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

• 12-15th centuries — Part of Delhi Sultanate, plundered multiple times.^[2]
• 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 Mughals.,^[2] the most prosperous port in the state, used for travel to the Hajj pilgrimage^[3]

1600s-1800s

• 1612
  • First factory in India is established by England.^[3]
  • 29–30 November — Battle of Suvali takes place in a village near Surat.
• 1616 — Dutch trading post established by Pieter van den Broecke in Surat (Suratte).
• 1644 — Inauguration of Mughal Sarai.
• 1664 — Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaja emerges victorious in the Battle of Surat against Inayat Khan (Mughal) and goes on to raid the city.
• 1759 — Over the past few years trade had substantially decreased due to the rise of Bombay as an important city.
• 1790-1 — An epidemic affects the city: 1,00,000 Gujaratis dead.^[4]
• 1795 — Dutch Suratte comes under British protection, who promise to restore it to the Dutch when peace is reestablished in Europe.^[5]
• 1797 — Under full control of Bombay Presidency in British East India Company.
• 1802 — According to the Treaty of Amiens, the Dutch were supposed to regain their territories, however, this did not take place.
• 1814 — The Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1814 finally restores Dutch Suratte to the Dutch.
• 1824
  • Suratte is again relinquished to the British as per the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824.
  • Anglican Church built.
• 1837 — Fire breaks out, taking the lives of 500 and demolishing 9,737 houses. It is the most destructive fire in the history of Surat.
• 1850 — Andrews Library established.

1900s-Present

• 1962 — Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology established.
• 1965 — Veer Narmad South Gujarat University established.
• 1991 — Kavi Narmad Central Library established.
• 1994 — Pneumonic plague affects Surat; 56 dead, 693 suspected, 3,00,000 migrated from the city.
• 2006 — A flood ravaged Surat covering 80-95% of the city.
• 2010 — Surat Diamond Bourse established.
• 2013 — Surat Bus Rapid Transit System begin operation November 2013 (Phase I)
• 2019 — Fire in a commercial complex in Sarthana Jagatnaka kills 22 students.
• 2020 — COVID 19 in surat. cases tested for COVID 19 :- 87.23 lakhs ; patients recovered :- 2.11 lakhs ; people under quarantine:- 550; total deaths :- 2084.
• 2023 —Surat diamond Bourse Built at a cost of approximately Rs 3,500 crore, the building spans 67 lakh square feet of floor space and has the capacity to house nearly 4,500 diamond trading offices.

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