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Timeline of Surat

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This article is a timeline of the city Surat in Gujarat[1] For a more comprehensive overview of Surat's history, please see History of Surat.

Pre-1600s

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  • 12-15th centuries — Part of Dhiru Sultanate, plundered multiple times.[2]
  • 1372 — Surat Fort initially constructed during Tughlaq rule.[3]
  • 15th century — Gujarat Sultanate established.
  • Late 15th century — Malik Gopi, a merchant and later Governor of Surat in the Sultanate, arrives and settles in the city.
  • 1510s — Continuous developments of the city take place under Malik Gopi. Gopi Talav, an artificial lake, is built. The city is first given the name Suryapur and soon after Surat.[2]
  • 1512 — City is first burned by the Portuguese (second time in 1530).
  • 1514 — Surat is acknowledged by Portuguese traveller Duarte Barbosa as an important port, frequented by many ships from Malabar and other various places.
  • 1530 — The city is ravaged for a second time in flames by the Portuguese.
  • 1546 — Construction of the Surat Fort is completed.
  • 1573 — Surat is conquered by the Mughal emperor Akbar,[2] the most prosperous port in the state, used for travel to the Hajj pilgrimage[4]

1600s-1800s

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1900s-Present

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References

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  1. ^ This article is a converted form of the already existing Wikipedia article History of Surat.
  2. ^ a b c "Surat". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica, inc. 6 August 2014. Archived from the original on 10 January 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Surat Municipal Corporation, Surat Fort".
  4. ^ a b Abraham Eraly (2007). The Mughal World: Life in India's Last Golden Age. Penguin Books India. pp. 13–14. ISBN 978-0143102625.
  5. ^ Ghulam A. Nadri (2009). Eighteenth-Century Gujarat: The Dynamics of Its Political Economy, 1750–1800. BRILL. p. 193. ISBN 978-9004172029. Archived from the original on 14 October 2017. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  6. ^ Van der Kemp, P.H. (1901). "De Nederlandsche factorijen in vóór-Indië in den aanvang der 19e eeuw". Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde. 53 (1): 286–507. doi:10.1163/22134379-90002075..