Time Line
1600 CE
1608 Islam Khan Chisti was appointed as Governor of Bengal and Dhaka was chosen as the capital of Mughal province.
1612 Renamed Dhaka as Jahangir Nagar
1639-58 Reign of Subahdar Shah Shuja, transferred the capital to Rajmahal
1660 Mir Jhumla defeated Shah Shuja and transferred capital to Dhaka
1663-88 Reign of Subahdar Saista Khan
1679 Lalbagh Fort was built
1700 CE
1704 Murshid Quli Khan transferred the seat of revenue administration from Dhaka to Murshidabad
1704 Kartalib Khan’s Mosque at Begum Bazar
1706 Khan Muhammad Mirdha mosque near Lalbagh
1714 Full-fledged shifting of the capital from Dhaka to Murshidabad.
1717-27 Reign of Subahdar Murshid Quli Khan
1765 Nimtoli Palace
1757 Battle of Palassey
1765 Conferment of the Diwani to East India Company
1769 Devastating Flood and Famine
1772 Established Kolkata as capital of British India
1781 Armenian Church at Armanitola
1800 CE
1819 Anglican Church
1825 Mr. Dowes Laid out the Ramna Green
1830 Walter Founded a Dhaka Committee
1832 Single Span Hanging Bridge over Dholai Khal
Early 19th Greek Memorial at DU
1857 Shipahi Biplab
1864 Dhaka Municipality was first inaugurated
1872 Ahsan Manzil near Wiseghat
1874 Lord Northbrook laid the foundation of the water works by the munification of Nawab A Ghani
1885 Train began to run between Dhaka and Narayanganj
After 1898 St. Gregory’s Church at Laxmibazar
1900 CE
1901 Electrification of the city by Nawab Ahsanullah
1905 i) Partition of Bengal and Dhakaas the capital of east Bengal and Assam. ii) Appointed Lord Curzon as Governor iii) Old Government House at Segunbagicha Northbrooke Hall at Sadarghat. iv) Curzon Hall at University of Dhaka.
Early 20th
Century Ruplal House at Farashganj
1911 Partition of Bengal was annulled
1924 Underground sewerage system
1929 S M hall and Fazlul Haq Hall, DU
Mid 20th
Century Sir Salimullah Medical College at Mitford
1947 Independence of Pakistan, Dhaka was the Capital of East Pakistan
1952 Bengali Language Movement
1971 Independence of Bangladesh, Dhaka became the capital of Independent country - Bangladesh
This is how we have got Dhaka as the Capital of Bangladesh with a long historical period of 400 years.
