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This gives a timeline of major and important events that took place in the [[Guntur]] region of India.

In India history has been kept for thousands of years mainly through the culture, traditions, the science of [[Vedas]] and [[Puranas]]. The traditional time scale is clearly defined in [[Yugas]] cycles. The two epic events listed below are based on the traditional time scale. The [[Guntur district]] is home to the oldest evidence of humans in India, in the form of old Stone Age implements.

== Epic events ==
* Last [[Treta Yuga]], (Traditional time scale)
** The [[Ramayana]] took place in this yuga. [[Lord Rama]], [[Sita]] and [[Lakshmana]] visited this part of [[India]], now called [[Sitanagaram]] in the current [[Guntur district]].
* Last [[Dvapara Yuga]], (Traditional time scale)
** The [[Mahabharata]] took place in this yuga. During their agyatavasa, [[Pandavas]] visited the area near Guttikonda<ref>[http://www.all-indiatravel.com/guntur/guthikonda-guntur.html Guthikonda Of Guntur]</ref> and [[Undavalli caves]] of Guntur Region.

== Until 1600AD ==
[[Image:Sivalayam2.jpg|thumb|160px|right|An old temple at Garthapuri]]
* 500 BCE – The Kingdom of Prati Palapura (currently [[Bhattiprolu]]), appears to be the earliest known kingdom in Guntur District.
* 230BCE – Inscriptional evidence shows that king Kubera was ruling over Bhattiprolu, followed by the Sala Kings
* 200 BCE – The philosopher [[Nagarjuna|Acharya Nagarjuna]] lived in this area.
* c. 200BCE – [[Mica]] (''Abhrakam'' in Telugu/Sanskrit) was first discovered in the Guntur region, believed to be by the Great Philosopher [[Nagarjuna|Acharya Nagarjuna]].
* Till & 900AD – Guntur region was successively ruled by dynasties such as the [[Satavahana]]s, Andhra-[[Ikshvaku]]s, [[Pallava]]s, [[Ananda Gotrikas]], [[Vishnukundina]], [[Kota Vamsa]], [[Chalukya]]s.
* 900 AD – Ammaraja I (922–929), the Vengi Chalukyan King had ruled the region. It was referred to as ''Garthapuri''.
* 1180 AD – "Andhra Kurukshetra" took place, famous battle of [[Palnadu|Pallava Nadu]] which is enshrined in legend and literature.
* 1300 AD – Guntur was mentioned as the native place of his forefathers by the famous poet Sri Thikkana Somayaji who co-authored the Telugu [[Mahabharatham]].
* 1509 AD – The famous [[Tenali Ramalinga]] joined the club of Astadiggajas (Elite Team for Administration, Literature, Poetry) in the [[Vijayanagara]] empire.

