Timeline of Lahore
Prior to 11th century
    
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- 664/682 CE – City besieged by Muslim forces lead by Muhallab ibn Abi Sufra.[1][2]
 
11th–15th centuries
    
- 1022 CE – Mahmud of Ghazni ousts Hindu rulers; Malik Ayaz in power.[1]
 - 1157 – City becomes Muslim Ghaznavid capital.[3]
 - 1241 – City sacked by Mongols.[4]
 - 1267 – Lahore Fort rebuilt.
 
16th–17th centuries
    
- 1524 – Mughal Babur in power.[1]
 - 1530 – Mir Yunis Ali becomes governor.[5]
 - 1560 – Masjid Niwin (mosque) built.[6]
 - 1566 - Lahore Fort built.[6]
 - 1584 – Mughal Akbar relocates capital to Lahore.[1]
 - 1622 – Court of Mughal Jehangir established.[3]
 - 1627
- Khwabgah palace built.[6]
 - Tomb of Jahangir built in Shahdara Bagh near city.
 
 - 1632 – Shish Mahal (palace) built at Lahore Fort.[7]
 - 1634 – Wazir Khan Mosque built.[6]
 - 1635 – Moti Masjid (mosque) built at Lahore Fort.
 - 1637
- Shalimar Gardens laid out near city.[6]
 
Badshahi Mosque built in 1673
 - 1649 – Dai Anga Mosque built.
 - 1673 – Badshahi Mosque built.[6]
 
18th century
    
- 1739 – City captured by Persian forces under the command of Nader Shah.
 - 1748 – Ahmed Shah Durrani in power.[8]
 - 1753 – Sunehri Mosque built in Dubbi Bazaar area.[9]
 - 1758 – Lahore Fort captured by Maratha forces under Raghunath Rao.
 - 1759 – Marathas defeat the Durrani Empire in the Battle of Lahore.[10]
 - 1767 – City under of Sikh rule.[11]
 - 1779 - Timur Shah Returns to Punjab to Punish the Sikhs (1776-1780)
 
- 1798 – Ranjit Singh in power.[8]
 - 1799 – Sikh capital relocated from Lahore to Amritsar.[12]
 
19th century
    
- 1813–1818 – Hazuri Bagh Baradari built.
 - 1846 – British Council of Regency of the Punjab established.[12]
 - 1849
- 3 January: British East India Company in power.[13]
 - Lahore Chronicle newspaper begins publication.[14]
 
 - 1850s – Grand Trunk Road Peshawar-Lahore extension constructed (approximate date).[15]
 - 1858 November 1 – British Crown in power.[1]
 - 1859 – Masonic Temple built in Anarkali.
 - 1860
- Amritsar-Lahore train begins operating.[16]
 - Lahore Junction railway station built.
 
 - 1861 – Lahore Canal built (approximate date).
 - 1864 – Government College and Rang Mahal School founded.
 - 1868 – Population: 125,413.[12]
 - 1872
- Lahore Zoo founded.[6]
 - Civil and Military Gazette begins publication.
 
 - 1875 – Mayo School of Industrial Art established.
 - 1880 – Faletti's Hotel in business.
 - 1881
 - 1882 – Punjab University[18] and Lahore Bar Association founded.
 - 1883 – Central Model School established.[16]
 - 1884 – Punjab Public Library established.[19]
 - 1885 – Punjab Civil Secretariat Library founded.[19]
 - 1886
- Aitchison College founded.[13]
 - Khalsa Akhbar Lahore Punjabi-language newspaper begins publication.
 
