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. |