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ਘਟਨਾਵਾਂ

ਪੰਜਾਬ ਨੂੰ ਘੜਨ ਵਾਲੇ ਪਲ, ਕ੍ਰਮ ਅਨੁਸਾਰ, ਕੋਸ਼ ਦੇ ਇੰਦਰਾਜਾਂ ਦੀਆਂ ਸਮਾਂ-ਰੇਖਾਵਾਂ ਤੋਂ। ਹਰ ਇੱਕ ਉਸ ਥਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਜੁੜਦਾ ਹੈ ਜਿੱਥੇ ਇਹ ਵਾਪਰਿਆ।

1st century

  1. Early 1800sNawab Qutbuddin Khan of Mamdot founds Jalalabad as his capital, naming it for his son Jalaluddin. ਜਲਾਲਆਬਾਦ
  2. c. 1st centuryFounded as Raghupur by Raja Raghab, a Brahmin ruler. ਰਾਹੋਂ
  3. 24 ਨਵੰਬਰ 1995Moga district is carved out of Faridkot; the city becomes its headquarters. ਮੋਗਾ
  4. 30 ਜੁਲਾਈ 1857Soldiers of the 26th Native Infantry are killed at Ajnala and thrown into the Kalianwala Khu. ਅਜਨਾਲਾ
  5. 47The Romans found Ratae Corieltauvorum at the site of Leicester. ਲੈਸਟਰ
  6. 49 BCEBergomum, modern Bergamo, becomes a Roman municipality. ਬੇਰਗਾਮੋ

2nd century

  1. 187 BCMarcus Aemilius Lepidus builds the Via Aemilia; Regium Lepidi, modern Reggio, is founded on it. ਰੇਜੋ ਐਮੀਲੀਆ

7th century

  1. 630sThe Chinese traveller Xuanzang notes Sirhind as the capital of the Shitotulo (Sutlej) district. ਸਰਹਿੰਦ

8th century

  1. 753 BCRome's legendary founding by Romulus, the date from which the city counted its years. ਰੋਮ
  2. 794Frankfurt is first mentioned in a document, as Franconofurd, the ford of the Franks on the Main. ਫਰੈਂਕਫਰਟ

10th century

  1. 985Lady Wulfruna founds the town that becomes Wolverhampton. ਵੁਲਵਰਹੈਂਪਟਨ

11th century

  1. 1000Tradition dates the founding by Rajput chief Shankar Sahai. ਗੜ੍ਹਸ਼ੰਕਰ
  2. 1043Leofric, Earl of Mercia, and Lady Godiva found a Benedictine monastery at Coventry. ਕੋਵੈਂਟਰੀ

12th century

  1. 1103Sultan Khan Lodhi, a general of Mahmud of Ghazni, founds the city. ਸੁਲਤਾਨਪੁਰ ਲੋਧੀ
  2. 1192Qutb-ud-Din Aibak is endowed with the territory of Samana. ਸਮਾਣਾ

13th century

  1. 1200sMāori settle Tauranga in the late 13th century; the name means a resting place or anchorage. ਤੌਰੰਗਾ
  2. 1240Razia Sultan, deposed from the throne of Delhi, is held prisoner in Qila Mubarak. ਬਠਿੰਡਾ

14th century

  1. 1345A charter of Edward III formally recognises Coventry's city status. ਕੋਵੈਂਟਰੀ
  2. 1372Frankfurt becomes an imperial free city of the Holy Roman Empire. ਫਰੈਂਕਫਰਟ

15th century

  1. 1428Bergamo is ceded to the Republic of Venice, whose rule later builds the Città Alta walls. ਬੇਰਗਾਮੋ
  2. 1451The University of Glasgow is founded. ਗਲਾਸਗੋ
  3. 1454Sheikh Sadruddin settles at Malerkotla; the princely state traces its origin to this settlement. ਮਲੇਰਕੋਟਲਾ
  4. 1454Shaikh Sadruddin receives land in marriage grant from Behlol Lodhi, laying the foundation of Maler. ਮਾਲੇਰਕੋਟਲਾ ਜ਼ਿਲ੍ਹਾ
  5. 1478The Rai family founds Talwandi Rai in the Ludhiana plain. ਰਾਏਕੋਟ
  6. 1480Ludhiana is founded by Lodi chiefs Yusuf Khan and Nihad Khan. ਲੁਧਿਆਣਾ
  7. 1487Guru Nanak Dev Ji marries Mata Sulakhni at Batala. ਬਟਲਾ
  8. 1487Guru Nanak arrives in Sultanpur and takes work at the modi khana. ਸੁਲਤਾਨਪੁਰ ਲੋਧੀ
  9. 1493Jhanda Khan Gakhar re-establishes the ruined town as Rawalpindi. ਰਾਵਲਪਿੰਡੀ
  10. 1499Guru Nanak bathes in the Kali Bein and emerges enlightened, uttering 'Na koi Hindu, na Musalman'. ਸੁਲਤਾਨਪੁਰ ਲੋਧੀ

16th century

  1. 1517–1526Flourishing trade centre under Ibrahim Lodhi, reported population 145,000. ਰਾਹੋਂ
  2. 1530Mirza Hadi Beg founds the town. ਕਾਦੀਆਂ
  3. 1539Tradition: Sher Shah Suri seeks Raj Dev's blessings before attacking Humayun. ਬਲਾਚੌਰ
  4. 1540Bassi Pathana is founded as a settlement of Pathans, the City of Pathanas. ਬੱਸੀ ਪਠਾਣਾ
  5. 1540Sher Shah Suri builds a sarai at Rajpura on the imperial highway, between 1540 and 1545. ਰਾਜਪੁਰਾ
  6. 1542Sher Shah Suri's sarai is raised at Phillaur on the imperial road. ਫਿਲੌਰ
  7. 1556–1605Capital of the Dardhak Mahal in Akbar’s reign. ਰਾਹੋਂ
  8. 1557Akbar's army under Lahore governor Khizr Khan camps at Dasuya against Sikandar Sur. ਦਸੂਆ
  9. 1577Guru Ram Das founds the city around a natural pool. ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤਸਰ
  10. 1590sThe Ain-i-Akbari lists Sunam as a pargana of Sirhind sarkar with a brick fort. ਐਤਵਾਰ

17th century

  1. 1600sGuru Hargobind Sahib founds the town, naming it after himself; Guru Ki Maseet is built. ਸ੍ਰੀ ਹਰਗੋਬਿੰਦਪੁਰ
  2. 1600sThe Sarai Lashkari serai is built on the imperial highway in the time of Aurangzeb. ਦੋਰਾਹਾ
  3. 1600sSanghu, a Jat, founds the settlement that becomes Sangrur, by tradition. ਸੰਗਰੂਰ
  4. 1604The Adi Granth is installed in Harmandir Sahib. ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤਸਰ
  5. 1606Guru Hargobind establishes the Akal Takht. ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤਸਰ
  6. 1621Nur Jahan has the Serai Nurmahal built under Zakariya Khan (1028–1030 Hijri). ਨੂਰਮਹਿਲ
  7. 1630sGuru Hargobind halts at Doraha during his Malwa travels; gurdwaras later mark the visit. ਦੋਰਾਹਾ
  8. 1631Guru Hargobind visits the Jagraon region; Gurdwara Guru Sar is later raised at Kaunke. ਜਗਰਾਉਂ
  9. 1634The Battle of Lahira is fought in the district between Guru Hargobind and Mughal forces. ਬਠਿੰਡਾ
  10. 1642Montreal is founded as Ville-Marie on 17 May. ਸੋਮਵਾਰ
  11. 1648The Rai family founds Raikot, seat of their chieftainship. ਰਾਏਕੋਟ
  12. 1657Bayazid Khan founds the fort of Malerkotla — the princely state in whose orbit Ahmedgarh grows as a qasba market town. ਅਹਿਮਦਗੜ੍ਹ
  13. 1657Bayazid Khan, a descendant of Shaikh Sadruddin, founds Kotla. ਮਾਲੇਰਕੋਟਲਾ ਜ਼ਿਲ੍ਹਾ
  14. 1658–1707Brick fort built at Rahon under Aurangzeb. ਰਾਹੋਂ
  15. 1675Bhai Jaita Ji rests at the present Nabha Sahib site carrying Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji's head towards Anandpur Sahib. ਜ਼ੀਰਕਪੁਰ
  16. 1675Sayyad Jalal-ud-Din of Samana executes Guru Tegh Bahadur at Delhi's Chandni Chowk. ਸਮਾਣਾ
  17. 1680Chaudhri Rama, son of Chaudhri Phul, founds the town. ਰਾਮਪੁਰਾ ਫੂਲ
  18. 1688Rai Kamaluddin of Raikot founds Jagraon. ਜਗਰਾਉਂ
  19. 1688Rai Kamaluddin of Raikot founds Jagraon. ਰਾਏਕੋਟ
  20. 1688Guru Gobind Singh Ji visits the site on his return from Paonta Sahib after the Battle of Bhangani. ਜ਼ੀਰਕਪੁਰ
  21. 1696Guru Gobind Singh sends a hukamnama to Rama and Tiloka. ਰਾਮਪੁਰਾ ਫੂਲ

