- 22 August 1944 - Foundation of Jyotirvidya Parisanstha: On August 22, 1944 some eminent citizens of pune formed JVP, primarily for the spread of knowledge of astronomy among the public also to make their own contribution as far as possible. It was the first association of its kind and remained so far for a few decades
- 1950 - After independence of India; Government of India invited JVP members Mr. Kajarekar and others for making Indian Calender.
- 1968-69 - Silver Jubilee year of Jyotirvidya Parisanstha.
- 1970s - JVP had two refractor telescopes for observation
- 1986 - Public Shows of Halley's comet
- January 12-13, 1991 - JVP hosted First Indian Amateur Astronomers' Meet held at Pune.
- 1993 - Public Show of Mercury Transit at New English School, Tilak Road, Pune
- 1993 - 94 - Golden Jubilee year of Parisanstha. Road shows through the year.
- 1994 - First astronomical Exhibition in Pune at Tilak Smarak Mandir
- 1996 - First Basic Astronomy Course and it then continued as a yearly program of JVP.
- 1997 - For the first time in Indian time zone, Meteor Shower Observation Group started working in JVP. The observations by this group were submitted to International Meteor Organisation (IMO), Germany for next four years. For details click here.
- 2000, December 24-25 - First Telescope Owners' Meet held at Tamhini, District Pune.
- 2003, May 7 - Public show of Mercury transit held at Tilak Smarak Mandir. Two telescopes for public viewing and third one for CCTV broadcast.
- 2003-04 - Diamond Jubilee year of Parisanstha.
- 2003, August 19-27: Mars closest to earth once in 60,000 years. JVP celeberated Mars week between 19 to 27 Aug. 2003. Public show of Mars through telescopes were arranged from Kesariwada, Pune thoughout the week. On August 22, 2003 on foundation day of JVP, Dr. Prakash Tupe gave lecture on Mars. On August 23, 2003 overnight workshop on Mars was arranged at Tamhini, District Pune.
- 2004 - Transit of Venus public program held at Furgusson College, Pune