 - 1887
- General Post Office, Lahore built.
 - Anglican Cathedral Church of the Resurrection consecrated.[6]
 
 - 1889
- Lahore High Court building constructed.
 - Railway Technical School established.[16]
 
 - 1890 – New town hall built.
 - 1892 – Punjab Textbook Board Library established.[19]
 - 1894 – Lahore Museum opens.[20][21]
 - 1898 – April: Punjab Assembly passes first law.[22]
 
20th century
    
- 1901 – Population: 202,964.[6]
 - 1904 - Sacred Heart Cathedral completed.
 - 1908 – Dyal Singh Trust Library established.
 - 1909 – Punjab Chiefs' Association headquartered in city.[23]
 - 1915 – Lahore Conspiracy Case trial held.
 - 1921
- Model Town suburb established.
 - Mughalpura Technical College founded.
 
 - 1924 – Punjab Archival Museum and record office established.[24]
 - 1928 – Armoury Museum established in Lahore Fort.[25]
 - 1935 – Punjab Assembly Chamber built.[26]
 - 1940
- March: City hosts Lahore Resolution proceedings of the All-India Muslim League.
 - Nawa-i-Waqt Urdu-language newspaper begins publication.[27]
 
 - 1941
- Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan political party headquartered in city.[27]
 - Population: 671,659.[11]
 
 
Independence
    
- 1947
- Riots.[28]
 - 15 August: City becomes part of West Punjab province of Pakistan.
 
 - 1948 - Chatan newspaper begins publication.[27]
 - 1951
 - 1952 – Lahore newspaper begins publication.[27]
 - 1953 – 6 March: Martial Law promulgated in Lahore to control disturbances against Ahmadis.
 - 1955 – City becomes capital of West Pakistan.[11]
 - 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.[14]
 
 - 1972 – Population: 2,165,372.[30]
 - 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.[25][31]
 - 1981
- Minhaj-ul-Quran International (Islamic organization) founded.[32]
 - Population: 2,952,689.[33]
 - Lahore Zoo Safari established.
 
 - 1983 – Ajoka (theatre group) formed.[34]
 - 1984 – Lahore University of Management Sciences and Lahore Conservation Society[35] established.
 - 1985 – Punjab Lok Rehas (theatre group) formed.[34]
 - 1986 – The Nation newspaper begins publication.[27]
 - 1989 – The Friday Times begins publication.
 - 1990
- Lahore Drama School[34] and Institute of Leadership and Management founded.
 - Daily Pakistan newspaper begins publication.[27]
 - February: 1990 Men's Hockey World Cup held.
 
 - 1991 – Pearl Mosque built.[9]
 - 1992 – Alhamra Arts Council building constructed.
 - 1993 – Zahoor ul Akhlaq Gallery established at the National College of Arts Lahore.[36]
 - 1996 – Lahore Post begins publication.
 - 1997 – Lahore-Islamabad Motorway completed.
 - 1998 – Population: 5,143,495.[37]
 - 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.[38]
 - 2007
- March: Lawyers' Movement begins.[39]
 - DHA Cinema opens.[40]
 - Expo Centre Lahore built in Johar Town.
 
 - 2009 – Software Technology Park and Alamgir Tower Lahore built.
 - 2010
- February: PFDC Sunsilk Fashion Week begins.[38]
 - 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.[41]
 
 - 2011 – The Lahore Times begins publication.
 - 2012 – 11 September: Garment factory fire.
 - 2013
- February: Metrobus (Lahore) begins operating.[42]
 - February: Lahore Literary Festival inaugurated.[43]
 - March: Anti-Christian riot.[44]
 - 6 July: Bombing in Old Anarkali district.
 
 - 2014 - Grand Jamia Mosque inaugurated.
 - 2017 - Population: 11,126,285.[45]
 - 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.[46]
 - 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.[47]
 - 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.[48]
 
 
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
 
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- Schellinger and Salkin, ed. (1996). "Lahore". International Dictionary of Historic Places: Asia and Oceania. UK: Routledge. p. 522+. ISBN 9781884964046.
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 - Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 16 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 81–82.
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 - Webster's Geographical Dictionary, Springfield, Mass., USA: G. & C. Merriam Co., 1960, OCLC 3832886, OL 5812502M
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Bibliography
    