18th century

  1. 1700sFaiz Baksh, Governor of Sirhind, founds Amloh. ਅਮਲੋਹ
  2. 1701Fort Pontchartrain du Detroit is founded on 24 July 1701. ਡੈਟਰਾਇਟ
  3. 1704Wazir Khan, the Mughal governor, has the younger Sahibzadas Zorawar Singh and Fateh Singh bricked alive. ਸਰਹਿੰਦ
  4. 1705Nawab Sher Mohammed Khan protests the execution of the younger Sahibzadas: the Haa da Naara. ਮਲੇਰਕੋਟਲਾ
  5. 1705Work begins on the Pothimala building, the manuscript house of the Sodhi family. ਗੁਰੂ ਹਰ ਸਹਾਏ
  6. 1705Rai Kalha shelters Guru Gobind Singh Ji at Raikot and receives the Ganga Sagar and a sword. ਰਾਏਕੋਟ
  7. 1705Nawab Sher Mohammed Khan of Malerkotla protests the sentencing of Guru Gobind Singh's young sons at Sirhind — the act behind the region's lasting communal harmony. ਅਹਿਮਦਗੜ੍ਹ
  8. 1705Mata Gujri and the younger Sahibzade are held for a night in Morinda's kotwali after their arrest at Saheri. ਮੋਰਿੰਡਾ
  9. 1705Nawab Sher Mohammed Khan protests the execution of Guru Gobind Singh young sons at Sirhind, remembered as Haa da Naara. ਮਾਲੇਰਕੋਟਲਾ ਜ਼ਿਲ੍ਹਾ
  10. 1709Banda Singh Bahadur destroys Banur on his march from Lohgarh towards Sirhind. ਬਨੂੜ
  11. 1709Banda Singh Bahadur sacks Samana; the Mughals retake it the following year. ਸਮਾਣਾ
  12. 1710Banda Singh Bahadur captures Sirhind and executes Wazir Khan. ਸਰਹਿੰਦ
  13. 1710Battle of Rahon — Banda Singh Bahadur defeats the Mughals and takes the town. ਰਾਹੋਂ
  14. 1714Rama is killed at Maler Kotla. ਰਾਮਪੁਰਾ ਫੂਲ
  15. 1721Lombe's Mill, the Derby silk mill, opens as an early British factory. ਡਰਬੀ
  16. 1722Baba Ala Singh establishes his headquarters at Barnala, with about thirty villages under him. ਬਰਨਾਲਾ ਜ਼ਿਲ੍ਹਾ
  17. 1731Ala Singh's victory at the Battle of Barnala makes him a leading Cis-Sutlej chief. ਬਰਨਾਲਾ
  18. 1731Ala Singh defeats Rai Kalha of Raikot at Barnala and expands his territory. ਬਰਨਾਲਾ ਜ਼ਿਲ੍ਹਾ
  19. 1739Nader Shah's invasion devastates the city on his way to Delhi. ਸੁਲਤਾਨਪੁਰ ਲੋਧੀ
  20. 1742Maharaja Ala Singh of Patiala recovers Samana for the Sikh side. ਸਮਾਣਾ
  21. 1745Guru Jiwan Mal founds the locality and names it Guru Har Sahai after his son Har Sahai. ਗੁਰੂ ਹਰ ਸਹਾਏ
  22. 1750The town passes to the Sikhs of the Ahluwalia confederacy. ਨੂਰਮਹਿਲ
  23. 1754Maharaja Ala Singh of Patiala conquers Bathinda; the town follows Patiala State until independence. ਬਠਿੰਡਾ
  24. 1755Hamir Singh of the Phulkian family founds the town of Nabha. ਨਾਭਾ
  25. 1759Sardar Jassa Singh Ahluwalia restores the city and takes its historic shrines under his protection. ਸੁਲਤਾਨਪੁਰ ਲੋਧੀ
  26. 1759Becomes capital of the Dallewalia Misl under Tara Singh Ghaiba. ਰਾਹੋਂ
  27. 1760The Rais of Raikot take Ludhiana town. ਰਾਏਕੋਟ
  28. 1762Ahmad Shah Durrani burns Barnala and forces Ala Singh to submit. ਬਰਨਾਲਾ
  29. 1763Baba Ala Singh founds Patiala and lays the foundation of Qila Mubarak. ਪਟਿਆਲਾ
  30. 1763After the fall of Sirhind, Raja Hamir Singh of Nabha annexes Amloh. ਅਮਲੋਹ
  31. 1763Kalsia State is founded; Dera Bassi becomes the seat of its Basi tehsil. ਡੇਰਾ ਬੱਸੀ
  32. 1763Nabha State is established with Nabha as its capital. ਨਾਭਾ
  33. 1763Ala Singh builds a fort at the seat that becomes Patiala, which replaces Barnala as his permanent capital. ਬਰਨਾਲਾ ਜ਼ਿਲ੍ਹਾ
  34. 1764The Dal Khalsa defeats governor Zain Khan and occupies Sirhind; it passes to Baba Ala Singh of Patiala. ਸਰਹਿੰਦ
  35. 1764Ala Singh shifts his capital from Barnala to the newly founded Patiala. ਬਰਨਾਲਾ
  36. 1766The Faizullahpuria Misl captures Jalandhar. ਜਲੰਧਰ
  37. 1766Sardar Milkha Singh invites Jhelum and Shahpur traders to settle. ਰਾਵਲਪਿੰਡੀ
  38. 1773Sangrur passes from Nabha State to Jind State. ਸੰਗਰੂਰ
  39. 1779Jassa Singh Ahluwalia decisively occupies Kapurthala in December and makes it the Ahluwalia headquarters. ਕਪੂਰਥਲਾ
  40. 1780sManchester's first cotton mill is built, and the town begins its rise as Cottonopolis. ਮਾਨਚੈਸਟਰ
  41. 1788The First Fleet establishes the penal colony at Sydney Cove in January 1788. ਸਿਡਨੀ
  42. 1790Rai Ahmad of Jagraon is arrested by the Maratha general Ranee Khan and escapes at Panipat. ਜਗਰਾਉਂ
  43. 1791Birmingham is hailed as the first manufacturing town in the world. ਬਰਮਿੰਘਮ
  44. 1797The tricolour that becomes the Italian flag is first adopted in Reggio on 7 January 1797. ਰੇਜੋ ਐਮੀਲੀਆ

19th century

  1. 1800sSamrala develops as a qasba market town on the Ludhiana–Chandigarh route. ਸਂਰਲਾ
  2. 1806Detroit is incorporated as a city on 13 September 1806. ਡੈਟਰਾਇਟ
  3. 1808The Raja of Patiala signs a treaty with the British against Ranjit Singh. ਪਟਿਆਲਾ
  4. 1809After the Treaty of Amritsar, Ludhiana becomes a British cantonment on the Sutlej frontier. ਲੁਧਿਆਣਾ
  5. 1809Maharaja Ranjit Singh occupies Hoshiarpur. ਹੁਸ਼ਿਆਰਪੁਰ
  6. 1809Ranjit Singh rebuilds the sarai as a fort, designed by Dewan Mohkam Chand. ਫਿਲੌਰ
  7. 1810Ranjit Singh seizes Rawalpindi; Sikh rule consolidated at Haidru, 1813. ਰਾਵਲਪਿੰਡੀ
  8. 1811Maharaja Ranjit Singh incorporates Jalandhar into the Sikh Empire. ਜਲੰਧਰ
  9. 1816The Leeds and Liverpool Canal is completed, deepening the city's industrial growth. ਲੀਡਜ਼
  10. 1822Raja Sangat Singh makes Sangrur the capital of Jind State. ਸੰਗਰੂਰ
  11. 1824A penal settlement is founded at Redcliffe, the start of Brisbane, and moves to the Brisbane River site the next year. ਬ੍ਰਿਸਬੇਨ
  12. 1829Captain James Stirling founds Perth on 4 June 1829 as the centre of the Swan River Colony. ਪਰਥ
  13. 1830The Liverpool and Manchester Railway opens, the world's first modern railway. ਮਾਨਚੈਸਟਰ
  14. 1831Maharaja Ranjit Singh meets Governor-General Lord William Bentinck at Ropar in October; the meeting's agreement is dated 26 October. ਰੂਪਨਗਰ
  15. 1832Montreal is incorporated as a city. ਸੋਮਵਾਰ
  16. 1835Melbourne is founded by free settlers from Van Diemen's Land on the Yarra River. ਮੈਲਬਰਨ
  17. 1836Adelaide is founded on 28 December 1836 as the planned capital of South Australia. ਐਡੀਲੇਡ
  18. 1837Chicago is incorporated as a city on 4 March 1837. ਸ਼ਿਕਾਗੋ
  19. 1837Houston is incorporated on 5 June 1837. ਹਿਊਸਟਨ
  20. 1839Maharaja Ranjit Singh dies in Lahore; Majithia sardars had served high office in his darbar. ਮਜੀਠਾ
  21. 1839The railway reaches Derby, and the city grows into a centre of the British rail industry. ਡਰਬੀ
