Timeline of Lahore

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Lahore, Pakistan.

Prior to 11th century

 * 664/682 CE – City besieged by Muslim forces led by Muhallab ibn Abi Sufra.

11th–15th centuries

 * 1022 CE – Mahmud of Ghazni ousts Hindu rulers; Malik Ayaz in power.
 * 1157 – City becomes Muslim Ghaznavid capital.
 * 1241 – City sacked by Mongols.
 * 1267 – Lahore Fort rebuilt.

16th–17th centuries

 * 1524 – Mughal Babur in power.
 * 1530 – Mir Yunis Ali becomes governor.
 * 1560 – Masjid Niwin (mosque) built.
 * 1566 - Lahore Fort built.
 * 1584 – Mughal Akbar relocates capital to Lahore.
 * 1622 – Court of Mughal Jehangir established.
 * 1627
 * Khwabgah palace built.
 * Tomb of Jahangir built in Shahdara Bagh near city.
 * 1632 – Shish Mahal (palace) built at Lahore Fort.
 * 1634 – Wazir Khan Mosque built.
 * 1635 – Moti Masjid (mosque) built at Lahore Fort.
 * 1637
 * Shalimar Gardens laid out near city.
 * Badshahi Mosque (King’s Mosque) 15.jpg
 * 1649 – Dai Anga Mosque built.
 * 1673 – Badshahi Mosque built.

18th century

 * 1739 – City captured by Persian forces under the command of Nader Shah.
 * 1748 – Ahmed Shah Durrani in power.
 * 1753 – Sunehri Mosque built in Dubbi Bazaar area.
 * 1758 – Lahore Fort captured by Maratha forces under Raghunath Rao.
 * 1759 – Marathas defeat the Durrani Empire in the Battle of Lahore.
 * 1765 - Lehna Singh and Gujar Singh of the Sikh Bhangi Misl (Punjab), occupy Lahore.
 * 1779 - Timur Shah Returns to Punjab to Punish the Sikhs (1776-1780)


 * 1798 – Ranjit Singh in power.
 * 1799 – Ranjit Singh occupies Lahore. and shifts his capital from Gujrawala.

19th century

 * 1813–1818 – Hazuri Bagh Baradari built.
 * 1846 – British Council of Regency of the Punjab established.
 * 1849
 * 3 January: British East India Company in power.
 * Lahore Chronicle newspaper begins publication.
 * 1850s – Grand Trunk Road Peshawar-Lahore extension constructed (approximate date).
 * 1858 November 1 – British Crown in power.
 * 1859 – Masonic Temple built in Anarkali.
 * 1860
 * Amritsar-Lahore train begins operating.
 * Lahore Junction railway station built.
 * 1861 – Lahore Canal built (approximate date).
 * 1864 – Government College and Rang Mahal School founded.
 * 1868 – Population: 125,413.
 * 1872
 * Lahore Zoo founded.
 * Civil and Military Gazette begins publication.
 * 1875 – Mayo School of Industrial Art established.
 * 1880 – Faletti's Hotel in business.
 * 1881
 * Tribune newspaper begins publication.
 * Population: 149,369.
 * 1882 – Punjab University and Lahore Bar Association founded.
 * 1883 – Central Model School established.
 * 1884 – Punjab Public Library established.
 * 1885 – Punjab Civil Secretariat Library founded.
 * 1886
 * Aitchison College founded.
 * Khalsa Akhbar Lahore Punjabi-language newspaper begins publication.
 * 1887
 * General Post Office, Lahore built.
 * Anglican Cathedral Church of the Resurrection consecrated.
 * 1889
 * Lahore High Court building constructed.
 * Railway Technical School established.
 * 1890 – New town hall built.
 * 1892 – Punjab Textbook Board Library established.
 * 1894 – Lahore Museum opens.
 * 1898 – April: Punjab Assembly passes first law.

20th century

 * 1901 – Population: 202,964.
 * 1904 - Sacred Heart Cathedral completed.
 * 1908 – Dyal Singh Trust Library established.
 * 1909 – Punjab Chiefs' Association headquartered in city.
 * 1915 – Lahore Conspiracy Case trial held.
 * 1921
 * Model Town suburb established.
 * Mughalpura Technical College founded.
 * 1924 – Punjab Archival Museum and record office established.
 * 1928 – Armoury Museum established in Lahore Fort.
 * 1935 – Punjab Assembly Chamber built.
 * 1940
 * March: City hosts Lahore Resolution proceedings of the All-India Muslim League.
 * Nawa-i-Waqt Urdu-language newspaper begins publication.
 * 1941
 * Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan political party headquartered in city.
 * Population: 671,659.

