• 1901 –
Horsecar trams begin operating. • 1904 –
Orenburg-Tashkent Railway begins operating. • 1905 – "Mutiny of Tsarist officers." • 1910 – Monument to
Konstantin von Kaufman dedicated. • 1912 – Polish Church, the present
Sacred Heart Cathedral, built. • 1913 – Population: 172,300. • 1914 –
Military college established. • 1916 – "Anti-labour conscription revolt." • 1917 •
February Revolution. • 2 March:
Tashkent Soviet established. • April: Turkestan Muslim Congress held. •
Pravda Vostoka newspaper begins publication. • 1920 – National Public Library of Uzbekistan established (approximate date). • 1924 • City becomes part of the
Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic. •
Uthman Quran relocated to Tashkent from
Ufa. • Tashkent Zoo founded. • 1925 –
Sharq Yulduzi film studio established. • 1926 – Population: 323,000. • 1930 • Capital of
Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic relocated to Tashkent from
Samarkand. • 1938 – City becomes capital of
Tashkent Province. • 1939 – Komsomol Lake in Stalin Park. • 1943 –
Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR established. • 1947 – Navoi Theatre built. • 1955 –
Tashkent Electro Technical Institute of Communication founded. • 1956 •
Pakhtakor football club formed. •
Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium opens. • 1962 –
Haskovo (Bulgaria)-Tashkent brother-city program established. • 1964 – Tashkent Palace of Arts built. • 1966 • January: City hosts signing of
India-Pakistan peace agreement. • 26 April: The M5.1
Tashkent earthquake destroys much of the city, leaving between 15 and 200 people dead, and around 300,000 homeless. • 1971 –
Spartak Tashkent ice hockey team formed. • 1973 –
Sister city relationship established with
Seattle, USA. • 1977 –
Tashkent Metro begins operating. • 1979 – Population: 1,858,000. • 1984 –
Tashkent Tower built. • 1985 – Population: 2,030,000 (estimate). • 1988 –
Seattle-Tashkent Peace Park dedicated. in the 1990s • 1991 • City becomes capital of the
Republic of Uzbekistan. •
Tashkent State Institute of Law and
Tashkent Architectural Building Institute established. • 1992 – Statue of
Vladimir Lenin in Independence Square removed. • 1994 –
Tashkent Stock Exchange and
Tashkent International School established. • 1996 •
Amir Timur Museum established. • Kuyluk Market built. ==21st century==