Published in 19th century
- David Brewster, ed. (1830). "Lahore". Edinburgh Encyclopaedia. Edinburgh: William Blackwood.
 - C. Masson (September–November 1840), "Memorandum on Lahore, the Sikhs, their Kingdom and its Dependencies", Proceedings of the Bombay Geographical Society
 - Charles Masson (1842), "Lahore", Narrative of Various Journeys in Balochistan, Afghanistan, and the Panjab, London: Richard Bentley
 - J.H. Stocqueler (1854), "Lahore", Hand-book of British India (3rd ed.), London: Allen and Co.
 - "Lahore". Street's Indian and Colonial Mercantile Directory for 1870. London: Street. 1870.
 - Thornton, Thomas Henry. A Brief Account of the History and Antiquities of Lahore. Lahore: Government Civil Secretariat Press, 1873.
 - Thomas Henry Thornton; John Lockwood Kipling (1876). Lahore. Lahore: Printed at the Government Civil Secretariat Press.
 - Kanhaiya Lal. (1884) Tarikh-e-Lahore. Lahore, Pakistan: Aslam Asmat Printers.
 - Edward Thornton (1886), "Lahore", in Roper Lethbridge and Arthur N. Wollaston (ed.), Gazetteer of the Territories under the Government of the Viceroy of India, London: W. H. Allen & Co., OCLC 710600
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 - Joachim Hayward Stocqueler (1900), "Lahore", The Oriental Interpreter and Treasury of East India Knowledge, London: Cox
 
Published in 20th century
- 1900s–1940s
 
- "Lahore", A Handbook for Travellers in India, Burma, and Ceylon (8th ed.), London: J. Murray, 1911
 - . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 16 (11th ed.). 1911. pp. 81–82.
 - H.A. Newell (c. 1921). Lahore (Capital of the Punjab): A guide to places of interest, with history and map (2nd ed.). Bombay.
 - 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.
 - "Lahawr". Encyclopaedia of Islam. Vol. 5. Leiden: E.J. Brill. c. 1938. OCLC 39715711.
 
- 1950s–1990s
 
- Muhammad Baqir (1952). Lahore, past and present; being an account of Lahore compiled from original sources. Lahore: Panjab University Press. OCLC 8816775.
 - 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.
 - Muhammad Saeed (1989). Lahore, A Memoir. Lahore: Vanguard. ISBN 9694020085.
 - F.S. Aijazuddin. Lahore: Illustrated Views of the 19th Century. Lahore: Vanguard Books, Ltd., 1991.
 - Ajaz Anwar (1996). Old Lahore (3rd ed.). Lahore.
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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.
 - Mohammad Rafiq Khan (2006), "Banning Two-stroke Auto-rickshaws in Lahore: Policy Implications", Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, 45 (4): 1169–1185, doi:10.30541/v45i4IIpp.1169-1185, JSTOR 41260675
 - P. Jackson; P.A. Andrews (2007). "Lahore (Lahawr)". In C.E. Bosworth (ed.). Historic Cities of the Islamic World. Leiden: Koninklijke Brill. p. 299+. ISBN 9789004153882.
 - Ian Talbot. Divided Cities: Partition and Its aftermath in Lahore and Amritsar, 1947–1957. Karachi: Oxford University Press, 2006.
 - William J. Glover (2007), Making Lahore Modern: Constructing and Imagining a Colonial City, USA: Univ of Minnesota Press, ISBN 9780816650217
 - Abdul Rehman (2009), "Changing Concepts of Garden Design in Lahore from Mughal to Contemporary Times", Garden History, 37 (2): 205–217, JSTOR 27821596
 
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 - "Lahore 100 Years ago". Islamabad: National Fund for Cultural Heritage. (photographs)
 - Europeana. Items related to Lahore
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 - Sarfraz Ahmad (9 March 2012). "Lahore History". Audacity of a Pakistani (blog).
 
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