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NO PLACE IN INDIA HAS HISTORY AS VIZAG

1. INDIAN' S FIRST NAVAL BASE BUILT IN VIZAG

2. WORLD'S FIRST NATURE PROTECTED PORT

3. THE ONLY CITY WITH 2 MAJOR PORTS IN THE WORLD

4. The city boasts a submarine museum, the first of its kind in Southeast Asia, at Rama Krishna Beach.

5. INDIA'S FIRST SHIP BULDING COMPANY BUILT IN VIZAG

6. WORLD CAME TO KNOW MOST DASHING AND SUCCESSFUL CAPTAIN M S D WITH HIS FIRST CENTURY 148 AGAINST PAKISTAN

7. Visakhapatnam is also the headquarters of the Eastern Naval Command of the Indian Navy

8. A FOREIGN SHIPPING COMPANY NAMED ONE OF THERE AS VIZAG AS IT WAS BUILT IN VIZAG

9. INDIAN'S FIRST NUCLEAR SUBMARINE WAS BUILT IN VIZAG

10. 260 BCE: Ashoka conquered the Kalinga empire (of which Vizag was a part)

11. 208: Chandra Sri Satakarni was king of this region.

12. 11th century: Simhachalam Temple built by Kulottunga I.

13.13th century: Simhachalam Temple renovated and made southern imperial centre by the Ganga king Narasimha I of Orissa.

14. 1515: Krishna Deva Raya was ruler of the area comprising Vizag

15. Mid-17th century: A factory was founded in "Vizagapatam" by the British East India Company.

16. 1652: Foundation of the most powerful zamindari family of the area, the Pusapatis of Vizianagaram.

17. 1735: Duth Colony was established.

18. 1904: Railway from Madras to Calcutta, passing through Vizagapatam, was opened.

19. 1906: It was the biggest district in our country till 1906

20. 1923 :Andhra Medical College started

21. 1926: Andhra University established

22. 1933: Visakhapatnam Port established.

23. 1942: Japanese war planes attack Vizag.

24. 1947: Eastern Naval Command established its base here. Before 1947 the Royal Navy had a base in HMIS Sircars.

25. 1957: A petroleum refinery by Caltex, currently owned by HPCL.

26. 1965: Two survey ships, "Jumna" and "Investigator",were permanently rebased at Visakhapatnam.

27. 1971: INS Rajput of the Indian Navy destroys the Pakistani submarine Ghazi in the Indo-Pak War off the coast of Visakhapatnam.

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