Madurai Timeline
The following timeline gives a brief pictorial description of the history of Madurai starting right from the arrival of Megasthanes in the 3rd century BC to present day Madurai.Megasthanes visited Madurai
3rd century BCThe city was under Mauryan Empire
370-283 BCThe Pandiyas took over Madurai
590 BCMeenakshi Sundareswarer temple was built
7th centuryCholas ruled Madurai
9th – 13th centuryMadurai was again taken by Pandiyas and was made their capital
13th centuryMadurai came under the rule of Delhi Sultan
1308 ADVijayanagar Empire took over Madurai Krishna Deva Dayar
1378 ADMadurai was throned by the Nayaks Thirumalai Nayakar
1559 ADThe Meenakshi Amman Temple was expanded to the present structure by Thirumalai Nayak
1623 ADThirumalai Nayak Mahal was erected
1636 ADThe Nayaks rule ended and British East India Company took over Madurai till Independence
17th centuryPulidevan started the “Vellayane Velliyeru Mutiny” which is considered the first Independence move PULIDEVAR
1755 ADVeerapandya Kattabomman was hanged
1799 ADThe city was constituted as a municipality
1866 ADTVS groups was established
1911 ADMahatma Gandhi started wearing hand woven clothes by seeing the labourers of Madurai
1658 ADThe first Temple entry movement was started from Madurai HARIJANS WERE ALLOWED INTO THE TEMPLES
1939 ADThe Madurai Airport was built
1956 ADGandhi Memorial Museum was established
1959 ADMadurai City Municipal Corporation Act was passed
1971 ADDindugal was bifurcated from Madurai
1981 ADTheni was bifurcated from Madurai
1984 ADVaigai Hydroelectric Power Plant was started
1990 ADOlympian C.Thirugnanadurai from Madurai represented India in Sydney Olympics in 4x100 relay.
2000 ADThe Animal Welfare of India protested against “Jallikattu
2004 ADLavinishree of Madurai became the world’s youngest Red Hat certified Engineer.
2010(AUG) ADSupreme Court allowed “Jallikattu” to take place only 5 months a year
2010 ADMamadurai Potruvom Day was founded
2013 AD