Timeline of Guntur
Encyclopedia
This gives a timeline of major and important events that took place in the Guntur region
of India.
In India history has been kept for thousands of years mainly through the culture, traditions, the science of Vedas
and Puranas
. The traditional time scale is clearly defined in Yugas cycles. The two epic events listed below are based on the traditional time scale. The Guntur district
is home to the oldest evidence of humans in India, in the form of old stone age implements.
Guntur
Guntur , is a city and a municipal corporation in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, located to the north and west of the Bay of Bengal. It is approximately to the south of the national capital, New Delhi and south east of state capital, Hyderabad. Guntur is the fourth largest city in Andhra...
of India.
In India history has been kept for thousands of years mainly through the culture, traditions, the science of Vedas
Vedas
The Vedas are a large body of texts originating in ancient India. Composed in Vedic Sanskrit, the texts constitute the oldest layer of Sanskrit literature and the oldest scriptures of Hinduism....
and Puranas
Puranas
The Puranas are a genre of important Hindu, Jain and Buddhist religious texts, notably consisting of narratives of the history of the universe from creation to destruction, genealogies of kings, heroes, sages, and demigods, and descriptions of Hindu cosmology, philosophy, and geography.Puranas...
. The traditional time scale is clearly defined in Yugas cycles. The two epic events listed below are based on the traditional time scale. The Guntur district
Guntur district
Guntur district is located in Andhra Pradesh along the east coast of Bay of Bengal. The district has a coastline of around 100 kilometers. Guntur City is the largest city in the district and administrative center of Guntur District. The district is a major center for learning.-Etymology:There are...
is home to the oldest evidence of humans in India, in the form of old stone age implements.
Epic events
- 2.0 To 0.8 Mill Years (Last Treta Yuga, RefYugaYuga in Hindu philosophy is the name of an 'epoch' or 'era' within a cycle of four ages. These are the Satya Yuga, the Treta Yuga, the Dvapara Yuga, and finally the Kali Yuga. According to Hindu cosmology, life in the universe is created, destroyed once every 4.1 to 8.2 billion years, which is...
)- RamayanaRamayanaThe Ramayana is an ancient Sanskrit epic. It is ascribed to the Hindu sage Valmiki and forms an important part of the Hindu canon , considered to be itihāsa. The Ramayana is one of the two great epics of India and Nepal, the other being the Mahabharata...
took place. Lord Rama, Sita and Lakshmana visited this part of India, now called SitanagaramSitanagaramSitanagaram is a small town and an ancient site located in the District of Guntur in East-Coast part of India. It is 18 miles north of Guntur City on the bank of River Krishna near Vijayawada...
in the current Guntur district.
- Ramayana
- 0.8 Mill years To 3102BC (Last Dwapara Yuga, RefYugaYuga in Hindu philosophy is the name of an 'epoch' or 'era' within a cycle of four ages. These are the Satya Yuga, the Treta Yuga, the Dvapara Yuga, and finally the Kali Yuga. According to Hindu cosmology, life in the universe is created, destroyed once every 4.1 to 8.2 billion years, which is...
)- MahabharataMahabharataThe Mahabharata is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India and Nepal, the other being the Ramayana. The epic is part of itihasa....
took place in this yuga. During their Agnatha Vasam Pandavas visited the area near Guthikonda and Undavalli Caves of Guntur Region.
- Mahabharata
Until 1600AD
- 500 BCE – The Kingdom of Prati Palaputra (currently BhattiproluBhattiproluBhattiprolu is a small village in Guntur District of Andhra Pradesh State in Southern India.-History:The original name of Bhattiprolu was Pratipalapura, a flourishing Buddhist town in the ancient Sala kingdom that predated Andhra Satavahanas. From available inscriptional evidence, King Kuberaka...
), appears to be the earliest known kingdom in Guntur District. - 230BCE – Inscriptional evidence shows that king Kubera was ruling over Bhattiprolu, followed by the Sala Kings
- 200 BCE – The philosopher Acharya NagarjunaNagarjunaNāgārjuna was an important Buddhist teacher and philosopher. Along with his disciple Āryadeva, he is credited with founding the Mādhyamaka school of Mahāyāna Buddhism...
lived in this area. - Till & 900AD – Guntur region was successively ruled by dynasties such as the SatavahanaSatavahanaThe Sātavāhana Empire or Andhra Empire, was a royal Indian dynasty based from Dharanikota and Amaravati in Andhra Pradesh as well as Junnar and Prathisthan in Maharashtra. The territory of the empire covered much of India from 230 BCE onward...
s, Andhra-IkshvakuIkshvakuIkshvaku pāli: Okkāka) was the first king of the Ikshvaku dynasty and founder of the Solar Dynasty of Kshatriyas in Vedic civilization in ancient India.-In Hinduism:He is remembered in Hindu scriptures as a righteous and glorious king...
s, PallavaPallavaThe Pallava dynasty was a Tamil dynasty which ruled the northern Tamil Nadu region and the southern Andhra Pradesh region with their capital at Kanchipuram...
s, Ananda GotrikasAnanda GotrikasAnand + Gotrika Anandas are also referred to as Ananda Gotrikas. They ruled coastal Andhra with Kapotapuram as the capital after defeating the last Ikshvaku king in the battle of Dhanyakataka. The Telugu form of Kapotapuram is Pittalapuram. It is located in Chejerla mandal of Nellore District....
