Timeline of Life in Honavar
First Online: May 20, 2000
Page Last Updated: November 16, 2024
Year |
Description of Event |
| 247 A.D. | Known as Limurike in Tamil Country |
| 943 A.D. | Poet Pampa in his Jain Ramayana describes Honavar as Hanuruha Island |
| 1300 A.D. | Arab traveler Abdul Fida visits Honavar |
| 1342 A.D. | African traveler Ibn Batuta describes as Hinaur. |
| 1350 A.D. | Jamal-ud-din Muhammad Ibn Hasan rules Honavar; he is a subject of the Vijayanagar empire |
| 1444 A.D. | The Moors of Honavar, on behalf of the Vijayanagar kings, fight a fierce battle against Bahamani empire. They hold Goa, but lose Honavar and move to Goa. |
| 1514 A.D. | Portuguese traveler Barbosa visits Honavar, which he calls Honor |
| 1568 A.D. | Portuguese Viceroy Dom Luiz Athaide, destroys Honavar in a fight with the queen of Honavar. The Portuguese build a fort, and two churches in Honavar. |
| 1631 A.D. | Venkatappa Naik, a local strikes a deal with Portuguese to export pepper and promotes Hindu temples. |
| 1720 A.D. | Honavar prospers as a port. The British invest in factories near Honavar to process pepper. |
| 1769 A.D. | Honavar becomes a battlefield for a fierce encounter between Haider Ali and the British troops. |
| 1784 A.D. | Tipu Sultan, under a fit of rage completely destroys Honavar. For next fifty years, Honavar remains in ruins. |
| 1854 A.D. | British attack Gerusoppa. They lose a commander, and erect a huge monument for him. The British annex Honavar to the Bombay presidency. |
