Timeline of Vizag's history

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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