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Timeline of Vizag's history - 260 BCE: Ashoka conquered the Kalinga empire (of which Vizag was a part).
- 208: Chandra Sri Satakarni was king of this region.
- 11th century: Simhachalam Temple built by Kulottunga I.
- 13th century: Simhachalam Temple renovated and made southern imperial centre by the Ganga king Narasimha I of Orissa.
- 1515: Krishna Deva Raya was ruler of the area comprising Vizag.
- Mid-17th century: A factory was founded in "Vizagapatam" by the British East India Company.
- 1652: Foundation of the most powerful Zamindari family of the area, the Pusapatis of Vizianagaram.
- 1689: The British factory was occupied by the forces of Aurangzeb.
- 1735: Dutch Colony was established.
- 1765: The territory of the Northern Circars, of which Vizag was a part, ceded to the British East India Company by the Nizam of Hyderabad. Following this, a British colony was established.
- 1904: Railway from Madras to Calcutta, passing through Vizagapatam, was opened.
- 1902 :Andhra Medical College started.
- 1926: Andhra University established.
- 1933: Visakhapatnam Port established.
- 1942: Japanese war planes attack Vizag.
- 1947: Eastern Naval Command established its base here. Before 1947 the Royal Navy had a base in HMIS Sircars.
- 1949: Scindia Shipyard started. Later nationalised and called Hindustan Shipyard.
- 1953: The Boat Repair Shop expanded into a Base Repair Organisation (BRO) and shifted to the location at the mouth of the northwest channel.
- 1957: A petroleum refinery by Caltex, currently owned by HPCL.
- 1965: Two survey ships, "Jumna" and "Investigator", were permanently rebased at Visakhapatnam.
- 1971: INS Rajput of the Indian Navy destroys the Pakistani submarine Ghazi in the Indo-Pak War off the coast of Visakhapatnam.
- 1977: Indira Gandhi Zoological Park established near Madhuravada.
- 1981: Visakhapatnam Steel Plant commenced operations.
- 1999: Fountian of Life International Magazine at Visakhapatnam.
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