Short answers, pulled from the story.
Andijan is most famous as the birthplace of Babur, born there in 1483, who went on to found the Mughal dynasty in the Indian subcontinent and became its first emperor. The city is also one of the oldest in Uzbekistan, with artifacts found there dating back to the 7th and 8th centuries BCE, and it was a significant stop on the Silk Road.
On the 13th of May 2005, Uzbekistan's military opened fire on protesters in Andijan who were demonstrating against poor living conditions and corrupt government. The official death toll was 187, though a defector from the SNB alleged that 1,500 people were killed. Bodies of many victims were allegedly buried in mass graves.
Andijan was largely destroyed on the 16th of December 1902, when a severe earthquake leveled much of the city, destroying up to 30,000 homes in the region and killing as many as 4,500 residents. It remains the worst earthquake to have struck Uzbekistan in the 20th century.
The Andijan Uprising of 1898 was an armed attack by followers of Sufi leader Madali Ishan on Russian military barracks in Andijan, killing 22 soldiers and injuring between 16 and 20 more. In retaliation, Russian authorities hanged 18 participants and exiled 360 others.
Andijan is more than 2,500 years old and is considered the oldest city in Uzbekistan. Archaeologists have found artifacts in parts of the city dating back to the 7th and 8th centuries BCE.
Andijan's notable people include Babur (1483-1530), founder of the Mughal Empire; poet and stateswoman Nodira (1792-1842); poet and playwright Choʻlpon (1897-1938); and Mukarram Turgʻunboyeva (1913-1978), widely regarded as the founder of modern Uzbek stage dance and a People's Artist of Uzbekistan from 1937.