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This article is a [[:Category:Timelines of cities in India|timeline]] of the city [[Surat]] in [[Gujarat]]<ref>This article is a converted form of the already existing Wikipedia article [[History of Surat]].</ref> For a more comprehensive overview of Surat's history, please see [[History of Surat]].

== Pre-1600s ==
* 12-15th centuries — Part of [[Dhiru Sultanate]], plundered multiple times.<ref name="EB">{{cite web|title=Surat|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Surat|website=Encyclopædia Britannica|publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica, inc.|access-date=9 January 2018|date=6 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180110000241/https://www.britannica.com/place/Surat|archive-date=10 January 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
* 1372 — [[Surat Fort]] initially constructed during [[Tughlaq]] rule.<ref name="SMC">{{cite web|title=Surat Municipal Corporation, Surat Fort|url=https://www.suratmunicipal.gov.in/TheCity/SuratFort}}</ref>
* 15th century — [[Gujarat Sultanate]] established.
* Late 15th century — Malik Gopi, a merchant and later Governor of Surat in the Sultanate, arrives and settles in the city.
* 1510s — Continuous developments of the city take place under Malik Gopi. [[Gopi Talav]], an artificial lake, is built. The city is first given the name Suryapur and soon after Surat.<ref name="EB"/>
* 1512 — City is first burned by the [[Portuguese Empire|Portuguese]] (second time in 1530).
* 1514 — Surat is acknowledged by Portuguese traveller [[Duarte Barbosa]] as an important port, frequented by many ships from [[Malabar Coast|Malabar]] and other various places.
* 1530 — The city is ravaged for a second time in flames by the [[Portuguese Empire|Portuguese]].
* 1546 — Construction of the [[Surat Castle|Surat Fort]] is completed.
* 1573 — Surat is conquered by the [[Mughal emperor]] Akbar,<ref name="EB"/> the most prosperous port in the state, used for travel to the Hajj pilgrimage<ref name="Eraly07">{{cite book|author1=Abraham Eraly|author-link1=Abraham Eraly|title=The Mughal World: Life in India's Last Golden Age|date=2007|publisher=Penguin Books India|isbn=978-0143102625|pages=13–14}}</ref>

== 1600s-1800s ==
* 1612
** First factory (KOTHI) in India is established by [[England]], a centre for trade and commerce.<ref name="Eraly07"/>
** 29–30 November — [[Battle of Swally|Battle of Suvali]] takes place in a village near Surat.
* 1616 — [[Dutch Suratte|Dutch trading post]] established by [[Pieter van den Broecke]] in Surat (Suratte).
* 1644 — Inauguration of [[Mughal Sarai, Surat|Mughal Sarai]].
* 1664 — [[Shivaji|Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaja]] emerges victorious in the [[Battle of Surat]] against Inayat Khan ([[Mughal Empire|Mughal]]) and goes on to raid the city.
* 1670 — City raided again by Marathas.
* 1759 — Over the past few years trade had substantially decreased due to the rise of [[Mumbai|Bombay]] as an important city.
* 1790-1 — An epidemic affects the city: 1,00,000 [[Gujaratis]] dead.<ref>{{cite book|page=193|title=Eighteenth-Century Gujarat: The Dynamics of Its Political Economy, 1750–1800|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=En_heITTXCoC&pg=PA193|author=Ghulam A. Nadri|isbn=978-9004172029|year=2009|publisher=BRILL |access-date=14 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171014134206/https://books.google.com/books?id=En_heITTXCoC&pg=PA193|archive-date=14 October 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
* 1795 — [[Dutch Suratte]] comes under British protection, who promise to restore it to the Dutch when peace is reestablished in Europe.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Van der Kemp |first=P.H. |year=1901 |title=De Nederlandsche factorijen in vóór-Indië in den aanvang der 19e eeuw |journal=Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde |volume=53 |issue=1 |pages=286–507 |doi=10.1163/22134379-90002075 |doi-access=free}}.</ref>
* 1797 — Under full control of [[Bombay Presidency]] in [[British East India Company]].
* 1802 — According to the [[Treaty of Amiens]], the Dutch were supposed to regain their territories, however, this did not take place.
* 1814 — The [[Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1814]] finally restores Dutch Suratte to the Dutch.
* 1824
** Suratte is again relinquished to the British as per the [[Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824]].
** [[Anglican Church, Surat|Anglican Church]] built.
* 1837 — [[1837 Surat fire|Fire]] breaks out, taking the lives of 500 and demolishing 9,737 houses. It is the most destructive fire in the history of Surat.
* 1850 — [[Andrews Library]] established.

==1900s-Present==
* 1962 — [[Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology]] established.
* 1965 — [[Veer Narmad South Gujarat University]] established.
* 1991 — [[Kavi Narmad Central Library]] established.
* 1994 — [[1994 plague in India|Pneumonic plague]] affects Surat; 56 dead, 693 suspected, 3,00,000 migrated from the city.
* 2006 — [[2006 Surat flood|A flood]] ravaged Surat covering 80-95% of the city.
* 2010 — [[Surat Diamond Bourse]] established.
* 2013 — [[Surat Bus Rapid Transit System]] begin operation November 2013 (Phase I).
* 2015 — Project for restoration of the [[Surat Fort]] is inaugurated by government, with an investment of 55 crores.<ref name="SMC" />
* 2019 — [[2019 Surat fire|Fire]] in a commercial complex in Sarthana Jagatnaka kills 22 students.
* 2020 — [[COVID-19]] in Surat:
** Cases tested - 87.23 lakhs.
** Patients recovered - 2.11 lakhs.
** Total deaths - 2084.
* 2023 —[[Surat Diamond Bourse]], built at a cost of approximately Rs 3,500 crore, the building spans 6.6 lakh square metres (71 lakh square feet) of floor space and has the capacity to house nearly 4,500 diamond trading offices, was officially opened by [[Narendra Modi]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Events - Surat Diamond Bourse |url=https://www.suratdiamondbourse.in/events |access-date=2025-06-20 |website=www.suratdiamondbourse.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Holland |first=Oscar |date=2023-07-18 |title=The world's new largest office building is bigger than the Pentagon |url=https://www.cnn.com/style/india-largest-office-building-surat-diamond-bourse |access-date=2025-06-20 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:History of Surat]]

Timeline of Surat - Revision history

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