  22. 1840Auckland is founded on 18 September 1840 and becomes the colony's capital. ਔਕਲੈਂਡ
  23. 1844The British administration makes Garhshankar a tehsil. ਗੜ੍ਹਸ਼ੰਕਰ
  24. 1844J.H. Oliver founds Fazilka on land ceded by the Bahawalpur princely state, naming it after Mian Fazil Watto. ਫ਼ਾਜ਼ਿਲਕਾ
  25. 1844J.H. Oliver founds Fazilka town as a trading post, named for Mian Fazil Watoo. ਫਾਜ਼ਿਲਕਾ ਜ਼ਿਲ੍ਹਾ
  26. 1845The Battle of Mudki is fought nearby, opening the First Anglo-Sikh War. ਜ਼ੀਰਾ
  27. 1846The Jalandhar Doab passes to the British after the First Anglo-Sikh War. ਹੁਸ਼ਿਆਰਪੁਰ
  28. 1846The British take the fort after the Battle of Aliwal. ਫਿਲੌਰ
  29. 1846After the First Anglo-Sikh War, a quarter of the state's territory is confiscated and Raja Davinder Singh is deposed. ਨਾਭਾ
  30. 1847Indianapolis is incorporated as a city. ਇੰਡੀਆਨਾਪੋਲਿਸ
  31. 1848Jalandhar Cantonment is established, among the oldest in India. ਜਲੰਧਰ
  32. 1848Sacramento is laid out in December 1848 south of Sutter's Fort during the Gold Rush. ਸੈਕਰਾਮੈਂਟੋ
  33. 1849Maharaja Duleep Singh spends the night of 31 December at Bassian Kothi on his way into exile. ਰਾਏਕੋਟ
  34. 1849Sikh commanders surrender near Rawalpindi; Punjab annexed by the British. ਰਾਵਲਪਿੰਡੀ
  35. 1849Stockton is founded during the California Gold Rush; it is incorporated in 1850. ਸਟਾਕਟਨ
  36. 1850The Khanna jagir lapses to the British on the death of its last holder, Mai Daya Kaur. ਖੱਨਾ
  37. 1850Sacramento is incorporated on 27 February 1850, the oldest incorporated city in California. ਸੈਕਰਾਮੈਂਟੋ
  38. 1850The First Four Ships bring the Canterbury Pilgrims to Lyttelton Harbour. ਕਰਾਈਸਟਚਰਚ
  39. 1851Work begins on the Bari Doab Canal from the Madhopur headworks near Pathankot. ਧਾਰੀਵਾਲ
  40. 1851Cantonment decision — Rawalpindi becomes the Northern Command's largest garrison town. ਰਾਵਲਪਿੰਡੀ
  41. 1851Melbourne becomes the capital of the new Colony of Victoria, and gold is discovered in Victoria. ਮੈਲਬਰਨ
  42. 1853Pathankot is merged into Gurdaspur district under British rule. ਪਠਾਨਕੋਟ
  43. 1854Sacramento becomes the permanent capital of California. ਸੈਕਰਾਮੈਂਟੋ
  44. 1856Dallas is incorporated as a city on 2 February 1856. ਡੈਲਸ
  45. 1856Christchurch becomes a city by letters patent on 31 July 1856, New Zealand's oldest established city. ਕਰਾਈਸਟਚਰਚ
  46. 1857282 soldiers of the 26th Native Infantry are killed at Kalianwala Khu. ਅਜਨਾਲਾ
  47. 1857Government High School founded — the oldest government school in Punjab. ਰਾਹੋਂ
  48. 1858Sardar Fateh Singh builds the family's ancestral house. ਖਟਕੜ ਕਲਾਂ
  49. 1859Garibaldi takes Bergamo; its volunteers earn it the name Città dei Mille, City of the Thousand. ਬੇਰਗਾਮੋ
  50. 1861Kennedy Trail opens a settler route through present-day Surrey. ਸਰੀ
  51. 1863Colonel Thomas Baker arrives on the Kern River; his stopover becomes known as Baker's Field. ਬੇਕਰਸਫ਼ੀਲਡ
  52. 1864The 4th Waikato Regiment settles Hamilton in August 1864, after the Invasion of Waikato. ਹੈਮਿਲਟਨ
  53. 1865Lala Lajpat Rai is born at Dhudike. ਧੂਦਿਕੇ
  54. 1866Prussia annexes the Free City of Frankfurt after the Austro-Prussian War. ਫਰੈਂਕਫਰਟ
  55. 1867Ludhiana Municipality is established. ਲੁਧਿਆਣਾ
  56. 1867Municipal status granted. ਰਾਵਲਪਿੰਡੀ
  57. 1868Albon Platt Man buys about 400 acres and Edward Richmond lays out the community of Richmond Hill. ਰਿਚਮੰਡ ਹਿੱਲ
  58. 1869Thomas Baker lays out the Bakersfield townsite. ਬੇਕਰਸਫ਼ੀਲਡ
  59. 1869Seattle is incorporated on 2 December 1869. ਸੀਐਟਲ
  60. 1870The railway from Ludhiana reaches Khanna and growth shifts towards the station. ਖੱਨਾ
  61. 1870Doraha railway station opens. ਦੋਰਾਹਾ
  62. 1871Rome becomes the capital of the Kingdom of Italy. ਰੋਮ
  63. 187265 Namdhari prisoners are executed by cannon at Malerkotla without trial. ਮਲੇਰਕੋਟਲਾ
  64. 1872Fresno is founded as a railway station; it is incorporated in 1885 and becomes county seat of Fresno County. ਫਰੈਜ਼ਨੋ
  65. 1873Bakersfield is first incorporated; it becomes Kern County seat in 1874 and is re-incorporated on 11 January 1898. ਬੇਕਰਸਫ਼ੀਲਡ
  66. 1873The Livingston post office opens; a spelling error on the application fixes the name as Livingston, for Dr David Livingstone. ਲਿਵਿੰਗਸਟਨ
  67. 1875First Harballabh Sangeet Sammelan held at Devi Talab. ਜਲੰਧਰ
  68. 1875Mohindra College is founded in Patiala. ਪਟਿਆਲਾ
  69. 1877Jagatjit Singh ascends the throne of Kapurthala State as a child. ਕਪੂਰਥਲਾ
  70. 1879The Upper Bari Doab Canal is completed, irrigating the Dhariwal tract. ਧਾਰੀਵਾਲ
  71. 1879Surrey incorporated as a municipality, named for the English county. ਸਰੀ
  72. 1879Delta is incorporated as a municipality, with Ladner as its centre. ਡੈਲਟਾ
  73. 1880The New Egerton Woolen Mills is established at Dhariwal. ਧਾਰੀਵਾਲ
  74. 1880The Valley View School District is founded and Selma's first post office opens, as the railroad townsite takes shape. ਸੈਲਮਾ
  75. 1882The first Ropar headworks opens, feeding the Sirhind Canal. ਰੂਪਨਗਰ
  76. 1882The Sirhind Canal begins carrying water from Ropar and reaches Doraha. ਦੋਰਾਹਾ
  77. 1884Sir Alexander MacRobert purchases the mills. ਧਾਰੀਵਾਲ
  78. 1885Fazilka gets a municipality on 10 December. ਫ਼ਾਜ਼ਿਲਕਾ
  79. 1885Maharaja Raghubir Singh commissions the Clock Tower. ਸੰਗਰੂਰ
  80. 1886Khanna becomes a class II municipality. ਖੱਨਾ
  81. 1888The name Woogoolga is gazetted; it becomes Woolgoolga in 1966. ਵੂਲਗੂਲਗਾ
  82. 1889Mirza Ghulam Ahmad founds the Ahmadiyya movement. ਕਾਦੀਆਂ
  83. 1890sSikhs are among the first Punjabi settlers in Christchurch, in the small wave of 1890 to 1910. ਕਰਾਈਸਟਚਰਚ
  84. 1891Christian Boys High School, Kharar's oldest educational institution, is established. ਖਰੜ
  85. 1892The Finger Print Bureau — among the region's oldest forensic units — is set up. ਫਿਲੌਰ
  86. 1893Selma is incorporated on 15 March 1893, the second city in Fresno County. ਸੈਲਮਾ
  87. 1893Leeds is awarded city status. ਲੀਡਜ਼
  88. 1894Richmond Hill is incorporated as an independent village. ਰਿਚਮੰਡ ਹਿੱਲ
  89. 1894The Manchester Ship Canal opens, linking inland Manchester to the sea. ਮਾਨਚੈਸਟਰ
  90. 1897Havildar Ishar Singh of Jhorran, in Jagraon tehsil, leads 21 Sikhs at the Battle of Saragarhi. ਜਗਰਾਉਂ
  91. 1898Richmond Hill becomes part of New York City as Queens is consolidated into the city. ਰਿਚਮੰਡ ਹਿੱਲ
  92. 1899Udham Singh is born at Sunam on 26 December. ਐਤਵਾਰ