==17th century to present ==
[[File:Rocket warfare.jpg|thumb|160px|right|Battle of Guntur]]
* 1687 – Guntur became part of the Mughal empire when the emperor [[Aurangzeb]] conquered the Qutb Shahi sultanate of Golconda.
* 1750 – French occupied and took control of the region.
* 1780 – The [[Battle of Guntur]], involving areas ranging from [[Mysore]] to [[Guntur]], took place, where rockets were first used by Indian troops against the British Army.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20010215013056/http://history.msfc.nasa.gov/rocketry/11.html Indian Troops Rout British]</ref>
* 1788 – Guntur was brought under control of the [[British East India Company]], and became a district of [[Madras Presidency]].
* 1868 – [[Helium]] was discovered in [[Guntur City]] by French astronomer [[Pierre Janssen]] during the [[solar eclipse of 18 August 1868|18 August solar eclipse]].
* 1885 – A higher education institution was established at Guntur, called [[Andhra-Christian College]] (AC College).
* 1899 – On 6 April, [[Mahatma Gandhi]] held a public meeting at [[Guntur City]] on the India's independence movement, with local freedom fighters such as [[Bhogaraju Pattabhi Sitaramayya|Pattabhi Sitaramayya]] and [[Konda Venkatappayya]]. They marched up to [[Bapatla]].
* 1912 – A family from Guntur who are the only Indian Family, travelled in the [[RMS Titanic|Titanic]] on the way to United States and survived from the sinking accident.<ref>[http://encyclopedia-titanica.org/biography/341/ Mrs Nellie E. Becker – Titanic Biographies – Encyclopedia Titanica]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20040508233013/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2004/04/15/stories/2004041502012400.htm The Hindu : National : The Titanic survivors from Guntur]</ref>
* 1922 – Civil disobedience movement (part of regaining India's independence) took place in Guntur City organised by [[Tanguturi Prakasam Pantulu]] with 30,000 volunteers.
* 1930 – Hindu High school was established in Guntur, later it became Guntur Hindu College.
* 1936 – India's first Central Tobacco Research Institute started in Guntur.
* 1946 – The city's first Medical College campus ([[Guntur Medical College]]) was established.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gunturmedicalcollege.in/ |title=Archived copy |accessdate=25 July 2006 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060111183429/http://www.gunturmedicalcollege.in/ |archivedate=11 January 2006 }}</ref>
* 1947 – India regained independence from [[British Empire|Britain]].
* 1947 – under Pandit Jwharlal Nehru government elected Janab Galib Saheb as Guntur's first MP[Member of Parliament] directly from guntur
* 1952 – Guntur residents elected their [[Member of Parliament|MP]], [[Sistla Narasimharao]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/09/28/stories/2006092815850400.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001045248/http://www.hindu.com/2006/09/28/stories/2006092815850400.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=1 October 2007 | location=Chennai, India | work=[[The Hindu]] | title=First Guntur MP dead | date=28 September 2006}}</ref>
* 1953 – Guntur region played a major role in the formation of new [[Andhra Pradesh]]; [[Tanguturi Prakasam Pantulu|T.Prakasam]] became the Head of the State.
* 1954 – The State High Court was established in Guntur on 5 July 1954.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20040710150651/http://www.hindu.com/2004/07/06/stories/2004070601210900.htm High Court Established]</ref>
* 1964 – Loyola Public School, one of the largest schools in Andhra Pradesh, was established in Nallapadu.
* 1967 – [[Andhra University]] Guntur Campus was established in [[Nallapadu]].
* 1976 – [[Acharya Nagarjuna University]] was created, with the main campus on the east side of the city.
* 1985 – The city's first Engineering/Technology college campus ([[RVR & JC College of Engineering]]) opened.
* 1992 – [[Conjoined twins]] were successfully separated at Guntur General Hospital.
* 1995 – Guntur municipality became Municipal corporation of Guntur in August.
* 2003 – [[Guntur railway division|Guntur division]] became the region's Railway Divisional headquarters under [[Indian Railways]].
* 2004 – To ease the traffic at Guntur station, [[New Guntur]] transit point started renaming old Reddipalem station as an alternate route and a by-pass to northern India.
* 2006 – On 4 October, a rare natural phenomenon occurred in Guntur when the sky over the city's skyline illuminated a pink-orange hue.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/10/05/stories/2006100518290300.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090214190649/http://hindu.com/2006/10/05/stories/2006100518290300.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=14 February 2009 | location=Chennai, India | work=[[The Hindu]] | title=Rare natural phenomenon | date=5 October 2006}}</ref>
* 2009 – On 9 February, [[Vignan University]] has been established to become the first private university in the region.
* 2009 – On 3 September, [[Konjeti Rosaiah|K. Rosaiah]] of Guntur region became the [[Chief Minister|CM]] of AP after the death of [[Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy|Rajasekhar Reddy]].<ref name="Jinnah Tower">{{cite web|url=http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/politics/k-rosaiah-to-step-in-as-chief-minister-of-andhra-pradesh_100242384.html|title=Change of Chief Minister|work=Online edition of the Thaindian|accessdate=3 September 2009}}</ref>
* 2012 – On 12 July, ten nearby villages have been merged into the municipal corporation as part of city's expansion into 'greater' status, making the city 3rd largest in the state by area.<ref name="City expansion">{{cite news|url=http://www.gunturcorporation.org/townplanning/gos/GO_279_12072012.pdf|title=Greater status|work=City limits expanded|location=India|date=12 July 2012}}</ref>
* 2014 – Guntur city became part of [[Andhra Pradesh Capital Region]]

== References ==
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