, VishnukundinaVishnukundinaThe Vishnukundina Empire was an Indian imperial power controlling the Deccan, Orissa and parts of South India during the 5th and 6th centuries, carving land out from the Vakataka Empire. It played an important role in the history of the Deccan during the 5th and 6th centuries CE...
, Kota VamsaKota VamsaKota Vamsa in Telugu means Fort Dynasty and is used to refer to the medieval dynasty which ruled over a small region of Andhra Pradesh with Dharanikota as their capital from around 8th century AD to the mid 12th century AD...
, Chalukyas. - 900 AD – Ammaraja I (922–929), the Vengi Chalukyan King had ruled the region. It was referred to as Garthapuri.
- 1180 AD – "Andhra Kurukshetra" took place, famous battle of Pallava NaduPalnaduPalnadu is the northern region of Guntur District in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Also known as Pallava Nadu, it occupies an important place in Telugu history. After the decline of the Satavahana dynasty, the Pallavas became independent in Krishna river valley. The region is known as...
which is enshrined in legend and literature. - 1300 AD – Guntur was mentioned as the native place of his forefathers by the famous poet Sri Thikkana Somayaji who co-authored the Telugu Mahabharatham.
- 1509 AD – The famous Tenali Ramalinga joined the club of Astadiggajas (Elite Team for Administration, Literature, Poetry) in the VijayanagaraVijayanagaraVijayanagara is in Bellary District, northern Karnataka. It is the name of the now-ruined capital city "which was regarded as the second Rome" that surrounds modern-day Hampi, of the historic Vijayanagara empire which extended over the southern part of India....
empire.
17th century to present
- 1687 – Guntur became part of the Mughal empire when the emperor AurangzebAurangzebAbul Muzaffar Muhy-ud-Din Muhammad Aurangzeb Alamgir , more commonly known as Aurangzeb or by his chosen imperial title Alamgir , was the sixth Mughal Emperor of India, whose reign lasted from 1658 until his death in 1707.Badshah Aurangzeb, having ruled most of the Indian subcontinent for nearly...
conquered the Qutb Shahi sultanate of Golconda. - 1750 – French occupied and took control of the region.
- 1780 – Battle of Guntur (involved areas ranging from Mysore to GunturGunturGuntur , is a city and a municipal corporation in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, located to the north and west of the Bay of Bengal. It is approximately to the south of the national capital, New Delhi and south east of state capital, Hyderabad. Guntur is the fourth largest city in Andhra...
) took place, where rockets were first used by Indian troops against the British Army. - 1788 – Guntur was brought under control of the British East India CompanyBritish East India CompanyThe East India Company was an early English joint-stock company that was formed initially for pursuing trade with the East Indies, but that ended up trading mainly with the Indian subcontinent and China...
, and became a district of Madras PresidencyMadras PresidencyThe Madras Presidency , officially the Presidency of Fort St. George and also known as Madras Province, was an administrative subdivision of British India...
. - 1868 – HeliumHeliumHelium is the chemical element with atomic number 2 and an atomic weight of 4.002602, which is represented by the symbol He. It is a colorless, odorless, tasteless, non-toxic, inert, monatomic gas that heads the noble gas group in the periodic table...
was discovered in Guntur City by French astronomer Pierre Janssen during the August 18th solar eclipse. - 1885 – A higher education institution was established at Guntur, called Andhra-Christian CollegeAndhra-Christian CollegeAndhra-Christian College, popularly known as AC College, is one of the oldest colleges in India. AC College is part of the educational enterprise of the Protestant churches...
(AC College). - 1899 – On 6 April, Gandhiji held a public meeting at Guntur City on the India's independence movement, with local freedom fighers such as Pattabhi SitaramayyaPattabhiPattabhi is one of the Indian names.* Bhogaraju Pattabhi Sitaramayya was an Indian independence activist and political leader in the state of Andhra Pradesh.* K. Pattabhi Jois was an Indian yoga teacher....
and Konda Venkatappayya. They marched up to BapatlaBapatlaBapatla, formerly known as Bhavapuri, is a town and mandal of Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh, India. It is located south of Guntur City on the East Coast.-Assembly constituency:Bapatla is an assembly constituency in Andhra Pradesh....