20th century

  1. 1900sThe town becomes the headquarters of Samrala tehsil in Ludhiana district. ਸਂਰਲਾ
  2. 1900Sohan Singh Bhullar arrives in Canada from Punjab, aged 18; he moves to Alberta in 1907. ਐਡਮਿੰਟਨ
  3. 1901The railway reaches Moga; the tea trade coins the phrase Moga chah joga. ਮੋਗਾ
  4. 1901Melbourne becomes the interim seat of the Australian government, serving until Canberra takes over in 1927. ਮੈਲਬਰਨ
  5. 1902Sikh soldiers from Punjab arrive in Vancouver aboard the Empress of Japan. ਵੈਨਕੂਵਰ
  6. 1904The mill employs 908 people; the Imperial Gazetteer calls its woollens famous across colonial India. ਧਾਰੀਵਾਲ
  7. 1904The Punjab States Gazetteer lists Morinda among the chhats of the Taoni Rajputs. ਮੋਰਿੰਡਾ
  8. 1904Kharar serves as a chhat (estate centre) of the Taoni Rajputs, with 116 villages under it. ਖਰੜ
  9. 1905Hoshiarpur railway station is built; the city is the terminus of the Jalandhar branch. ਹੁਸ਼ਿਆਰਪੁਰ
  10. 1905Dhuri station opens on the Ludhiana to Jakhal line; a second line to Rajpura and Bathinda later makes it a junction. ਧੂਰੀ
  11. 1906The Khanna grain market, later known as Asia's largest, is established. ਖੱਨਾ
  12. 1906Khalsa Diwan Society founded, the first Sikh organization in Canada. ਵੈਨਕੂਵਰ
  13. 1906First Sikh recorded as arriving in Yuba City. ਯੂਬਾ ਸਿਟੀ
  14. 1906First Sikh recorded as coming to Fresno (Pluralism Project, Gurdwara Nanaksar). ਫਰੈਜ਼ਨੋ
  15. 1907Bellingham riots: Sikh lumber mill workers north of Seattle are attacked and driven out of Bellingham. ਸੀਐਟਲ
  16. 1908The Jagatjit Palace is completed. ਕਪੂਰਥਲਾ
  17. 1908First gurdwara in Canada opens at 1866 West 2nd Avenue. ਵੈਨਕੂਵਰ
  18. 1908Yuba City is incorporated on 23 January; it is the county seat of Sutter County. ਯੂਬਾ ਸਿਟੀ
  19. 1908The Khalsa Jatha British Isles is founded in London, the first gurdwara established in Europe. ਲੰਡਨ
  20. 1910Harnam Singh Hari settles with the first Sikh family in the Calgary area. ਕੈਲਗਰੀ
  21. 1910Park Extension is annexed to Montreal, becoming the city's immigrant landing district. ਸੋਮਵਾਰ
  22. 1911Maharaja Bhupinder Singh captains the first all India cricket team to tour England. ਪਟਿਆਲਾ
  23. 1911Maharaja Hira Singh takes the title of Maharaja at the end of his long reign. ਨਾਭਾ
  24. 1912The Jalandhar–Firozpur railway line is laid; Makhu station opens on it. ਮੱਖੂ
  25. 1912Pacific Coast Khalsa Diwan Society founders Jawala Singh and Wasakha Singh establish Gurdwara Sahib Stockton on 24 October, the first gurdwara in the United States. ਸਟਾਕਟਨ
  26. 1913Kartar Singh is recorded as the first person to buy land in Sutter County; Alien Land Laws bar Punjabis from owning land. ਯੂਬਾ ਸਿਟੀ
  27. 1913Stockton Gurdwara backs the Ghadar Party and its Punjabi newspaper, The Ghadar. ਸਟਾਕਟਨ
  28. 1914Komagata Maru held in Vancouver harbour; the community supports its passengers. ਵੈਨਕੂਵਰ
  29. 1915The railway from Jalandhar City reaches Mukerian. ਮੁਕੇਰੀਆਂ
  30. 1916Sikh soldier John Baboo enlists in Winnipeg for the First World War; wounded at Vimy Ridge. ਵਿੰਨੀਪੈੱਗ
  31. 1919The Jallianwala Bagh massacre, 13 April. ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤਸਰ
  32. 1919Leicester's city status is restored. ਲੈਸਟਰ
  33. 1920Khalsa Senior Secondary School is founded, anchoring Sikh education in the town. ਖਰੜ
  34. 1920sA larger group of about 20 Sikhs settles in Fresno after the First World War. ਫਰੈਜ਼ਨੋ
  35. 1920Punjabi immigrants own 2,099 acres and lease 86,340 acres, almost exclusively in the Imperial and Sacramento valleys (UC Berkeley). ਸੈਕਰਾਮੈਂਟੋ
  36. 1922Raja Ravi Sher Singh of Kalsia visits Dera Bassi. ਡੇਰਾ ਬੱਸੀ
  37. 1922Livingston is incorporated as a city on 11 September 1922. ਲਿਵਿੰਗਸਟਨ
  38. 1923Maharaja Ripudaman Singh is forced to abdicate; his removal feeds into the Jaito Morcha. ਨਾਭਾ
  39. 1924Puna Singh and family are recorded as the first Asian Indian resident family in the area. ਯੂਬਾ ਸਿਟੀ
  40. 1924Immigration Act restricts Punjabi immigration; land laws affect Punjabi farmers in California. ਫਰੈਜ਼ਨੋ
  41. 1925Pt. Ramjidass manufactures India's first sewing machine at Bassi Pathana. ਬੱਸੀ ਪਠਾਣਾ
  42. 1925By the early to mid 1920s Bhatra Sikhs are established in Glasgow and Edinburgh. ਗਲਾਸਗੋ
  43. 1926DAV College Hoshiarpur is established. ਹੁਸ਼ਿਆਰਪੁਰ
  44. 1927Government College Hoshiarpur begins as an intermediate college. ਹੁਸ਼ਿਆਰਪੁਰ
  45. 1927Morinda Junction railway station opens. ਮੋਰਿੰਡਾ
  46. 1927All Saints Church becomes Derby Cathedral, creating the Diocese of Derby. ਡਰਬੀ
  47. 1928Lajpat Rai dies of injuries from the Lahore lathi charge. ਧੂਦਿਕੇ
  48. 1929The Kangra Valley Railway opens from Pathankot to Jogindernagar. ਪਠਾਨਕੋਟ
  49. 1929The Lateran Treaty creates Vatican City, an independent state enclaved inside Rome. ਰੋਮ
  50. 1930The Moorish Mosque is completed. ਕਪੂਰਥਲਾ
  51. 1930sThe first Asian settlers arrive in Leeds, men seeking employment. ਲੀਡਜ਼
  52. 1930sFrom the late 1930s, many Punjabi Sikhs settle in the Waikato and take up dairy farming. ਹੈਮਿਲਟਨ
  53. 1932Harchand Singh Longowal is born on 2 January at Gidariani; he later settles at Longowal and takes its name. ਲੋਂਗੋਵਲ
  54. 1932The Sydney Harbour Bridge opens, linking the city centre to the north shore. ਸਿਡਨੀ
  55. 1932Latina is founded as Littoria on 30 June 1932 on the drained Pontine Marshes and inaugurated on 18 December 1932. ਲਾਤੀਨਾ
  56. 1933Port of Stockton deepwater channel opens, making Stockton an inland seaport. ਸਟਾਕਟਨ
  57. 1934Littoria becomes a provincial capital. ਲਾਤੀਨਾ
  58. 1936Maharaja Bhupinder Singh builds the Kali Devi Temple. ਪਟਿਆਲਾ
  59. 1937Pattullo Bridge opens, linking Surrey to New Westminster. ਸਰੀ
  60. 1939Punjabi pioneers from Rurka Kalan help set up the Indian Workers Association in Coventry. ਕੋਵੈਂਟਰੀ
  61. 1940Udham Singh shoots Michael O'Dwyer at Caxton Hall, London, on 13 March; he is hanged at Pentonville on 31 July. ਐਤਵਾਰ
  62. 1940The Coventry Blitz of 14 November kills 568 people and destroys the medieval cathedral. ਕੋਵੈਂਟਰੀ
  63. 1940The Story Bridge opens across the Brisbane River. ਬ੍ਰਿਸਬੇਨ
  64. 1946After the Second World War the city is renamed Latina. ਲਾਤੀਨਾ
  65. 1947Partition puts the border about 28 km west of the city. ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤਸਰ
  66. 1947Partition reshapes the town as refugee families join the mill workforce. ਧਾਰੀਵਾਲ
  67. 1947Partition keeps Pathankot in India, turning it into a border city. ਪਠਾਨਕੋਟ
  68. 1947Partition; Sujanpur remains in Gurdaspur district, East Punjab. ਸੁਜਨਪੁਰ
  69. 1947Partition; Tanda remains in Hoshiarpur district, East Punjab. ਟਾਂਡਾ ਉੜਮੁੜ
  70. 1947Kapurthala State accedes to India; it joins PEPSU the following year. ਕਪੂਰਥਲਾ
  71. 1947Partition refugees settle and build Phagwara's small industries. ਫਗਵਾੜਾ
  72. 1947Partition; Goraya remains in Jalandhar district, East Punjab. ਗੋਰਯਾ
  73. 1947Partition; the town remains in its district in East Punjab. ਨਕੋਦਰ
  74. 1947Partition; Shahkot remains in Jalandhar district, East Punjab. ਸ਼ਾਹਕੋਟ
  75. 1947Partition; the town remains in its district in East Punjab. ਬੰਗਾ
  76. 1947Malerkotla stays comparatively peaceful through Partition. ਮਲੇਰਕੋਟਲਾ
  77. 1947Partition; Payal remains in Ludhiana district, East Punjab. ਪਾਇਲ
  78. 1947Partition reshapes trade routes across Malwa's mandi towns. ਤਪਾ
  79. 1947Partition; Malwa's mandi towns absorb trade disrupted by the new border. ਮਾਨਸਾ
  80. 1947Partition reshapes trade across southern Malwa. ਬੁਢਲਾਡਾ
  81. 1947After Partition, the town becomes part of Barnala district in PEPSU. ਰਾਮਪੁਰਾ ਫੂਲ
  82. 1947Partition; Malwa's mandi towns absorb refugees and trade grows. ਮੌਰ
  83. 1947Partition; refugees settle in the town as the new border takes shape nearby. ਮਲੋਟ
  84. 1947Partition makes Abohar a border city; refugees settle in large numbers. ਅਬੋਹਰ
  85. 1947The Radcliffe Line makes Fazilka a border town. ਫ਼ਾਜ਼ਿਲਕਾ
  86. 1947Partition; the area's trade routes are redrawn. ਜਲਾਲਆਬਾਦ
  87. 1947Partition; the Sodhi family's followers across the new border are cut off from the town. ਗੁਰੂ ਹਰ ਸਹਾਏ
  88. 1947Partition; the town sits in the border district of Ferozepur. ਜ਼ੀਰਾ
  89. 1947Partition reshapes trade across the region. ਮੋਗਾ
  90. 1947Partition reshapes the region's trade. ਬਾਘਾ ਪੁਰਾਣਾ
  91. 1947Partition reshapes the region's trade. ਧਰਮਕੋਟ
  92. 1947Partition; the town sits in the border district of Ferozepur. ਮੱਖੂ
  93. 1947Partition; Patti becomes part of the border belt. ਪੱਟੀ
  94. 1947Partition; Khem Karan becomes a frontier town on the new border. ਖੇਮ ਕਰਨ
  95. 1947Partition; Bhikhiwind becomes part of the border belt. ਭਿੱਖੀਵਿੰਡ
  96. 1947Partition; Ajnala remains in the border district of Amritsar. ਅਜਨਾਲਾ
  97. 1947Partition; Majitha remains in Amritsar district. ਮਜੀਠਾ
  98. 1947Partition; Batala remains the leading city of the border district. ਬਟਲਾ
  99. 1947Partition; the Ahmadiyya headquarters moves to Pakistan. ਕਾਦੀਆਂ
  100. 1947Partition; the town remains in Gurdaspur district. ਸ੍ਰੀ ਹਰਗੋਬਿੰਦਪੁਰ
