Ranchi Timeline

Inhabited by aboriginal village people

Muslim rule established here

Chotanagpur region under British Raj

Revolts

South-Western Frontier Agency formed

Headquarters moved from Lohardaga to Ranchi

Revolt suppressed and British regained control over region

Revolt under leadership of Birsa Munda

Name of Lohardaga district changed to Ranchi district

Ranchi venue of meetings between Gandhi and Sir Edward Albert Gait

Simon commission boycotted

Kol insurrections

Lohardaga district created from a portion of Ranchi district

Formation of Jharkhand

Khunti district carved out of Ranchi District

Earlier, Ranchi was also the summer capital of Bihar