Pune History - Milestones
Copper plates of Punya Vishaya under Rashtrakutas
AD 858-AD 868Seuna Yadavas of Devanagiri
9th century to 1327Mughal Empire appoints Maloji Bhosale as Jahangir of Pune
1595Chhatrapati Shivaji crowned and founded Marartha Empire
1674Bajirao-I becomes the Peshwa of Maratha Empire
1720Decline of the Maratha empire after 3rd Battle of Panipat
1761Pune seized by Britishers
1817Deccan College started
1830Bombay-Pune railway line completed
1856Became a centre for freedom movement & social reforms
1875Aga Khan Palace built
1892Lokmanya Tilak started Sarvajanik Ganeshotsav
1894India gains independence
1947National Chemical Laboratory starts its operations
1949The National Defense Academy founded
1950Pune Municipal Transport (PMT) begins its operations
1950Industrial areas of Hadapsar, Pimpri, etc. were established
1950-60Modern town planning comes into existence
1961Tata Motors sets up the first automobile manufacturing unit.
1961Pune emerges as the engineering capital
1970-80Foreign investors lay the foundation for modern industrialization
1990Work on the six-lane Pune-Mumbai super expressway begins
1998Pune's first flyover inaugurated
1998IT Park in Hinjewdi inaugurated
1999Commonwealth Youth Games held
2008Pune continues to flourish as a global mega city
2012