  101. 1947Rai Inayat Khan, the last Rai chief, holds custody of the Ganga Sagar relic at Partition. ਜਗਰਾਉਂ
  102. 1947A Model Town colony is laid out along the Samrala road in 1947 to 1949 for refugee families. ਖੱਨਾ
  103. 1947Partition riots and the Rawalpindi massacres; the city is awarded to Pakistan. ਰਾਵਲਪਿੰਡੀ
  104. 1948Bathinda becomes a full district headquarters under PEPSU. ਬਠਿੰਡਾ
  105. 1948Patiala becomes capital of PEPSU, with Yadavindra Singh as Rajpramukh. ਪਟਿਆਲਾ
  106. 1948Land is acquired and the township is laid out as Bhakra Dam construction is planned. ਨਂਗਲ
  107. 1948The princely state accedes to India and joins PEPSU. ਮਲੇਰਕੋਟਲਾ
  108. 1948Kalsia merges into PEPSU and Dera Bassi joins Kohistan district. ਡੇਰਾ ਬੱਸੀ
  109. 1948Banur's time as a Taoni Rajput chhat ends with the reorganisation after Independence. ਬਨੂੜ
  110. 1948Nabha State merges into PEPSU; in 1956 PEPSU joins Punjab and Nabha becomes part of Patiala district. ਨਾਭਾ
  111. 1948Sangrur district is formed in PEPSU with Sangrur as headquarters. ਸੰਗਰੂਰ
  112. 1948Malerkotla princely state joins the Patiala and East Punjab States Union after the princely states are dissolved. ਮਾਲੇਰਕੋਟਲਾ ਜ਼ਿਲ੍ਹਾ
  113. 1949Government College becomes Panjab University's University College. ਹੁਸ਼ਿਆਰਪੁਰ
  114. 1949The Balraj Mandir Committee is formed. ਬਲਾਚੌਰ
  115. 1949The Rajpura Development Ordinance creates a planned township for Bahawalpur refugees. ਰਾਜਪੁਰਾ
  116. 1950The first group of South Asian settlers arrives in Southall, recruited for a local factory. ਲੰਡਨ
  117. 1950The first group of South Asian settlers arrives in Southall, recruited for a local factory. ਸਾਊਥਹਾਲ
  118. 1951Census records the population jump brought by Partition migration. ਰਾਜਪੁਰਾ
  119. 1951The Dhuri assembly constituency is established. ਧੂਰੀ
  120. 1951Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan assassinated at Liaquat Bagh. ਰਾਵਲਪਿੰਡੀ
  121. 1952The Mukerian to Pathankot railway line is built. ਮੁਕੇਰੀਆਂ
  122. 1952The Harike Barrage is built at the Sutlej–Beas confluence nearby, creating the Harike wetland. ਮੱਖੂ
  123. 1952A new head regulator is built; its reservoir forms the Ropar Wetland lake. ਰੂਪਨਗਰ
  124. 1952Akali Singh Gurdwara opens in East Vancouver. ਵੈਨਕੂਵਰ
  125. 1952In the early 1950s Glasgow's first gurdwara opens at 79 South Portland Street in the Gorbals. ਗਲਾਸਗੋ
  126. 1953ASI excavations under Y. D. Sharma begin at the Nalagarh Tibbi mound, the first Harappan excavation of independent India. ਰੂਪਨਗਰ
  127. 1953Dera Bassi becomes part of Patiala district. ਡੇਰਾ ਬੱਸੀ
  128. 1953Barnala district is abolished and its tehsils divided between Sangrur and Bathinda. ਬਰਨਾਲਾ
  129. 1953Barnala district, then in PEPSU, is abolished and its tehsils are divided between Sangrur and Bathinda districts. ਬਰਨਾਲਾ ਜ਼ਿਲ੍ਹਾ
  130. 1954Nangal Dam is completed and the hydel channel commissioned on 8 July; the Panchsheel principles are formalised on its banks. ਨਂਗਲ
  131. 1954Rampura Phul is moved to Bathinda district. ਰਾਮਪੁਰਾ ਫੂਲ
  132. 1954Guru Nanak Dev Ji's birthday celebrated in Toronto for the first time, at a private home. ਟੋਰਾਂਟੋ
  133. 1954Organisational roots of the Sikh Cultural Society, later the centre of Little Punjab. ਰਿਚਮੰਡ ਹਿੱਲ
  134. 1955The Indian Air Force builds the Adampur airbase. ਆਦਮਪੁਰ
  135. 1955-56The co-operative sugar mill plant is installed as the Janta Co-operative Sugar Mills. ਭੋਗਪੁਰ
  136. 1956-57The mill crushes its first cane season. ਭੋਗਪੁਰ
  137. 1956Villagers form the Lala Lajpat Rai Birthplace Memorial Committee. ਧੂਦਿਕੇ
  138. 1956Dalip Singh Saund, whose Berkeley studies were sponsored by the Stockton Gurdwara, is elected to Congress. ਸਟਾਕਟਨ
  139. 1958Didar Singh Bains arrives in the United States from Hoshiarpur district, Punjab. ਯੂਬਾ ਸਿਟੀ
  140. 1958The first gurdwara in Leeds is established off Chapeltown Road. ਲੀਡਜ਼
  141. 1959–1969Interim capital of Pakistan while Islamabad is built. ਰਾਵਲਪਿੰਡੀ
  142. 1959George Massey Tunnel opens, ending Delta's isolation. ਡੈਲਟਾ
  143. 1960The Dera Baba Murad Shah is established in its present organised form. ਨਕੋਦਰ
  144. 1960sSikhs begin settling in Malton, in the city's northeast, near the airport. ਮਿਸੀਸਾਗਾ
  145. 1960sNaturalization records first show a Sikh presence in Kern County, in Taft and Bakersfield (CSU Bakersfield). ਬੇਕਰਸਫ਼ੀਲਡ
  146. 1960The first Sikh gurdwaras open in Leicester as the post-war Sikh community grows. ਲੈਸਟਰ
  147. 1960Rome hosts the Summer Olympics, where Punjabi sprinter Milkha Singh finishes fourth in the 400 metres. ਰੋਮ
  148. 1961The National Institute of Sports is founded at Moti Bagh Palace. ਪਟਿਆਲਾ
  149. 1961Sainik School Kapurthala is inaugurated in the Jagatjit Palace. ਕਪੂਰਥਲਾ
  150. 1961Nestle builds its first Indian production facility at Moga. ਮੋਗਾ
  151. 1961Nestlé sets up its first Indian dairy plant at Moga. ਮੋਗਾ
  152. 1961Nestle sets up its first Indian manufacturing facility at Moga. ਮੋਗਾ
  153. 1961Sri Guru Gobind Singh Gurdwara is established in Manchester, beginning in a terraced house in Hulme. ਮਾਨਚੈਸਟਰ
  154. 1962Punjab Agricultural University is established at Ludhiana. ਲੁਧਿਆਣਾ
  155. 1962Didar Singh Bains buys his first land; he becomes the largest peach farmer in California by 1978. ਯੂਬਾ ਸਿਟੀ
  156. 1962The Space Needle opens for the Seattle world's fair. ਸੀਐਟਲ
  157. 1962The new Coventry Cathedral, built beside the ruins, is consecrated on 25 May. ਕੋਵੈਂਟਰੀ
  158. 1963Nehru dedicates the completed Bhakra Dam to the nation on 22 October. ਨਂਗਲ
  159. 1963Selma adopts the slogan Raisin Capital of the World, with about 90 per cent of US raisins produced within eight miles. ਸੈਲਮਾ
  160. 1963Tauranga is constituted as a city on 17 April 1963. ਤੌਰੰਗਾ
  161. 1964Southall's two Sikh groups merge as Sri Guru Singh Sabha Southall and open a first gurdwara at The Green. ਲੰਡਨ
  162. 1964Southall's two Sikh groups merge as Sri Guru Singh Sabha Southall and open a first gurdwara at The Green. ਸਾਊਥਹਾਲ
  163. 1964The New Zealand Sikh Society is established. ਔਕਲੈਂਡ
  164. 1964The New Zealand Sikh Society is established in Hamilton. ਹੈਮਿਲਟਨ
  165. 1965PAF targets Adampur in the Indo-Pak war; the attacks fail. ਆਦਮਪੁਰ
  166. 1965The Battle of Asal Uttar is fought nearby; Pakistan's Patton tanks are destroyed. ਖੇਮ ਕਰਨ
  167. 1965Immigration and Nationality Act reopens family immigration; post 1965 Punjabis join pioneer descendants. ਫਰੈਜ਼ਨੋ
  168. 1965The Gurdwara Guru Nanak Parkash, Coventry's first gurdwara, is set up on Harnall Lane West. ਕੋਵੈਂਟਰੀ
  169. 1966Punjab's reorganisation leaves Sujanpur in Gurdaspur district. ਸੁਜਨਪੁਰ
  170. 1966The Punjab Reorganisation Act keeps Dasuya in Punjab, rejecting a claim to move it to Himachal Pradesh. ਦਸੂਆ
  171. 1966Punjab's reorganisation confirms Tanda in Hoshiarpur district. ਟਾਂਡਾ ਉੜਮੁੜ
  172. 1966Punjab's reorganisation confirms Goraya in Jalandhar district. ਗੋਰਯਾ
  173. 1966Punjab's reorganisation confirms Shahkot in Jalandhar district. ਸ਼ਾਹਕੋਟ
  174. 1966Punjab's reorganisation confirms Payal in Ludhiana district. ਪਾਇਲ
  175. 1966Punjab is reorganised on linguistic lines; Tapa remains in the Punjabi-speaking state. ਤਪਾ
  176. 1966Punjab reorganised on linguistic lines. ਮਾਨਸਾ
  177. 1966Punjab reorganised on linguistic lines. ਮੌਰ
  178. 1966Punjab reorganised on linguistic lines. ਮਲੋਟ
  179. 1966Punjab reorganised on linguistic lines. ਅਬੋਹਰ
  180. 1966Punjab reorganised on linguistic lines. ਫ਼ਾਜ਼ਿਲਕਾ
  181. 1966Punjab reorganised on linguistic lines. ਜਲਾਲਆਬਾਦ
  182. 1966Punjab reorganised on linguistic lines. ਜ਼ੀਰਾ
  183. 1966Punjab reorganised on linguistic lines. ਮੋਗਾ
  184. 1966Punjab reorganised on linguistic lines. ਬਾਘਾ ਪੁਰਾਣਾ
  185. 1966Punjab reorganised on linguistic lines. ਧਰਮਕੋਟ
  186. 1966Punjab reorganised on linguistic lines. ਮੱਖੂ
  187. 1966Punjab reorganised on linguistic lines. ਪੱਟੀ
  188. 1966Punjab reorganised on linguistic lines. ਖੇਮ ਕਰਨ
  189. 1966Punjab reorganised on linguistic lines. ਭਿੱਖੀਵਿੰਡ
  190. 1966Punjab reorganised on linguistic lines. ਅਜਨਾਲਾ
  191. 1966Punjab reorganised on linguistic lines. ਮਜੀਠਾ
  192. 1966Punjab reorganised on linguistic lines. ਬਟਲਾ
  193. 1966Punjab reorganised on linguistic lines. ਸ੍ਰੀ ਹਰਗੋਬਿੰਦਪੁਰ
  194. 1966The Guru Nanak Satsang Gurdwara, the first gurdwara in Wolverhampton, is established. ਵੁਲਵਰਹੈਂਪਟਨ
  195. 1968The community registers its society, first called the Singh Society. ਕੈਲਗਰੀ
  196. 1968The First Sikh Temple opens in Woolgoolga, the first gurdwara opened in Australia. ਵੂਲਗੂਲਗਾ
  197. 1969Guru Nanak Dev University is founded. ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤਸਰ
  198. 1969Sikh Society of Manitoba founded in a rented space in Winnipeg. ਵਿੰਨੀਪੈੱਗ
  199. 1969Pape Gurdwara opens at 269 Pape Avenue, the first gurdwara in Ontario. ਟੋਰਾਂਟੋ
  200. 1969Groundbreaking for the Yuba City gurdwara on the 500th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak; 26 founding members form the temple committee. ਯੂਬਾ ਸਿਟੀ
  201. 1969The Sikh Satsang of Indianapolis dates its community organisation to this year. ਇੰਡੀਆਨਾਪੋਲਿਸ
