AD 937

Rashtrakoota empire copper plate indicating Pune’s original name as "Punya-Vishaya" or "Poonak Vishaya"

AD 1000

(circa) The Pataleshwar cave temples on Jungli Maharaj Road are thought to
have been built

1595

Maloji Bhosale receives Jahagir of Pune and Supe from the Mughals

1625

Shahaji, Shivaji’s father appoints Rango Bapuji Dhadphale as administrator of
Pune who develops the Kasba, Somwar, Ravivar and Shaniwar Peth localities

1640

The Lal Mahal palace for Shivaji and his mother Jijabai is built

1720

Bajirao I becomes the Peshwa

1730

Shaniwar Wada is completed

1749

Nanasaheb Peshwa, Bajirao’s son, builds Parvati temple and Lakdi Pul, now called Sambhaji Bridge

1761

Decline of the Maratha empire begins after the Marathas lose the battle of Panipat

1782

Nana Phadnavis builds Pune’s drainage system

1790

A water supply system for the city is introduced, designed by Sardar Raste

1811

Vishrambag Wada is built

1820

The British establish a cantonment in the Eastern part of the city

1830

Deccan College started

1856

Bombay-Pune railway completed

1867

Khadakwasla dam is built

1886

Pune-Miraj metre-gauge line is completed

1875

Department of Meterology offices shifted to Pune from Simla

1884

Fergusson College inaugurated.

1885

Deccan Paper Mills starts operations

1888

Government photo-zinco press starts functioning

1893

Rajabahadur Motilal Pittie starts first textile mill in Pune

1896

Raja Ravi Varma, legendary artist starts his litho press at Malavli, near Lonavla,
50 km from Pune

1897

The first assassination of a British official in India’s freedom struggle by the Chaphekar brothers takes place on Ganeshkhind Road on June 22

1916

Central Water & Power Research Station instituted

1916

First town planning scheme by Pune Municipality

1917

Development of Laxmi Road and Tilak Road

1919

Development of underground sewage system

1920

Erandwane merges in Pune Municipality

1921

Construction on the Lloyd (shivaji Bridge) started

1928

Pune Observatory established

1928

The Mumbai-Pune Deccan Queen makes her first run

1930

Vishrambaugwada premises used for Pune Municipality

1941

Silver Jubilee Motor Transport bus service started

1947

India gains independence

1949

National Chemical Laboratory (Pashan) starts functioning

1950

The National Defence Academy (Khadakvasla) founded

1950

Pune Municipal Transport (PMT) begins operations

1956

Hindustan Antibiotics (Pimpri) begins operations

1957-60

Industrial areas of Hadapsar, Pimpri, Chinchwad, Bhosari, etc. established

1961

Panshet dam bursts and its waters flood the city, destroying most of the older sections, giving a chance for modern town planning concepts to be put into use

1970-80

Pune emerges as the engineering capital of the country especially in the automotive sector with Telco, Bajaj, Kinetic, Bharat Forge, Alfa Laval, Thermax, etc. expanding their infrastructure

1970-80

Pune rapidly establishes itself as the Oxford of the East with educational institutions especially in the field of higher education being set up throughout the city

1988

Pune Festival which coincides with Ganesh Chaturthi launched

1989

Dehu Road-Katraj bypass is completed, reducing traffic congestion in the inner city

1990

Sports City comes into existence

1990

Pune begins to attract foreign capital particularly in the information technology and engineering industries; new businesses like floriculture and food processing begin to take root in and around the city

1998

Work on the six-lane Pune-Mumbai Super expressway begins

1998

Pune’s first flyover is inaugurated at Dashabhuja Ganapati Chowk, Kothrud

1999

Municipal Commissioner Arun Bhatia removed from his post because his tough stand on unauthorised constructions

1999

The five-hundred acre Software development park developed by STPI is inaugurated near Hinjawdi on the Pune-Mumbai bypass. IT giants like Wipro and Infosys set up shop