. - 1912 – A family from Guntur who are the only Indian Family,travelled in the Titanic on the way to United States and survived from the sinking accident.
- 1922 – Civil disobedience movement (part of regaining India's independence) took place in Guntur City organised by Tanguturi Prakasam Pantulu with 30,000 volunteers.
- 1936 – India's first Central Tobacco Research Institute started in Guntur.
- 1946 – The city's first Medical College campus (Guntur Medical College) was established.
- 1947 – India regained independence from BritainBritish EmpireThe British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom. It originated with the overseas colonies and trading posts established by England in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. At its height, it was the...
. - 1952 – Guntur residents elected their first MPMember of ParliamentA Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
, Sistla Narasimharao. - 1953 – Guntur region played a major role in the formation of new Andhra PradeshAndhra PradeshAndhra Pradesh , is one of the 28 states of India, situated on the southeastern coast of India. It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city by population is Hyderabad.The total GDP of Andhra Pradesh is $100 billion and is ranked third...
; T.Prakasam became the Head of the State. - 1954 – The State High Court was established in Guntur on 5 July 1954.
- 1964 – Loyola Public School, one of the largest schools in Andhra Pradesh, was established in Nallapadu.
- 1967 – Andhra UniversityAndhra UniversityAndhra University or Andhra Viswa Kala Parishad , located in Visakhapatnam, north east coastal Andhra Pradesh, is one of the older premier universities in India with a broad focus...
Guntur Campus was established in NallapaduNallapaduNallapadu is a suburb of Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India and lies at the base of the Kondavidu Hills. It is situated about 5 km south west of Guntur and is also known as Narasinghapuram after a nearby hilltop temple. Railway lines to Guntakal and Macherla/Secunderabad bifurcate from here...
. - 1976 – Acharya Nagarjuna UniversityAcharya Nagarjuna UniversityAcharya Nagarjuna University is one of the Universities located in the region of Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India. It is one of the major universities in the country covering many colleges and institutes of different districts in the region...
was created, with the main campus on the east side of the city. - 1985 – The city's first Engineering/Technology college campus (RVR & JC College of Engineering) opened.
- 1992 – Conjoined twinsConjoined twinsConjoined twins are identical twins whose bodies are joined in utero. A rare phenomenon, the occurrence is estimated to range from 1 in 50,000 births to 1 in 100,000 births, with a somewhat higher incidence in Southwest Asia and Africa. Approximately half are stillborn, and a smaller fraction of...
were successfully separated at Guntur General Hospital. - 1995 – Guntur municipality became Municipal corporation of Guntur in August.
- 2003 – Guntur divisionGuntur divisionGuntur Railway Division is one of the six divisions of South Central Railway , a zone of the Indian Railways. SCR has its head quarters at Secunderabad, Andhra Pradesh and serves almost the whole of the state of Andhra Pradesh, a large part of Maharashtra along with small portions of Madhya...
became the region's Railway Divisional headquarters under Indian RailwaysIndian RailwaysIndian Railways , abbreviated as IR , is a departmental undertaking of Government of India, which owns and operates most of India's rail transport. It is overseen by the Ministry of Railways of the Government of India....
. - 2004 – To ease the traffic at Guntur station, New GunturNew GunturNew Guntur is the newer Region of Guntur, a City located in the East Coast region of India. As the City developed to its North, East it has formed into three different regions: Old Guntur, Guntur and New Guntur. New Guntur has its own Train transit point, part of Indian Railways .....
transit point started renaming old Reddipalem station as an alternate route and a by-pass to northern India. - 2006 – The 30th KalachakraKalachakraKalachakra is a Sanskrit term used in Tantric Buddhism that literally means "time-wheel" or "time-cycles".The spelling Kalacakra is also correct....
International Festival took place at Amaravathi near Guntur. - 2006 – On 4 October, a rare natural phenomenon occurred in Guntur when the sky over the city's skyline illuminated a pink-orange hue.
- 2009 – On 9 February, Vignan UniversityVignan UniversityVignan University is a private university in the Guntur district Andhra Pradesh, India. It is in the rural area of Vadlamudi, on the southeastern part of Guntur City, a major centre with several colleges preparing students towards prominent entrance exams....
has been established to become the first private university in the region. - 2009 – On 3 September, K.Rosaiah of Guntur region became the CMChief MinisterA Chief Minister is the elected head of government of a sub-national state, provinces of Sri Lanka, Pakistan, notably a state of India, a territory of Australia or a British Overseas Territory that has attained self-government...
of AP after the death of Rajasekhar ReddyY. S. Rajasekhara ReddyY.S. Rajasekhara Reddy , popularly known as YSR, was a two-time Chief Minister of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. He is seen as the most popular chief minister of Andhra pradesh. His popularity is often attributed to various welfare schemes and development programs he championed for the...
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