  202. 1970First Punjabi Market shop opens at Main Street and 49th Avenue. ਵੈਨਕੂਵਰ
  203. 1970Sikh Temple Gurdwara opens on Tierra Buena Road, the first US gurdwara built in Indo-Persian style. ਯੂਬਾ ਸਿਟੀ
  204. 1970Yuba City opens its own gurdwara, ending decades of travel to Stockton for worship. ਸਟਾਕਟਨ
  205. 1970sSikhs begin settling in northwestern continental Europe, Germany among the destinations, as single male labour migrants. ਫਰੈਂਕਫਰਟ
  206. 1971The Pathankot to Jammu Tawi line opens, completing the through route. ਮੁਕੇਰੀਆਂ
  207. 1971Adampur's interceptors cover Pathankot in the December war. ਆਦਮਪੁਰ
  208. 1971Guru Nanak College is founded in Budhlada. ਬੁਢਲਾਡਾ
  209. 1971Fighting in the Fazilka sector; the Asafwala War Memorial later commemorates the fallen. ਫ਼ਾਜ਼ਿਲਕਾ
  210. 1971The Fazilka sector is fought over in the December war; the Asafwala memorial follows in 1972. ਫਾਜ਼ਿਲਕਾ ਜ਼ਿਲ੍ਹਾ
  211. 1971The first Sikhs arrive in Houston; the first religious gathering is held on 1 August 1971 on Bellaire Boulevard. ਹਿਊਸਟਨ
  212. 1972Moga tehsil moves from Ferozepur into the newly created Faridkot district. ਮੋਗਾ
  213. 1972The Sikh Cultural Society gurdwara opens in South Richmond Hill, among the oldest on the East Coast. ਰਿਚਮੰਡ ਹਿੱਲ
  214. 1972The Sikh Religious Society of Chicago is incorporated. ਸ਼ਿਕਾਗੋ
  215. 1972Asians expelled from Uganda arrive in Leicester, among them many Punjabi Sikhs from East Africa. ਲੈਸਟਰ
  216. 1973Ontario's Sikh community buys farmland on Dixie Road for a gurdwara. ਮਿਸੀਸਾਗਾ
  217. 1973Guru Nanak Sikh Society established in North Delta for about 200 Sikh families. ਡੈਲਟਾ
  218. 1973The Sikh Center opens on Prairie Drive in November 1973, the first gurdwara in Texas. ਹਿਊਸਟਨ
  219. 1973The Sydney Opera House opens at Bennelong Point. ਸਿਡਨੀ
  220. 1974Guru Nanak National College is founded in Doraha. ਦੋਰਾਹਾ
  221. 1974Udham Singh's remains are repatriated to India and honoured at Sunam. ਐਤਵਾਰ
  222. 1974The Town of Caledon is formed on 1 January by amalgamation. ਕੈਲੇਡਨ
  223. 1974The first Patel Brothers grocery store opens on Devon Avenue. ਸ਼ਿਕਾਗੋ
  224. 1975The Ramgarhia Sabha Gurdwara on Newhampton Road East officially opens. ਵੁਲਵਰਹੈਂਪਟਨ
  225. 1975The Sikh Association of Western Australia is founded. ਪਰਥ
  226. 1976Nanaksar Gurdwara opens in Edmonton, Alberta’s joint first gurdwara with Calgary. ਐਡਮਿੰਟਨ
  227. 1976The Sikh Temple of North Texas in Garland dates its establishment to this year. ਡੈਲਸ
  228. 1977Chhatbir Zoo is named the Mahendra Chaudhary Zoological Park. ਜ਼ੀਰਕਪੁਰ
  229. 1977The Guru Nanak Nishkam Sewak Jatha opens its first gurdwara at 18 to 20 Soho Road, Handsworth. ਬਰਮਿੰਘਮ
  230. 1977Derby receives full city status. ਡਰਬੀ
  231. 1977The first Sikh temple in New Zealand is built in Hamilton, at Te Rapa. ਹੈਮਿਲਟਨ
  232. 1978The Nangal fertilizer plant passes from the Fertilizer Corporation of India to National Fertilizers Limited. ਨਂਗਲ
  233. 1978Ontario Khalsa Darbar officially starts in the farmhouse on Dixie Road. ਮਿਸੀਸਾਗਾ
  234. 1978The Sikh Society of South Australia is formed by a handful of Sikh families. ਐਡੀਲੇਡ
  235. 1979Deposed prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto hanged in Rawalpindi. ਰਾਵਲਪਿੰਡੀ
  236. 1979Calgary's first gurdwara opens; the society becomes the Sikh Society of Calgary. ਕੈਲਗਰੀ
  237. 1979First Nagar Kirtan held in Yuba City (local pioneer chronology; UC Davis archive dates the parade founding to 1980). ਯੂਬਾ ਸਿਟੀ
  238. 1979The Sikh Religious Society opens its Palatine gurdwara, the first in the Greater Chicago area and then the only one in the Midwest. ਸ਼ਿਕਾਗੋ
  239. 1979The Sikh Society of Michigan buys an old church and converts it into the area's first established gurdwara. ਡੈਟਰਾਇਟ
  240. 1980sFrom the mid-1980s, Indian workers, mainly Sikhs from Punjab, begin working the farms of the Agro Pontino. ਲਾਤੀਨਾ
  241. 1981The British India Corporation is nationalised by the Government of India. ਧਾਰੀਵਾਲ
  242. 1981The fort becomes the Maharaja Ranjit Singh Punjab Police Academy. ਫਿਲੌਰ
  243. 1981The Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh Museum opens on the 50th martyrdom anniversary. ਖਟਕੜ ਕਲਾਂ
  244. 1981Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara opens on Scott Road at the Surrey and Delta border. ਡੈਲਟਾ
  245. 1982The ancestral house is declared a protected monument. ਖਟਕੜ ਕਲਾਂ
  246. 1982Ramgarhia Gursikh Society of Edmonton registered; its Mill Woods congregation begins in 1983. ਐਡਮਿੰਟਨ
  247. 1983The society breaks ground and builds its permanent gurdwara home. ਵਿੰਨੀਪੈੱਗ
  248. 1983Sikh Temple Sacramento is founded with the purchase of a church building on Evergreen Avenue, West Sacramento. ਸੈਕਰਾਮੈਂਟੋ
  249. 1984Dashmesh Culture Centre established in northeast Calgary. ਕੈਲਗਰੀ
  250. 1984Melbourne's first gurdwara opens in Fern Tree Gully, bought by the pioneering families of the Sri Guru Nanak Satsang Sabha. ਮੈਲਬਰਨ
  251. 1984Political turmoil in Punjab brings further waves of Sikh political migrants to Germany, many claiming asylum. ਫਰੈਂਕਫਰਟ
  252. 1985Sant Longowal signs the eleven-point Punjab Accord with Rajiv Gandhi on 24 July. ਲੋਂਗੋਵਲ
  253. 1985Sant Longowal is assassinated at Sherpur village on 20 August, weeks after the Accord. ਲੋਂਗੋਵਲ
  254. 1985About 9,000 Sikhs live in the Montreal area. ਸੋਮਵਾਰ
  255. 1986Alex Fraser Bridge links North Delta to New Westminster and Richmond. ਡੈਲਟਾ
  256. 1986Sikh Association of Fresno is established. ਫਰੈਜ਼ਨੋ
  257. 1986Leicester's annual Vaisakhi Nagar Kirtan begins, with fewer than 1,000 Sikhs. ਲੈਸਟਰ
  258. 1987Makhu is notified as a nagar panchayat with 13 wards. ਮੱਖੂ
  259. 1988The Rail Coach Factory rolls out its first coach on 31 March. ਕਪੂਰਥਲਾ
  260. 1988The mill is renamed the Bhogpur Co-operative Sugar Mills Ltd. ਭੋਗਪੁਰ
  261. 1988The Brisbane Sikh Temple is completed at 2679 Logan Road, Eight Mile Plains, the first gurdwara in South East Queensland. ਬ੍ਰਿਸਬੇਨ
  262. 1988The society opens the state's first gurdwara in Enfield in April 1988. ਐਡੀਲੇਡ
  263. 1989The Government of India establishes SLIET at Longowal in the Sant's memory. ਲੋਂਗੋਵਲ
  264. 1989The Dixie Road Gurdwara building is officially inaugurated on 25 June. ਮਿਸੀਸਾਗਾ
  265. 1990Harike is declared a Ramsar wetland of international importance. ਮੱਖੂ
  266. 1990sThe community builds the first Sikh school in Kern County on Weedpatch Highway. ਬੇਕਰਸਫ਼ੀਲਡ
  267. 1990sFrom the early 1990s, thousands of Indian migrants settle in the Bay of Plenty, mostly for kiwifruit work. ਤੌਰੰਗਾ
  268. 1991SLIET is formally inaugurated on 20 December. ਲੋਂਗੋਵਲ
  269. 1991Italy's first gurdwara opens in an abandoned flour mill in Rio Saliceto, in Reggio Emilia province. ਰੇਜੋ ਐਮੀਲੀਆ
  270. 1992Mansa district is carved out of Bathinda; the town becomes district headquarters. ਮਾਨਸਾ
  271. 1992Mansa district is created and the Budhlada subdivision comes into being. ਬੁਢਲਾਡਾ
  272. 1992Fatehgarh Sahib district is created, with its municipal council seated at Sirhind. ਸਰਹਿੰਦ
  273. 1992On the creation of Fatehgarh Sahib district, Amloh becomes a sub-divisional headquarters. ਅਮਲੋਹ
  274. 1992Glasgow's annual Vaisakhi Nagar Kirtan begins, in April. ਗਲਾਸਗੋ
  275. 1993Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu is born in Moosa village. ਮੂਸਾ
  276. 1993Surrey receives city status. ਸਰੀ
  277. 1993Punjabi American Heritage Society is established in Yuba City. ਯੂਬਾ ਸਿਟੀ
  278. 1993Gurdwara Singh Sabha of Washington is established in Renton; it is expanded in 1997. ਸੀਐਟਲ
  279. 1994A new Gurdwara Sahib opens in Livingston, attended by hundreds of Sikhs from across Northern California. ਲਿਵਿੰਗਸਟਨ
  280. 1995Nawanshahr district is created; Banga gets a nearby district HQ. ਬੰਗਾ
  281. 1995Nawanshahr district is created, with the town as headquarters. ਨਵਾਂਸ਼ਹਿਰ
  282. 1995Moga district is carved out of Faridkot; the city becomes district headquarters. ਮੋਗਾ
  283. 1995Moga district is created; Bagha Purana joins the new district. ਬਾਘਾ ਪੁਰਾਣਾ
  284. 1995Moga district is created; Dharamkot joins the new district. ਧਰਮਕੋਟ
  285. 1995Moga becomes the 17th district of Punjab on 24 November, carved out of Faridkot. ਮੋਗਾ
  286. 1995Cheema v. Thompson: a federal appellate court affirms Livingston Sikh students may wear the kirpan at school with safety precautions. ਲਿਵਿੰਗਸਟਨ
  287. 1996Nanaksar Gurdwara moves to Horse Hill Road. ਐਡਮਿੰਟਨ
  288. 1997The new Gurdwara Sahib in West Sacramento opens on 27 July 1997; its larger complex follows in 2010. ਸੈਕਰਾਮੈਂਟੋ
  289. 1997New Zealand's first gurdwara opens in Hamilton; seven more follow in the Auckland area. ਔਕਲੈਂਡ
  290. 1998The Archaeological Museum opens to the public. ਰੂਪਨਗਰ
  291. 1999Takhni-Rehmapur is declared a wildlife sanctuary. ਹੁਸ਼ਿਆਰਪੁਰ
  292. 1999Mirages from Adampur strike Tiger Hill in the Kargil conflict. ਆਦਮਪੁਰ
  293. 1999The Sikh Satsang opens its purpose built gurdwara in southeast Indianapolis. ਇੰਡੀਆਨਾਪੋਲਿਸ
  294. 1999The Sikh Temple opens at 192 Chapeltown Road, replacing the former chapel across the road. ਲੀਡਜ਼