Independence

 * 1947
 * Riots.
 * 15 August: City becomes part of West Punjab province of Pakistan.
 * 1948 - Chatan newspaper begins publication.
 * 1951
 * Institute of Islamic Culture established.
 * Population: 849,476.
 * 1952 – Lahore newspaper begins publication.
 * 1953 – 6 March: Martial Law promulgated in Lahore to control disturbances against Ahmadis.
 * 1955 – City becomes capital of West Pakistan.
 * 1959 – Gaddafi Stadium built.
 * 1964 – 26 November: Pakistan Television Lahore Station inaugurated.
 * 1965 – Indo-Pakistani War.
 * 1968 – Minar-e-Pakistan constructed in Iqbal Park.
 * 1970
 * Lahore Stock Exchange founded.
 * Pakistan Monitor newspaper begins publication.
 * 1972 – Population: 2,165,372.
 * 1974 – City hosts Islamic Summit Conference. Recognized former East Pakistan as Bangladesh.
 * 1975 – Lahore Development Authority established.
 * 1976 – Samjhota Express Amritsar-Lahore train begins operating.
 * 1977 – Allama Iqbal Museum inaugurated.
 * 1981
 * Minhaj-ul-Quran International (Islamic organization) founded.
 * Population: 2,952,689.
 * Lahore Zoo Safari established.
 * 1983 – Ajoka (theatre group) formed.
 * 1984 – Lahore University of Management Sciences and Lahore Conservation Society established.
 * 1985 – Punjab Lok Rehas (theatre group) formed.
 * 1986 – The Nation newspaper begins publication.
 * 1989 – The Friday Times begins publication.
 * 1990
 * Lahore Drama School and Institute of Leadership and Management founded.
 * Daily Pakistan newspaper begins publication.
 * February: 1990 Men's Hockey World Cup held.
 * 1991 – Pearl Mosque built.
 * 1992 – Alhamra Arts Council building constructed.
 * 1993 – Zahoor ul Akhlaq Gallery established at the National College of Arts Lahore.
 * 1996 – Lahore Post begins publication.
 * 1997 – Lahore-Islamabad Motorway completed.
 * 1998 – Population: 5,143,495.
 * 1999
 * 21 February: City hosts signing of the India-Pakistan Lahore Declaration regarding nuclear armaments.
 * University of Lahore established.

21st century

 * 2001 – Lahore City District divided into nine towns: Aziz Bhatti Town, Data Gunj Bakhsh Town, Gulberg Town, Iqbal Town, Lahore Cantonment, Ravi Town, Samanabad Town, Shalimar Town, Wagah Town.
 * 2002 – Daily Times begins publication.
 * 2003
 * Allama Iqbal International Airport inaugurated.
 * 11 July: Delhi-Lahore bus service resumes after suspension of 18 months.
 * 2006 – Pakistan Fashion Design Council headquartered in city.
 * 2007
 * March: Lawyers' Movement begins.
 * DHA Cinema opens.
 * Expo Centre Lahore built in Johar Town.
 * 2009 – Software Technology Park and Alamgir Tower Lahore built.
 * 2010
 * February: PFDC Sunsilk Fashion Week begins.
 * 28 May: Attacks on Ahmadi mosques.
 * 1 July: Bombings at Data Durbar Shrine.
 * 1 September: Bombings.
 * Vogue Towers opens.
 * Air pollution in Lahore reaches annual mean of 68 PM2.5 and 198 PM10, much higher than recommended.
 * 2011 – The Lahore Times begins publication.
 * 2012 – 11 September: Garment factory fire.
 * 2013
 * February: Metrobus (Lahore) begins operating.
 * February: Lahore Literary Festival inaugurated.
 * March: Anti-Christian riot.
 * 6 July: Bombing in Old Anarkali district.
 * 2014 - Grand Jamia Mosque inaugurated.
 * 2017 - Population: 11,126,285.
 * 2018 - Pakistan's Supreme Court quashed the conviction (under Blasphemy Law) and ordered the release of 47-year-old Aasia Bibi, a Christian woman from a village in Punjab province who had been on death row for eight years.
 * 2019
 * 11 December: Attack on Punjab Institute of Cardiology, Lahore.
 * 2020
 * 11 December: The statue of Maharaja Ranjit Singh (placed in Lahore Fort) was vandalized by an extremist who broke the left arm of statue. The man was immediately caught by a security guard and was later on arrested by Lahore Police.
 * 13 December: Pakistan Democratic Movement (a collation of 11 opposition parties) organized a power show at Minar-e-Pakistan (Greater Iqbal Park, Lahore) against the ruling government of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.

