Ságvári Ágnes (szerk.): Budapest. The History of a Capital (Budapest, 1975)
Chronology
7th October 28th November 9th December 20th January 1946 1st February 7th March June 1st August 20th August 4th April 1947 18th July 23rd July 31st August 6th November 4th December 25th March 1948 20th June 12th September 12th November 29th January 1949 12th February 8 th June 20th July 20th August 1st September 20th November 20th December First post-Liberation municipal elections in Budapest Formation of the new Municipal Assembly József Kővágó elected mayor First performance in Hungary of Béla Bartók’s ballet The Miraculous Mandarin The Kossuth Bridge opened Proclamation of the Hungarian Republic at the meeting held before the Parliament building Mass meeting of 400,000 Budapest workers, organized by the Left-Wing Bloc Arrival in the capital of the first UNRRA (United Nations Relief and Reconstruction Administration) transport Inflation ends with the issue of the new stable currency, the forint Inauguration of the rebuilt Szabadság (Liberty) Bridge Unveiling of the Liberation Monument on Mount Gellért József Bognár elected the new mayor of Budapest An extraordinary assembly of the Municipal Legislative Board adopts a Three-Year Development Plan for the capital The parties of the Independence Front obtain more than 60 per cent of the vote in Budapest in the national elections Opening of one side of the rebuilt Margaret Bridge Law passed nationalizing the large banks Nationalization of factories and enterprises employing more than a hundred workers The congresses of the Hungarian Communist Party and the Social Democratic Party declare a merger of the two workers’ parties; the Hungarian Workers’ Party comes into existence Inauguration of the rebuilt Southern Railway Bridge The Industrial Port of Újpest is opened The Hungarian National Committee disbands the local and provincial National Committees Plans for the creation of Greater Budapest are announced at the first meeting of the Budapest Provisional Committee of the Hungarian Independence People’s Front Reorganization of the factories and enterprises of the city into municipal undertakings Communal and nationalized church primary schools are transferred to municipal management Proclamation of the Constitution of the Hungarian People’s Republic Abolition of bread rationing The rebuilt Chain Bridge is opened to traffic The capital and the suburbs on the periphery are formally incorporated into Greater Budapest under Act XXVI of 1949 152
