Hostory of Surat
Historical Events of Surat 1194 Kutb-Ud-Din Aibak (General of Shahab-Ud-Din Ghori) raided Rander & Surat. 1225 Arabs of Kufa settled in Rander. 1373 Muhammed Tughlak sacked and plundered Surat. 1391 Mastic Khan was appointed Governor of Surat and Rander. 1512 Portuguese plundered and burnt Surat. 1514 Barbosa visited Surat. 1546 Khudavand Khan ( Safi Agha Turk of Raomi ) completed the construction of Castle of Surat. 1573 Akbar marched on Surat and laid a seize. 1608 First English ship arrived at the mouth of Tapi (Surat). 1612 Fight occurred between English and Portuguese at the mouth of river Tapi. 1615 Sir Thomas Roc reached Surat. 1616 Dutch were given provisional permission to establish factory. 1618 Mukrab Khan, the Governor of Surat was recalled. 1618 Prince Shahjahan became Governor of Surat. 1664 Shivaji launched first attack on Surat. 1669 Siddis of Janjira secured the admiralty of Mughal fleet in Surat. 1670 Shivaji led second attack on Surat. 1676 Marathas captur...