810 - Mumbai was under the reigns of the Silhara Kings.
1534 - Sultan of Gujarat gave away Mumbai (Bombay) under pressure of the Portuguese.
1554 - The islands of Mumbai were given to Dr. Garcia da Orta, a physician and Botanist on a yearly rent of 85 Pounds.
1661 - King Charles II of England married Princess Catherine de Braganza of Portugal and the Island of Bombay was given to him in Dowry.
1668 - King Charles leased Mumbai to the East India Co. for ten pounds a year.
1715 - Fortification built around the commercial and administrative buildings and residential areas by the British Governor Boone.
1730 - First Dock Yard was built in Mumbai.
1794 - Presidency General Post Office established.
1805 - Sion Causeway was constructed.
1821 - Town Hall was built.
1823 - Mint was established.
1826 - Colaba Observatory was built.
1838 - Colaba Causeway completed.
1840 - Bank of Mumbai established.
1843 - Establishment of Grant Medical College and J.J. Hospital.
1845 - Grant Medical and J.J. Hospital started.
1853 - First G.I.P. now known as Central Railway opened.
1855 - Initiation of Textile industry.
1857 - Establishment of Bombay(Mumbai) University.
1860 - First water supply drawn from Vihar lake.
1862 - Land Reclamation scheme joins original 7 islands into singal land mass of 170 square miles.
1862 - Victoria garden is opened for public.
1863 - Governor Sir Bartle Frere dismantles fort walls which restrict the cities growth. Extensive public construction begins.
1865 - Municipal Corporation was established.
1867 - The first gas lamp lit in Mumbai.
1869 - The first post office operated in Mumbai.
1869 - Statue of Roman Goddess of Spring installed at Flora Fountain.
1873 - The Bombay Port Trust established.
1874 - Horse-drawn trams were introduced.
1875 - Establishment of Stock Exchange.
1878 - Rajabai Tower built and High Court building completed.
1880 - Pheroz Shah Mehta Gardens Built.
1881 - Malabar Hill Reservior completed.
1882 - Introduction of electric lights, B>E.S.T. taken over by B.M.C
1905 - The Telephone Exchange was opened.
1907 - First electric train from Bombay(Mumbai).
1911 - King George and Queen Mary entered through the Gateway of India.
1914 - Taxi's appeared on the roads of Mumbai.
1914 - Prince of Wales Museum.
1920 - First Airport in India.
1920 - Marine Drive constructed as aresult of reclamation.
1926 - Introduction of B.E.S.T. buses.
1935 - Reserve Bank of India started Business.
1942 - Quit India movement launched.
1945 - Greater Bombay came into being.
1947 - India gains Independence.
1952 - Jahangir Art Gallery and Kamla Nehru Park built.
1957 - Greater Mumbai limits further extended.
1957 - Opening of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre.
1960 - Bombay State divided into Gujrat and Maharashtra.
1964 - Mumbai was Venus of 38th International Eucharistic Congress, visited by H. H. Pope Paul VI
1971 - International airport at Sahar.
1975 - Bombay Metropolitian Regional Development Authority was introduced by the State Government.
1995 - Bombay renamed as Mumbai.
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