21st century

  1. 2000The GT Road's widening into NH-44 reshapes the town's highway economy. ਗੋਰਯਾ
  2. 2000sKharar is absorbed into the Greater Mohali urban spread as a municipal council. ਖਰੜ
  3. 2000sMayfield West begins growing as spillover from Brampton. ਕੈਲੇਡਨ
  4. 2001Census records a population of 12,630. ਨੂਰਮਹਿਲ
  5. 2001Census records a town population of 16,315. ਸਰਦੂਲਗੜ੍ਹ
  6. 2001Census records a population of 19,058. ਬੱਸੀ ਪਠਾਣਾ
  7. 2001Census records a population of 25,022. ਜ਼ੀਰਕਪੁਰ
  8. 2001Gurdwara Guru Nanak Darbar is built in LaSalle, with a 172 foot Nishan Sahib. ਸੋਮਵਾਰ
  9. 2001Wolverhampton gains city status. ਵੁਲਵਰਹੈਂਪਟਨ
  10. 2001The Gurdwara Sahib at Canning Vale is opened on 4 March 2001. ਪਰਥ
  11. 2002Kanjli Wetland is designated a Ramsar site on 22 January. ਕਪੂਰਥਲਾ
  12. 2002Ropar Wetland is designated a Ramsar site on 22 January. ਰੂਪਨਗਰ
  13. 2003The Sikh National Center comes into existence on 12 March 2003 as the community outgrows the Sikh Center. ਹਿਊਸਟਨ
  14. 2003The Guru Nanak Road (Havelock Road) gurdwara in Southall opens on 30 March 2003, the largest Sikh temple in London. ਲੰਡਨ
  15. 2003The Guru Nanak Road (Havelock Road) gurdwara opens on 30 March 2003, the largest Sikh temple in London. ਸਾਊਥਹਾਲ
  16. 2004The present Sikh Cultural Society temple opens, replacing the building destroyed by fire in 2002. ਰਿਚਮੰਡ ਹਿੱਲ
  17. 2005Pushpa Gujral Science City opens on 19 March. ਕਪੂਰਥਲਾ
  18. 2005Lovely Professional University is established at Chaheru. ਫਗਵਾੜਾ
  19. 2006Barnala district is carved out of Sangrur; Tapa becomes part of the new district. ਤਪਾ
  20. 2006Tarn Taran district is created; Patti joins the new district. ਪੱਟੀ
  21. 2006Tarn Taran district is created; Khem Karan joins the new district. ਖੇਮ ਕਰਨ
  22. 2006Tarn Taran district is created; Bhikhiwind joins the new district. ਭਿੱਖੀਵਿੰਡ
  23. 2006New Morinda Junction opens as the junction of the Chandigarh to Sahnewal line. ਮੋਰਿੰਡਾ
  24. 2006Dera Bassi is transferred to the new SAS Nagar (Mohali) district. ਡੇਰਾ ਬੱਸੀ
  25. 2006Barnala district is restored, carved out of Sangrur on 19 November. ਬਰਨਾਲਾ
  26. 2006Barnala district is restored on 19 November, carved out of Sangrur district. ਬਰਨਾਲਾ ਜ਼ਿਲ੍ਹਾ
  27. 2006Khalsa Gurmat Center begins serving families in the Seattle region; it is now an independent Sikh school and centre in Federal Way. ਸੀਐਟਲ
  28. 2006Curryfest is inaugurated as a celebration of Woolgoolga's Punjabi heritage. ਵੂਲਗੂਲਗਾ
  29. 2007A larger-than-life statue of Lalaji is dedicated at the memorial. ਧੂਦਿਕੇ
  30. 2007SLIET is accorded deemed to be university status. ਲੋਂਗੋਵਲ
  31. 2007The Gurdwara Shri Guru Hargobind Sahib Ji opens in Greenwood, serving the growing southern suburbs. ਇੰਡੀਆਨਾਪੋਲਿਸ
  32. 2008Sai Ghulam Shah 'Laddi Shah', head of the dargah, passes away. ਨਕੋਦਰ
  33. 2008The district is renamed Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar. ਬੰਗਾ
  34. 2008The district is renamed Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar. ਨਵਾਂਸ਼ਹਿਰ
  35. 2008The district is renamed Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar. ਬਲਾਚੌਰ
  36. 2008The district is renamed Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar. ਖਟਕੜ ਕਲਾਂ
  37. 2008The Indian Institute of Technology Ropar is established. ਰੂਪਨਗਰ
  38. 2008Surrey's Vaisakhi parade draws about 100,000 people. ਸਰੀ
  39. 2009Production ceases at the Dhariwal unit. ਧਾਰੀਵਾਲ
  40. 2009The Tribune reports a central grant of Rs 1.06 crore to renovate the Pandav Sarovar temple and tank. ਦਸੂਆ
  41. 2009The Nangal wetland is declared a wildlife sanctuary. ਨਂਗਲ
  42. 2009Khalsa Day Parade moves to the first Sunday in May, Malton to Rexdale route. ਟੋਰਾਂਟੋ
  43. 2009The first National Sikh Heritage Centre and Holocaust Museum launches in Derby, on Princes Street. ਡਰਬੀ
  44. 2009The first South Island Sikh centre opens in Christchurch. ਕਰਾਈਸਟਚਰਚ
  45. 2010The Archaeological Survey of India begins restoring the Pothimala building and its 18th-century murals. ਗੁਰੂ ਹਰ ਸਹਾਏ
  46. 2010A memorial to the victims of Air India Flight 182 opens in Lachine; about 35 passengers were Sikhs from Greater Montreal. ਸੋਮਵਾਰ
  47. 2010The Illinois Sikh Community Center is established in Wheaton. ਸ਼ਿਕਾਗੋ
  48. 2010The Mahatma Gandhi District on Hillcroft Avenue is officially named on 16 January 2010. ਹਿਊਸਟਨ
  49. 2011Census records a population of 16,772. ਧਾਰੀਵਾਲ
  50. 2011Pathankot becomes a district of Punjab on 27 July, with the city as headquarters. ਪਠਾਨਕੋਟ
  51. 2011Pathankot district is formed; Sujanpur becomes part of the new district. ਸੁਜਨਪੁਰ
  52. 2011Census records 29,841 residents in the municipal council, literacy 88.1 percent. ਮੁਕੇਰੀਆਂ
  53. 2011Census records a population of 25,192. ਦਸੂਆ
  54. 2011Census records a population of 23,419. ਟਾਂਡਾ ਉੜਮੁੜ
  55. 2011Census records a population of 168,653. ਹੁਸ਼ਿਆਰਪੁਰ
  56. 2011Census records a population of 16,955. ਗੜ੍ਹਸ਼ੰਕਰ
  57. 2011Census records a municipal council population of 98,916. ਕਪੂਰਥਲਾ
  58. 2011Census records a population of nearly 1.2 lakh. ਫਗਵਾੜਾ
  59. 2011Census records the tehsil at over 1.6 lakh people. ਸ਼ਾਹਕੋਟ
  60. 2011Census records a population of 17,549. ਭੋਗਪੁਰ
  61. 2011Census records a population of 21,631. ਬਲਾਚੌਰ
  62. 2011Census records a population of 7,923. ਪਾਇਲ
  63. 2011Census records a population of 6,200. ਧੂਦਿਕੇ
  64. 2011Census records a population of 23,248. ਤਪਾ
  65. 2011Census records a population of 82,956. ਮਾਨਸਾ
  66. 2011Census records a population of 26,172. ਬੁਢਲਾਡਾ
  67. 2011Census records a town population of 19,219 and a tehsil population of 174,234. ਸਰਦੂਲਗੜ੍ਹ
  68. 2011Census records a population of 51,023. ਰਾਮਪੁਰਾ ਫੂਲ
  69. 2011Census records a population of 31,849. ਮੌਰ
  70. 2011Census records a population of 81,406. ਮਲੋਟ
  71. 2011Fazilka district is created; Abohar joins the new district. ਅਬੋਹਰ
  72. 2011Census records a population of 145,302. ਅਬੋਹਰ
  73. 2011Fazilka district is created; the town becomes district headquarters. ਫ਼ਾਜ਼ਿਲਕਾ
  74. 2011Census records a population of 76,492. ਫ਼ਾਜ਼ਿਲਕਾ
  75. 2011A multipurpose sports stadium is built for the second World Kabaddi Cup. ਜਲਾਲਆਬਾਦ
  76. 2011Fazilka district is created; Jalalabad joins the new district. ਜਲਾਲਆਬਾਦ
  77. 2011Census records a population of 39,525. ਜਲਾਲਆਬਾਦ
  78. 2011Census records 17,192 residents; Fazilka district is carved out of Ferozepur, with Guru Har Sahai staying in Ferozepur. ਗੁਰੂ ਹਰ ਸਹਾਏ
  79. 2011Census records a population of 37,498. ਜ਼ੀਰਾ
  80. 2011Census records a population of 163,397. ਮੋਗਾ
  81. 2011Census records a population of 25,206. ਬਾਘਾ ਪੁਰਾਣਾ
  82. 2011Census records a population of 19,057. ਧਰਮਕੋਟ
  83. 2011Census records a population of 14,658. ਮੱਖੂ
  84. 2011Census records a population of 40,976. ਪੱਟੀ
  85. 2011Census records a population of 13,446. ਖੇਮ ਕਰਨ
  86. 2011Census records a population of 20,526. ਭਿੱਖੀਵਿੰਡ
  87. 2011Census records a population of 21,107. ਅਜਨਾਲਾ
  88. 2011Census records a population of 14,503. ਮਜੀਠਾ
  89. 2011Census records a population of 158,621. ਬਟਲਾ
  90. 2011Census records a population of 23,632. ਕਾਦੀਆਂ
  91. 2011Census records a population of 8,241. ਸ੍ਰੀ ਹਰਗੋਬਿੰਦਪੁਰ
  92. 2011Census records a town population of 28,734. ਰਾਏਕੋਟ
  93. 2011Census records a population of 128,137. ਖੱਨਾ
  94. 2011Census records a municipal council population of 25,424. ਦੋਰਾਹਾ
  95. 2011Census records a population of 20,288, with district-leading literacy. ਬੱਸੀ ਪਠਾਣਾ
  96. 2011Census records a municipal council population of 24,022. ਮੋਰਿੰਡਾ
  97. 2011Census records a population of 95,553 after a decade of expressway-led growth. ਜ਼ੀਰਕਪੁਰ
  98. 2011Census records a municipal council population of 26,295. ਡੇਰਾ ਬੱਸੀ
  99. 2011Census records a municipal council population of 18,775. ਬਨੂੜ
  100. 2011Census records a municipal council population of 92,301. ਰਾਜਪੁਰਾ
  101. 2011Census records a population of 55,225. ਧੂਰੀ
  102. 2011Census records a municipal council population of 88,043. ਸੰਗਰੂਰ
  103. 2011Census records 69,069 people in the municipal council with its outgrowth. ਐਤਵਾਰ
  104. 2011Census records a municipal council population of 23,851. ਲੋਂਗੋਵਲ
  105. 2011Census records a city population of 116,449. ਬਰਨਾਲਾ
  106. 2011Census records a population of 15,676. ਰਾਹੋਂ
  107. 2011Fazilka district is created from Ferozepur district on 27 July 2011. ਫਾਜ਼ਿਲਕਾ ਜ਼ਿਲ੍ਹਾ
  108. 2011Census counts 995,746 people in the district. ਮੋਗਾ
  109. 2011Census: 59,460 residents; 1,175 Sikhs (1.99%). ਕੈਲੇਡਨ
  110. 2011Sacramento Valley Charter School opens in the West Sacramento gurdwara compound. ਸੈਕਰਾਮੈਂਟੋ
  111. 2011The 22 February earthquake kills 185 people and destroys much of the city centre; a long rebuild follows. ਕਰਾਈਸਟਚਰਚ
  112. 2011The Sikh military memorial at Forlì, in Emilia-Romagna, is inaugurated, honouring the Sikh soldiers of the Italian campaign. ਰੇਜੋ ਐਮੀਲੀਆ
  113. 2012The Guru Gobind Singh Refinery is commissioned at Phulokheri near the city. ਬਠਿੰਡਾ
  114. 2012The Sikh Society of Michigan opens its new gurdwara building in Sterling Heights on 1 September 2012. ਡੈਟਰਾਇਟ
  115. 2013The Lodhi Fort is declared a state protected monument. ਲੁਧਿਆਣਾ
  116. 2013Maur upgraded from sub-tehsil to sub-divisional headquarters. ਮੌਰ
  117. 2013Around 90,000 people attend the Vaisakhi celebration in Handsworth Park. ਬਰਮਿੰਘਮ
  118. 2013The Glasgow Gurdwara Guru Granth Sahib on Albert Drive, Scotland's first purpose-built gurdwara, opens in Pollokshields. ਗਲਾਸਗੋ
  119. 2014Excavation recovers 282 skeletons from the well; DNA studies identify them as the 1857 soldiers. ਅਜਨਾਲਾ
  120. 2014The 1,400 MW Nabha Power thermal plant at Nalash begins operating. ਰਾਜਪੁਰਾ
  121. 2014Sikh Heritage Museum of Canada established in Malton. ਮਿਸੀਸਾਗਾ
  122. 2014April proclaimed Sikh Heritage Month in Ontario, launched at Queen's Park, Toronto. ਟੋਰਾਂਟੋ
  123. 2014Seva in Selma: Jakara Movement volunteers from the Selma gurdwara deliver 120 pizzas to neighbours and hold an open house. ਸੈਲਮਾ
  124. 2015Dhudike becomes Punjab's first wifi village. ਧੂਦਿਕੇ
  125. 2015The Maharaja Duleep Singh Memorial at Bassian Kothi is inaugurated on 24 May. ਰਾਏਕੋਟ
