Timeline of Peshawar History

Prior to 19th century

127 CE - Purushapura becomes eastern capital of Buddhist kingdom Gandhara (approximate date).
978 CE - Sabaktagin defeats Jayapala.[1]
1001 - 27 November: Battle of Peshawar; Mahmud of Ghazni in power.
1006 - Mahmud of Ghazni defeats Anandapala.[2]
1180 - Mu'izz-Ud-Din Muhammad Ibn Sam in power.[2]
1630 - Mohabbat Khan Mosque built.
1758 - 8 May: Battle of Peshawar; Marathas in power.
19th century
1810 - Wazir Bagh (garden) laid out.[citation needed]
1825 - Sikh Ranjit Singh in power.[3]
1834
Hari Singh Nalwa in power.
Bala Hissar (fort) rebuilt.[4]
1838 - Italian Paolo Avitabile in power.[5]
1849

British in power.[6]
Gorak Nath Temple built.[7]

1850s - Grand Trunk Road Lahore-Peshawar extension constructed (approximate date).[8]
1851 - Peshawar cemetery established.[9]
1860 - Flood.[10]
1867 - Municipality constituted.[11]
1868
British Peshawar Cantonment laid out near city.
Population: 56,589 (city); 58,555 (municipality).[10]
1881 - Population: 79,982.[12]
1882 - Sethi Mohallah residence built.[13]
1883 - All Saints Church opens in cantonment.[4]
1891 - Population: 54,191.[11]
20th century
1900

Cunningham clock tower built.[9]
Edwardes College established.[9]

1901
City becomes capital of the North-West Frontier Province.[11]
Population: 95,147.[14]
1906 - Victoria Hall built.
1907 - Peshawar Museum founded.
1909 - Ancient Buddhist Kanishka casket discovered by archaeologists in Shah-ji-Dheri near city.
1913 - Islamia College established.[15]
1922 - Kapoor Haveli (residence) built.
1925 - Khaiber railway built.[16]
1930
23 April: Qissa Khwani Bazaar massacre.
Novelty cinema opens.[17]
1932 - Khyber Mail newspaper begins publication.[18]
1934 - Landsdowne cinema opens.[17]
1936 - Radio station begins broadcasting.[19]
1939 - Al Falah newspaper begins publication.[20]
1941
Al-Jamiat-e-Sarhad newspaper begins publication.[20]
Population: 130,967.[6]
1947 - City becomes part of the Dominion of Pakistan.
1948 - City becomes capital of the Peshawar province.[2]
1949 - Frontier Corps military reserve headquartered in Bala Hissar (fort).[9]
1950
University of Peshawar established.
Shahab-e-saqib and Qallandar Urdu-language newspapers begin publication.[20]
1951 - Population: 114,000.[6]
1954 - Khyber Medical College established.
1955
City becomes part of West Pakistan.[2]
The Statesman English-language newspaper begins publication.[20]
Abasin Arts Society established.
1956 - City becomes part of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
1958 - Amal newspaper begins publication.[20]
1964 - Peshawar Press Club founded.
1965 - Bacha Khan International Airport in operation.
1975
Qayyum Stadium opens.
Hayatabad suburb established.[21]
1976 - Wahdat Pashto-language newspaper begins publication.
1977 - Shahādat newspaper begins publication.[18]
1980 - May: Explosion at Jamiat Islami Afghanistan headquarters.[22]
1981
Population: 555,000.[2]
Kacha Garhi refugee camp established near city.[21]
1982
Jalozai Afghan refugee camp in operation.[21]
Afghan Islamic Press news agency established.
1984 - Mujāhid Wulas newspaper begins publication.[18]
1985
Karkhano Market and Nishtar Hall[23] established.
The Frontier Post (English-language) newspaper begins publication.[20]
1987 - Frontier Times in publication (approximate date).[18]
1988 - Al-Qaeda Islamist group organized.[24]
1996 - Qalb-e-Asia Cultural Centre established.[21]
1998 - Population: 982,816.[25]

21st century

2004 - Peshawar Panthers (cricket team) formed.
2008 - 5 December: Bombing.[26]
2009
8 March: Bombing at Rahman Baba shrine.[27]
9 June: Pearl Continental hotel bombing.
August: Bombing.[28]
9 October: Bombing in Khyber Bazaar.
Amn Tehrik (peace effort) launched.[citation needed]
2010
19 April: Bombing in Qissa Khawani Bazaar.[29]
July: Flood.
2011

PIA Planetarium inaugurated.
Saeed Book Bank closes.[30]
1

0 May: Car bomb kills journalist.
12 June: Bombings in Khyber market area.
2012 - 15 December: 2012 Peshawar airport attack.
2013 - 21 June: Bombing at Shiite mosque in Gulshan Colony.