Tarafeni dating by palaeomagnetic method in Russia to the gravel layer yielding Lower Palaeolithic tools has come to about 70,000 years BP. At Susunia it came to at least 40,000 years BP by C-14 method at the limits of its sensitivity (Datta; 1982).

Fa Hyen came to India , stayed at Tamralipta

Bengal 's (Gour) Sashanka - existence of Tamralipta and Dantabhukti (Now Dantan)

Mughal Afgan war near Tukarai village (Dantan) – Todor Malla defeats Afgans – War place name becomes Moghalmari`

Rasikananda birth at Gopiballavpur Goswami family

King Man Singha's Orissa & Midnapore victory – Midnapore comes under Mughal

Prince Khuram's (Later Samrat Sahajahan) tour

Death of Rasikananda

Death of Rasik Anand.

Job Charnak left Hooghly and came to Hijli

Mursid kuli Khan becomes Foujdar of Burdwan and Midnapore

Mursid kuli Khan becomes Bengal 's Dewan , also sahajada Ajimussan's estate manager and Midnapore's Foujdar – Rameshwar Bhattacharya wrote Sibayan and Siv Sankirtan

Giriar's war – Alibardi and Sarfaraj Khan – Alibardi's victory over Bengal

Attack of Marathas (Bargi) in Bengal .

Second bargi attack – Nagpur King Raghu Bhosle came with Bhaskar Pandit –Maratha Dich created in Calcutta – Alibardi agreed to give Choutha

Bhaskar Pandits Orissa and Midnapore attack – Alibordi kills Bhaskar Pandit

Alibordi made permanent army camp at Midnapore to stop Bargi attack

Marathas kill the Nawab of Orissa, Nazim Mir Habib. A large part of Orissa and Medinipur comes under Maratha rule.

Attack of Marathas led by Shib Bhatta. The Nayeb of Medinipur Khushi Lal Singh is defeated. Mir Kasim becomes the Nayeb of Bengal. As per treaty Chakal, Medinipur, Bardhaman and Chetua is handed over to East India Company.

‘Barabazar' in Medinipur is set up.

East India Company wins the Dewani rights of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa.

Famine in Bengal . ‘Bibi Bazar or Small Bazar' is set up.

Spanish Bar set up in Patnabazar.

Wide spread famine in Medinipur

The first Collector of Medinipur and Jaleswar districts Mr. Pears is appointed.

Medinipur town is declared as district headquarter on 2nd September.

Famine in Medinipur.

Nayek revolt led by Achal Singh

Local residents of Medinipur set up Medinipur Collegiate School .

Iswarchandra Vidyasagar born in Birsingha village at present in Ghatal Sub-division.

Devastating flood in Medinipur.

Recurring floods in Medinipur

Medinipur Alms House set up which was later renamed as Medinipur Charitable Society.

Medinipur Collegiate School is recognized by the Government and upgraded to a High School in 1840. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee was a student of this school.

Floods in Medinipur.

Devastating famine in Medinipur. Debendra Nath Tagore arrives in Medinipur.

Medinipur Public Library is set up and Belly becomes its first President and Rishi Rajnarayan Basu becomes the first Secretary. Presently this library is known as Rajnarayan Smriti Pathagar(Rajnarayan Memorial Library).

Jadav Chandra Bose sets up the first Bengali School at Tamluk.

Sepoy Mutiny. Same Mutiny takes places called the Paltan Mutiny in the Sekhawat Battalion in Medinipur. Leader of the revolt, a Tewari Brahmin is hanged in the Collegiate School ground.

Famine in Medinipur. Madhusudhan Roy becomes first BA from Balgobindopur village, Patashpur.

Famine

Steamer service is set up between Diamondharbour and Tamluk.

M.N. Roy(alias Narendra Nath Bhattacharjee) is born in Kheput village under Daspur.

Famine

Bengal Provincial Conference takes place in Burdge Town in Medinipur. Satyendra Nath Banerjee and Narendra Nath Ghosh are present in the conference. Bar Library and Printing Press set up at Tamluk.

Arabinda Ghosh arrives in Medinipur. Extremists Groups under Hemchandra Das Kanungo , Satyendranath Bose and Gyanendra Nath Bose set up in Medinipur. Tatanagar-Kharagpur section of Bengal-Nagpur Railway is inaugurated.

Sister Nivedita spreads her message in Medinipur.

Devastating plague epidemic takes place in Ghatal.