  126. 2015Sandeep Dhaliwal becomes the first deputy sheriff in Texas to wear a turban on duty, with the Harris County Sheriff's Office. ਹਿਊਸਟਨ
  127. 2016The state marks his 150th birth anniversary at Dhudike. ਧੂਦਿਕੇ
  128. 2016Bhagat Puran Singh Health Initiative opens its Bakersfield chapter, running screenings at gurdwaras. ਬੇਕਰਸਫ਼ੀਲਡ
  129. 2016The Central Gurdwara Singh Sabha on Berkeley Street is completed. ਗਲਾਸਗੋ
  130. 2016Marco Omizzolo and 4,000 Sikhs march through Latina to protest pay and conditions. ਲਾਤੀਨਾ
  131. 2017“So High” makes Sidhu Moose Wala a star; he names himself for Moosa. ਮੂਸਾ
  132. 2017Delta is formally reclassified as a city on 22 September. ਡੈਲਟਾ
  133. 2017Fresno renames a park for Jaswant Singh Khalra. ਫਰੈਜ਼ਨੋ
  134. 2017Satwinder Kaur becomes the first Sikh on Kent City Council; Manka Dhingra becomes the first Sikh woman in a US state legislature. ਸੀਐਟਲ
  135. 2017The Venetian defences of the Città Alta become a UNESCO World Heritage Site. ਬੇਰਗਾਮੋ
  136. 2018Commercial flights begin under the UDAN scheme. ਆਦਮਪੁਰ
  137. 2018Shaheed Bhagat Singh Park inaugurated in Bridgwater Trails. ਵਿੰਨੀਪੈੱਗ
  138. 2018Gurpal Samra is elected mayor of Livingston and Gagandeep Kang to the city council in the midterm elections. ਲਿਵਿੰਗਸਟਨ
  139. 2018The Australian Sikh Heritage Trail is officially opened at Adenia Park, Riverton, on 17 April 2018. ਪਰਥ
  140. 2019AIIMS Bathinda becomes operational, with its first medical students and outpatient department. ਬਠਿੰਡਾ
  141. 2019Nangal Wildlife Sanctuary is designated a Ramsar site, number 2407, on 26 September. ਨਂਗਲ
  142. 2019Guru Nanak's 550th birth anniversary is celebrated with a grand Nagar Kirtan and the town's gurdwaras renovated. ਸੁਲਤਾਨਪੁਰ ਲੋਧੀ
  143. 2019Electrification of the Ludhiana to Dhuri line is completed; the Dhuri to Jakhal stretch follows in 2020. ਧੂਰੀ
  144. 2019Vaisakhi parade tops 500,000 attendees — a new record. ਸਰੀ
  145. 2019The first New Zealand Sikh Games are held at Bruce Pulman Park, Papakura, drawing an estimated 20,000 people. ਔਕਲੈਂਡ
  146. 2020The renovated mill is inaugurated on 23 November: 3,000 TCD plus a 15 MW power plant. ਭੋਗਪੁਰ
  147. 2020Declared the cleanest city in North India (Swachh Survekshan). ਨਵਾਂਸ਼ਹਿਰ
  148. 2020Census: 70,117 residents; derived estimate of about 10,000 Sikhs in the city. ਯੂਬਾ ਸਿਟੀ
  149. 2020Census: 542,107 residents; derived estimate of 13,743 Sikhs in the city. Jakara community health programme begins. ਫਰੈਜ਼ਨੋ
  150. 2020Census: 320,804 residents; derived estimate of 4,606 Sikhs in the city. ਸਟਾਕਟਨ
  151. 2020Census: 524,943 residents; derived estimate of 15,920 Sikhs in Sacramento County. Elk Grove elects Mayor Bobbie Singh-Allen. ਸੈਕਰਾਮੈਂਟੋ
  152. 2020Census: 403,455 residents; derived estimate of 7,843 Sikhs in the city and 8,751 in Kern County. ਬੇਕਰਸਫ਼ੀਲਡ
  153. 2020101st Avenue is co-named Punjab Avenue and 97th Avenue becomes Gurdwara Street. ਰਿਚਮੰਡ ਹਿੱਲ
  154. 2020Census: 737,015 residents in Seattle and 4,018,762 in the metropolitan area. ਸੀਐਟਲ
  155. 2020Census: 14,172 residents; 417 record Sikh alone, the basis of the derived estimate of about 17 per cent Sikh. ਲਿਵਿੰਗਸਟਨ
  156. 2020Census: 24,674 residents; 131 record Sikh alone, the basis of the derived estimate of about 760 Sikhs. ਸੈਲਮਾ
  157. 2020Census: 2,746,388 residents; 328 Cook County residents record Sikh alone, the basis of the derived estimate of about 2,062 Sikhs in the county. ਸ਼ਿਕਾਗੋ
  158. 2020Census: 2,304,580 residents; 606 Harris County residents record Sikh alone, the basis of the derived estimate of about 3,315 Sikhs in the county. ਹਿਊਸਟਨ
  159. 2020Census: 1,304,379 city residents; in Collin County 427 residents record Sikh alone, the basis of a derived estimate of about 2,451 Sikhs. ਡੈਲਸ
  160. 2020Census: 887,642 city residents; 370 Greenwood residents record Sikh alone, the basis of a derived estimate of about 2,147 Sikhs, 3.36 per cent of the town. ਇੰਡੀਆਨਾਪੋਲਿਸ
  161. 2021A Rs 30 crore Bio-CNG project from press mud is awarded for the mill. ਭੋਗਪੁਰ
  162. 2021Malerkotla becomes Punjab's 23rd district on 2 June, with the town as headquarters. ਮਲੇਰਕੋਟਲਾ
  163. 2021Malerkotla district is carved out of Sangrur as Punjab's 23rd district, with Ahmedgarh among its principal towns. ਅਹਿਮਦਗੜ੍ਹ
  164. 2021Census: 568,322 residents; 37.8% South Asian, 27.4% Sikh. ਸਰੀ
  165. 2021Malerkotla district is carved out of Sangrur on 2 June 2021, with Malerkotla, Ahmedgarh and Amargarh tehsils. ਮਾਲੇਰਕੋਟਲਾ ਜ਼ਿਲ੍ਹਾ
  166. 2021Census: 662,248 residents; 16,535 Sikhs in the city, 222,165 across Metro Vancouver. ਵੈਨਕੂਵਰ
  167. 2021Census: 1,306,780 residents; 49,465 Sikhs; Punjabi the top non-official mother tongue. ਕੈਲਗਰੀ
  168. 2021Census: 1,010,899 residents; 41,385 Sikhs in the city. ਐਡਮਿੰਟਨ
  169. 2021Census: 749,607 residents; 32,510 Sikhs in the city. ਵਿੰਨੀਪੈੱਗ
  170. 2021Census: 717,961 residents; 24,505 Sikhs; 20,690 Punjabi mother tongue. ਮਿਸੀਸਾਗਾ
  171. 2021Census: 2,794,356 residents; 21,545 Sikhs in the city, 244,240 across the CMA. ਟੋਰਾਂਟੋ
  172. 2021Census: 108,455 residents; 19,235 Sikhs; 27,990 South Asians. ਡੈਲਟਾ
  173. 2021Census: 76,581 residents; 10,865 Sikhs (14.28%); Punjabi mother tongue 11.1%. ਕੈਲੇਡਨ
  174. 2021Census: 1,762,949 residents; 15,630 Sikhs in the city; 79,670 South Asian residents. ਸੋਮਵਾਰ
  175. 2021Elk Grove completes Singh and Kaur Park, commemorating the two Sikh grandfathers killed there in 2011. ਸੈਕਰਾਮੈਂਟੋ
  176. 2021The Guru Nanak Langar is founded at Southern Methodist University, serving free meals to students of all backgrounds. ਡੈਲਸ
  177. 2021The Census 2021 counts 144,543 Sikhs in the London region; Singh Sabha London East opens its new Barking gurdwara. ਲੰਡਨ
  178. 2021The Census 2021 counts 78,253 people in Southall, of whom 28.5 per cent are Sikh. ਸਾਊਥਹਾਲ
  179. 2021The Census 2021 counts 1,144,900 people in Birmingham, including 33,126 Sikhs. ਬਰਮਿੰਘਮ
  180. 2021The Census 2021 counts 263,700 people in Wolverhampton, of whom 12.0 per cent are Sikh. ਵੁਲਵਰਹੈਂਪਟਨ
  181. 2021The Census 2021 counts 368,571 people in Leicester, including 16,451 Sikhs. ਲੈਸਟਰ
  182. 2021The Census 2021 counts 345,324 people in Coventry, including 17,297 Sikhs. ਕੋਵੈਂਟਰੀ
  183. 2021The Census 2021 counts around 261,400 people in Derby, including 9,762 Sikhs. ਡਰਬੀ
  184. 2021The Census 2021 counts 811,953 people in Leeds, including 10,047 Sikhs. ਲੀਡਜ਼
  185. 2021The Census 2021 counts 551,938 people in Manchester, including 2,718 Sikhs. ਮਾਨਚੈਸਟਰ
  186. 2021The Census 2021 counts 97,684 Punjabi speakers at home in Greater Melbourne and 91,745 Sikhs across Victoria. ਮੈਲਬਰਨ
  187. 2021The Census 2021 counts 5,231,147 people in Greater Sydney, including 20,761 Punjabi speakers in the Blacktown region. ਸਿਡਨੀ
  188. 2021The Census 2021 counts 2,526,239 people in Greater Brisbane, including 22,507 Punjabi speakers at home. ਬ੍ਰਿਸਬੇਨ
  189. 2021The Census 2021 counts 2,116,649 people in Greater Perth, including 19,947 Punjabi speakers at home. ਪਰਥ
  190. 2021The Census 2021 counts 5,791 people in Woolgoolga, including 1,013 Sikhs and 1,009 Punjabi speakers at home. ਵੂਲਗੂਲਗਾ
  191. 2021The Census 2021 counts 1,387,290 people in Greater Adelaide, including 18,743 Punjabi speakers at home. ਐਡੀਲੇਡ
  192. 2022Moose Wala is shot dead near Jawaharke, Mansa district, aged 28. ਮੂਸਾ
  193. 2022A 6.5-foot statue of the singer is unveiled at his cremation site in Moosa. ਮੂਸਾ
  194. 2022Gurpreet Singh Banawali of the Aam Aadmi Party is elected MLA for Sardulgarh. ਸਰਦੂਲਗੜ੍ਹ
  195. 2022AAP's Balkar Sidhu wins the assembly seat — the party's first win here. ਰਾਮਪੁਰਾ ਫੂਲ
  196. 2022Zira assembly constituency elects Naresh Kataria as MLA. ਮੱਖੂ
  197. 2022Bhagwant Mann wins Dhuri by 58,206 votes and becomes Chief Minister of Punjab. ਧੂਰੀ
  198. 2022Khalsa Gurmat Academy begins operating a gurdwara at 6600 Mayfield Road. ਕੈਲੇਡਨ
  199. 2022Jasmeet Kaur Bains of Kern County is elected to the California State Assembly, recorded as its first Sikh American member. ਬੇਕਰਸਫ਼ੀਲਡ
  200. 2022Scotland's Census 2022 counts 620,756 people in Glasgow, including 3,456 Sikhs. ਗਲਾਸਗੋ
  201. 2023The Textiles Ministry disburses Rs 80.17 crore in overdue dues to 1,101 BIC employees. ਧਾਰੀਵਾਲ
  202. 2023Hundreds gather at Jawahar Ke for prayers on his first death anniversary. ਮੂਸਾ
  203. 2023A section of 118th Street is co-named Guru Nanak Way. ਰਿਚਮੰਡ ਹਿੱਲ
  204. 2023The Census 2023 counts 1,656,486 people in the Auckland Region, including 27,306 Panjabi speakers. ਔਕਲੈਂਡ
  205. 2023The Census 2023 counts 174,741 people in Hamilton City, including 3,729 Panjabi speakers, and 6,795 Sikhs across the Waikato region. ਹੈਮਿਲਟਨ
  206. 2023The Census 2023 counts 152,844 people in Tauranga City, including 3,120 Panjabi speakers, and 6,324 Sikhs across the Bay of Plenty region. ਤੌਰੰਗਾ
  207. 2023The Census 2023 counts 391,383 people in Christchurch City, including 2,952 Panjabi speakers, and 4,842 Sikhs across the Canterbury region. ਕਰਾਈਸਟਚਰਚ
  208. 2023Estimates put Italy's Sikh population at about 220,000, the second largest in Europe, with Reggio Emilia province among its oldest centres. ਰੇਜੋ ਐਮੀਲੀਆ
  209. 2023Bergamo and Brescia are jointly Italian Capital of Culture. ਬੇਰਗਾਮੋ
  210. 2023The Italian Ministry of Labour reports the metropolitan city of Rome as the largest Indian community in Italy, over 20,000 people. ਰੋਮ
  211. 2024Population estimated at 700,459. ਸਰੀ
  212. 202445th Nagar Kirtan draws over 100,000 visitors. ਯੂਬਾ ਸਿਟੀ
  213. 2024Thousands of Indian farm labourers march through Latina after the death of worker Satnam Singh. ਲਾਤੀਨਾ
  214. 2025PM Narendra Modi visits the base after the May confrontation. ਆਦਮਪੁਰ
  215. 2025The Montreal Sikh community holds its Nagar Kirtan parade in LaSalle on 18 May. ਸੋਮਵਾਰ
  216. 2025Central Unified votes to name Jaswant Singh Khalra Elementary, reported as the first US public school named after a Sikh. ਫਰੈਜ਼ਨੋ
  217. 2026The Kangra Valley Railway resumes full services on 2 June after a new Chakki bridge. ਪਠਾਨਕੋਟ
  218. 2026Torrent Power completes its acquisition of Nabha Power from L&T. ਰਾਜਪੁਰਾ
  219. 2026Barnala becomes a municipal corporation. ਬਰਨਾਲਾ