Published in 19th century

 * Thornton, Thomas Henry. A Brief Account of the History and Antiquities of Lahore. Lahore: Government Civil Secretariat Press, 1873.
 * Kanhaiya Lal. (1884) Tarikh-e-Lahore. Lahore, Pakistan: Aslam Asmat Printers.
 * Thornton, Thomas Henry. A Brief Account of the History and Antiquities of Lahore. Lahore: Government Civil Secretariat Press, 1873.
 * Kanhaiya Lal. (1884) Tarikh-e-Lahore. Lahore, Pakistan: Aslam Asmat Printers.
 * Thornton, Thomas Henry. A Brief Account of the History and Antiquities of Lahore. Lahore: Government Civil Secretariat Press, 1873.
 * Kanhaiya Lal. (1884) Tarikh-e-Lahore. Lahore, Pakistan: Aslam Asmat Printers.
 * Kanhaiya Lal. (1884) Tarikh-e-Lahore. Lahore, Pakistan: Aslam Asmat Printers.
 * Kanhaiya Lal. (1884) Tarikh-e-Lahore. Lahore, Pakistan: Aslam Asmat Printers.

Published in 20th century

 * 1900s–1940s
 * Lahore and some of its Historical Monuments. Lahore: Superintendent, Government Printing Press, 1927.
 * Gulshan Lal Chopra. A Short History of Lahore and its Monuments. Lahore: 1937.
 * 1950s–1990s
 * Lahore Development Authority. Lahore Urban Development and Traffic Study. 5 vols. Lahore, 1980.
 * Lahore Development Authority. The Walled City of Lahore. Lahore, 1981.
 * Samuel V. Noe. “Old Lahore and Old Delhi: Variations on a Mughal Theme.” Ekistics XLIX (1982), pp. 306–19.
 * Mohammed A. Qadeer. Lahore, Urban Development in the Third World. Lahore: Vanguard Books, 1983.
 * Ahmad Nabi Khan. “Lahore: the Darus Saltanat of the Moghul Empire under Akbar (1556–1605).” Journal of the Research Society of Pakistan XXI, no.3 (1984), pp. 1–22.
 * F.S. Aijazuddin. Lahore: Illustrated Views of the 19th Century. Lahore: Vanguard Books, Ltd., 1991.
 * Nazir Ahmad Chaudhry. A Short History of Lahore and Some of Its Monuments. Lahore: Sang-e-Meel Publications, 2000.
 * Samuel V. Noe. “Old Lahore and Old Delhi: Variations on a Mughal Theme.” Ekistics XLIX (1982), pp. 306–19.
 * Mohammed A. Qadeer. Lahore, Urban Development in the Third World. Lahore: Vanguard Books, 1983.
 * Ahmad Nabi Khan. “Lahore: the Darus Saltanat of the Moghul Empire under Akbar (1556–1605).” Journal of the Research Society of Pakistan XXI, no.3 (1984), pp. 1–22.
 * F.S. Aijazuddin. Lahore: Illustrated Views of the 19th Century. Lahore: Vanguard Books, Ltd., 1991.
 * Nazir Ahmad Chaudhry. A Short History of Lahore and Some of Its Monuments. Lahore: Sang-e-Meel Publications, 2000.
 * Nazir Ahmad Chaudhry. A Short History of Lahore and Some of Its Monuments. Lahore: Sang-e-Meel Publications, 2000.
 * Nazir Ahmad Chaudhry. A Short History of Lahore and Some of Its Monuments. Lahore: Sang-e-Meel Publications, 2000.
 * Nazir Ahmad Chaudhry. A Short History of Lahore and Some of Its Monuments. Lahore: Sang-e-Meel Publications, 2000.
 * Nazir Ahmad Chaudhry. A Short History of Lahore and Some of Its Monuments. Lahore: Sang-e-Meel Publications, 2000.

Published in 21st century

 * Journal of Asian Civilizations XXIV, no. 2 (2001). Special issue on Lahore in the Ghaznavid period.
 * F.S. Aijazuddin. Lahore Recollected: An Album. Lahore: Sang-e-Meel Publishers, 2003.
 * Y. Lari. Lahore – Illustrated City Guide. Karachi, Pakistan: Heritage Foundation Pakistan 2003.
 * Ian Talbot. Divided Cities: Partition and Its aftermath in Lahore and Amritsar, 1947–1957. Karachi: Oxford University Press, 2006.
 * Ian Talbot. Divided Cities: Partition and Its aftermath in Lahore and Amritsar, 1947–1957. Karachi: Oxford University Press, 2006.
 * Ian Talbot. Divided Cities: Partition and Its aftermath in Lahore and Amritsar, 1947–1957. Karachi: Oxford University Press, 2006.