Important Events in Dharwad's history

1818	Dharwad came under complete British rule. General Munroe starts civil rule.
1820	Post office and District Collector's offices are established.
1820	Civil Magistrate's courthouse is built
1821	Collector Thackeray commences land survey
1824	Thackeray killed in the battle of Kittur by Rani Chennamma's forces
1826	First Marathi school
1830	Formation of the district of Dharwad
1830	Civil hospital built.
1831	First Kannada school
1835	First Silver coin comes in to circulation
1835	Samuel Hebik(?) arrives
1836	Basel Mission is setup
1840	Catholic Church is built.
1843	Dramerker(?) notes that Dharwad is the ideal to grow American cotton
1844	Hospital of mental health (mental hospital) established.
1845	Sunday declared holiday for schools and govt. offices
1848	Govt. English school established
1849	Gurunath Rao Pathak founded the Sanskrit Pathashala
1854	Lakshman Sripad Nagpurkar founded the Native General Library
1855	Mail used to arrive in bullock carts
1856	Municipality established
1858	School for Juvenile criminals established
1861	Venkat Rango Katti starts publishing the first Kannada monthly 'Gnanabodhaka'
1861	District Magistrates court house established.
1863	Basel Mission High School established
1865	Mens' Training college publishes the 'Vara Patrike' weekly
1866	Chennabasappa appointed Deputy Director of education
1866	Cholera epidemic in Dharwad
1867	A cloth Import/export commences
1868	First Girl's school established
1870	Ziggler comes to Dharwad
1872	Chickenpox epidemic in Dharwad
1872	First common census done
1873	Head Post office established
1876	Ziggler writes the Kannada-English Dictionary
1876	Mens' Training college building built
1876	Kerosene import commences.
1879	Karnataka school of Music (Sangeeta shale) established
1882	School started in Kamanakatti. Later this is to be known as the Victoria High school
1882	Southern Maratha Railway lays Meter gage railway
1883	Lingayat Abhivriddhi Samsthe started in Chennamallappa Tenginakai's house in Adiki Oni
1884	Dharwad upgraded to City Municipality
1885	Telegraph office becomes operational
1886	Dharwad Gymkhana Club established
1887	Railway office started which later becomes the Karnatak College
1888	Dharwad-Vasco Railway commences operation
1889	Karnataka Vidyavardhaka Sangha founded by R.H (Ra ha) Deshpande
1895	Shivaji and Ganesh festivals introduced by Balgangadhar Tilak
1895	Mitra Samaj Club established
1895	Women's training college founded
1896	Vagbhushana magazine started
1896	'Veni Samhara' - the Sanskrit play staged for the first time
1896	Severe famine hits Dharwad
1897	a place near the fort area allotted to the Lingayat Abhivriddhi Samsthe which later becomes known as the Town hall
1898	Plague hits the city
1902	The Theosophical society founded.
1907	Tilak visits Dharwad and delivers speech on the Anjuman college grounds
1907	Southern Maratha co-operative bank established which is later known as Mahalakshmi Urban co-op bank
1908	Minister Mure McKenzy suggests to Rodda Srinivasa Rao about founding the Karnatak College for higher education
1911	Water supply started from the Kelageri tank
1912	Vocalist Rehmat Khan settles in Dharwad
1913	Hukkerikar Ramaraya appointed the principal of the Victoria High School.
1914	Karnataka historical research center founded
1915	Lokamanya Tilak visits again.
1916	KCC bank established by Shantaveerappa Menshinkai
1917	Karnatak College is built
1918	Murugha Math Prasada Nilaya established
1919	Motor vehicles arrive
1920	Bharat Scouts and Guides school established
1921	Karnataka Education society's aided college commences. Rangular(?) Katti appointed principal. Datar and Divakar appointed teachers.
1920	Hukkerikar Ramrao appointed principal of Victoria High School; Shamba Joshi, D.R Bendre and Khanolkar serve as teachers
1920	Mahatma Gandhi visits
1920	Dharwad-Savadatti bus service started by Yamanappa Talvai
1921	Three Khilafat activists die in police firing near Jakani Bhavi
1921	Lala Lajpat Rao visits
1922	KLE society founded. Hostel for Lingayat students established
1927	General strike against the Simon Commission
1928	Mallasarjana Vyayama Shala (gym) established
1930	Rangarao Divakar arrested for selling salt without paying tax. (The Dandi walk importance)
1930	Hukkerikar Ramrao, D.P Karmarkar and N.B Kabbur bring down the Union Jack Flag on top of the municipality building.
1931	Non cooperation movement in heat
1932	The harijans allowed to enter temples and wells
1933	Karnatak Natya Vilasi havyasi Nataka society founded by well known playwright Sriranga
1936	First Telephone exchange established
1936	Alur Venkatrao inspires to observe Dasara as the state festival
1936	Salunke participates in the Indian hockey team in the Berlin Olympics
1936	6th unification function presided by Dattopant Dalvi
1937	Strike in favor of establishing the Karnatak University
1938	Betageri Krishnasharma publishes the 'Jayanti' monthly magazine. Geleyara Gumpu (formed by Bendre) starts the monthly 'Jeevana'
1938	Subhash Chandra Bose visits. Hosamani Siddappa joins Bose's Forward Block
1938	World famous Bill Tilden and Henry Kosh(?) play tennis in the Rajyadhyaksha Pavilion
1939	Bose revisits
1940	Veer Savarkar visits
1942	Quit India movement influences Dharwad.
1942	Effort to burn the Karnatak College office building
1942	Two girls - Vimal Gulvadi and Shinolekar hoist the Tricolor Indian flag at the district collector's office.
1944	K.E.Board's Arts College founded, later known as JSS College.
1947	Agriculture College (now UAE) established
1947	Janata Shikshana Samiti founded