Hem Chandra Das Kanungo designs the Indian tri colour which is subsequently unfurled by Madam Kama at Stuttgart in Germany .

Flood in Ghatal and drought in Jhargram. Attempt to blow away train at Narayangarh Station to kill Andrew Frazer.

Attack of Khudiram and Prafulla Chaki on Kingsford in Muzaffarpur. Unfortunately, Mrs. and Miss Kenedy died. Kshudiram is hanged and Prafulla Chaki commits suicide.

Famine in Ghatal

Attack on police informer Abdul Rahaman during a Muharram procession.

Floods in Sadar sub-division in Medinipur.

Chittaranjan Das and Anne Basant came to Midnapore.

Devastating floods in Tamluk, Ghatal and Sadar Sub-divisions. Then Bengal Governor Lord Ronald Shaw visits flood affected areas.

Wide spread revolt in Medinipur during the visit of Prince of Wales in India . Gandhiji arrives in Medinipur.

Famine in Ghatal . Jhargram Sub-division is set up with its headquarters at Jhargram.

First High School in Jhargram, K.K. Institution is set up. Kazi Nazrul Islam and Prafulla Chandra Roy visits Tamluk.

Gandhiji revisits in Medinipur.

Agitation begins to abolish Choukidari Tax under the leadership of Birendra Nath Sasmal. Netaji Subhas Chandra Basu arrives in Medinipur.

Salt Satyagraha begins. Killing of police officers by agitated mob in Daspur thana .

Assassination of district Collector Mr. Peddy by Jyoti Jivan Ghosh and Bimal Dasgupta.

District Collector Douglas is killed by Pradyot Bhattacharjee and Pravangshu Pal. Wide spread agitation in Sadar sub-division to abolish Choukidari tax.

District Collector Burdge is assassinated by Anath Bandhu Panja and Mrigendranath Dutta.

Large scale earth quake in Sadar Sub-division. Concerted efforts made by the District Collector for improvement of Digha.

Netaji Subhas Chandra Basu arrives at Tamluk. Vidyasager Memorial established at Birshingha village in Ghatal Sub-division.

Netaji Subhas Chandra Basu arrives at Ghatal. Dr. Sarbapalli Radhakrishnan inaugurated the work of Vidyasagar Memorial Hall. Rabindranath Tagor came to Midnapore to inaugurate Vidyasagar Memorial Hall.

Quit India agitation spreads rapidly in Medinipur. Matangini Hazra and other revolutionaries were killed. Cyclone at Tamluk, Midnapore, Jhargram. Earthquake at Midnapore Sadar. Ruthless torture by police.

Flood and Famine at Tamluk, Midnapore, Jhargram. Huge casualties due to Cholera, Pox, Dysentery etc.

Hindu-Muslim riots spread in Ghatal. Flood at Midnapore Sadar.

Medinipur celebrates Indian independence.

Kharagpur College , Ashutosh Higher Secondary School (Daspur PS) and Rani Binod Manjari Girls' School (Jhargram) established.

First college in Jhargram Sub-division.

Garbeta and Jhargram declared as town.

Indian Institute of India - IIT, the first of its kind in India set up at Kharagpur.

Daspur primary health center (20 Bed) setup. Kharagpur Athletic Association Stadium set up. Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy came to Tamluk to inaugurate Electricity Supply Facility. Sri Ajay Muhkarjee inaugurated Homeopathy College .

Ananta Prasad Chowdhury established “Lok Seba Samiti” for rural development. Tamluk Library setup. District Library setup at Midnapore.

Polytechnic set up at Jhargram. Raja Nerendra Lal Khan Girls' College established in Medinipur.

Devastating floods in Daspur. Jawaharlal Nehru visits flood affected areas. Central and State Government decided to install a new port at Haldia.

Ghatal Panskura road constructed.

Medinipur District Library inaugurated by Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy. Dak Bungalow constructed at Goaltore.

Primary Health Centre and Social Worker's training centre set up at Belpahari. Kharagpur-I, II and Sankrail blocks created.

Haldia Port and Oil Refinery establishment works begin.

Two subsidiary Health Centres set up at Makrampur.

Haldia and Kolaghat declared as town.

Proposal for Kolaghat Tharmal Power Plant. Birendranath Road Bridge inaugurated.

Approval of setting up of Kolaghat Thermal Power Plant by Government of India. Indian Air force branch established at Jhargram.

Production starts at Haldia Oil Refineries.

Scooter factory set up at Nimpura in Kharagpur.

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