Tower Lahore built. 2010 February: PFDC Sunsilk Fashion Week begins. 28 May: Attacks on Ahmadi mosques. 1 July: Bombings at Data Durbar Shrine. 1 September: Bombings. Vogue Towers opens. Air pollution in Lahore reaches annual mean of 68 PM2.5 and 198 PM10, much higher than recommended. 2011 – The Lahore Times begins publication. 2012 – 11 September: Garment factory fire. 2013 February: Metrobus (Lahore) begins operating. February: Lahore Literary Festival inaugurated. March: Anti-Christian riot. 6 July: Bombing in Old Anarkali district. 2014 - Grand Jamia Mosque inaugurated. 2017 - Population: 11,126,285. 2018 - Pakistan's Supreme Court quashed the conviction (under Blasphemy Law) and ordered the release of 47-year-old Aasia Bibi, a Christian woman from a village in Punjab province who had been on death row for eight years. 2019 11 December: Attack on Punjab Institute of Cardiology, Lahore. 2020 11 December: The statue of Maharaja Ranjit Singh (placed in Lahore Fort) was vandalized by an extremist who broke the left arm of statue. The man was immediately caught by a security guard and was later on arrested by Lahore Police. 13 December: Pakistan Democratic Movement (a collation of 11 opposition parties) organized a power show at Minar-e-Pakistan (Greater Iqbal Park, Lahore) against the ruling government of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.
See also History of Lahore List of educational institutions in Lahore History of the Punjab Timelines of other cities in Pakistan: Karachi, Peshawar Urbanisation in Pakistan
References
Bibliography
Published in 19th century
Khalid, Kanwal. "Lahore During The Ghaznavid Period: A Socio- Political and Cultural Study."
Thornton, Thomas Henry. A Brief Account of the History and Antiquities of Lahore. Lahore: Government Civil Secretariat Press, 1873.
Kanhaiya Lal. (1884) Tarikh-e-Lahore. Lahore, Pakistan: Aslam Asmat Printers.
Published in 20th century 1900s–1940s
Lahore and some of its Historical Monuments. Lahore: Superintendent, Government Printing Press, 1927. Gulshan Lal Chopra. A Short History of Lahore and its Monuments. Lahore: 1937.
1950s–1990s
Lahore Development Authority. Lahore Urban Development and Traffic Study. 5 vols. Lahore, 1980. Lahore Development Authority. The Walled City of Lahore. Lahore, 1981. Samuel V. Noe. "Old Lahore and Old Delhi: Variations on a Mughal Theme." Ekistics XLIX (1982), pp. 306–19. Mohammed A. Qadeer. Lahore, Urban Development in the Third World. Lahore: Vanguard Books, 1983. Ahmad Nabi Khan. "Lahore: the Darus Saltanat of the Moghul Empire under Akbar (1556–1605)." Journal of the Research Society of Pakistan XXI, no.3 (1984), pp. 1–22.
F.S. Aijazuddin. Lahore: Illustrated Views of the 19th Century. Lahore: Vanguard Books, Ltd., 1991.
Nazir Ahmad Chaudhry. A Short History of Lahore and Some of Its Monuments. Lahore: Sang-e-Meel Publications, 2000.
Published in 21st century Journal of Asian Civilizations XXIV, no. 2 (2001). Special issue on Lahore in the Ghaznavid period. F.S. Aijazuddin. Lahore Recollected: An Album. Lahore: Sang-e-Meel Publishers, 2003. Y. Lari. Lahore – Illustrated City Guide. Karachi, Pakistan: Heritage Foundation Pakistan 2003.
Ian Talbot. Divided Cities: Partition and Its aftermath in Lahore and Amritsar, 1947–1957. Karachi: Oxford University Press, 2006.
External links
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