BC Stone Age implements, Roman coins and burial grounds unearthed. Mumbai was a port of Mauryan Empire.

AD 810-1260 Mumbai was under Silhara kings.

1554 The islands of Mumbai were handed over in perpetuity to Dr. Garcia da Orta, a Physician and Botanist, for a yearly rent of £85.

1661 King Charles II of England married Princess Catherine de Braganza of Portugal and the Island of Mumbai was given to him in dowry.

1668 King Charles II leased Mumbai to the East India Co. for £10 a year.

1715 British Governor Boone constructs large fort encompassing commercial and administrative buildings and residential areas.

1736 First dockyard built in Mumbai.

1787 First overland communication between England and India commenced.

1794 Presidency General Post Office established.

1805 Sion Causeway constructed.

1826 Colaba observatory constructed.

1829 The Mint completed.

1833 Town Hall completed.

1843 Grant Medical College and J. J. Hospital established.

1853 Central Railway opened.

1854 Birth of textile industry.

1857 University of Mumbai established.

1860 First water supply drawn from Vihar Lake.

1862 Land Reclamation Scheme joins seven islands into a single land mass of 170 square miles.

1865 First gas lamp lit in Mumbai.

1869 A statue of the Roman Goddess of Spring erected at Flora Fountain in memory of Sir Bartle Frere.

1872 Bombay Municipal Corporation established.

1873 Bombay Port Trust established.

1874 Tramway introduced.

1878 Rajabai Clock Tower built by late Premchand Raichand in memory of his beloved mother Rajabai and designed by Sir Gilbert Scott.

1878 High Court completed.

1880 Pherozeshah Mehta Gardens built.

1881 Malabar Reservoir completed.

1882 Electric light appears.

1893 Bombay Municipal Corporation Building completed.

1905 Telephone Exchange opened.

1907 First electric train steams out of city.

1911 King George and Queen Mary entered through the Gateway of India.

1911 First taxi introduced.

1914 The Prince of Wales Museum opened.

1920 First airport in India.

1926 First BEST buses roll out in Mumbai.

1935 Reserve Bank of India starts operating.

1935 Marine Drive promenade commenced.

1942 Quit India movement launched.

1945 Greater Bombay came into being.

1952 Jehangir Art Gallery built, endowment by Sir Cawasji Jehangir.

1952 Kamala Nehru Park built and named after the wife of India's first Prime Minister, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.

1957 Bhabha Atomic Research Centre opened.

1960 Bombay state divided into Gujarat and Maharashtra.

1971 International airport opened at Sahar.

1995 Bombay renamed Mumbai.

1998 Mumbai This Fortnight launched