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