When was chhattisgarh created

This district was once part of Southern Kosal and considered to be under Mourya Kingdom. Raipur city had been the capital of the Haihaya Kings, controlling the traditional forts of the Chhattisgarh for a long time. The town of Raipur has been in existence since the 9th century, the old site and ruins of the fort can be seen in the southern part of the city.

Satawahana Kings ruled this part till the 2nd-3rd century AD. For some period in Fifth-Sixth Century A. Later onSomavanshi kings had taken the control over this region and ruled with Sirpur Sripur-The city of Wealth as their capital city.

MahashivguptBalarjun was the mightiest emperor of this Dynasty. The Kalchuri Kings of Tumman ruled this part for a long time making Ratanpur as capital. In , the Maraths finally annexed Chhattisgarh, it came directly under Maratha rule and Bimbaji Bhonsle, was appointed the rule. After death of Bimbaji Bhonsle, the Marathas adopted the Suba system. The Maratha rule was a period of unrest and misrule. There was large-scale loot and plunder by the Maratha army. The Maratha officials were openly surrendering the interests of the region to the British.

As a result of this, the region became extremely poor and the people began resenting the Maratha rule.

Only the Gonds continued to resist and challenge the advances of the Marathas and this led to several conflicts and much animosity between the Gonds and the Marathas Captain Blunt, The Pindaris also attacked and plundered the region in the beginning of the Nineteenth Century. In Chhattisgarh came under some sort of British control for the first time. In , when the province of Nagpur lapsed to the British government, Chhattisgarh was formed into a deputy commissionership with its headquarters at Raipur.

Historian C. Wills, writing about Chhattisgarh says, Chhattisgarh presents the remarkable picture of a Hindu government continuing till modern times outside the sphere of direct Mohammedan control.

The British made certain changes in the administrative and revenue systems of Chhattisgarh, which adversely affected the people of Chhattisgarh. The intrusion of the British was resisted strongly in Bastar by the tribals and the Halba rebellion which lasted nearly five year was the first documented rebellion against the British and Marathas in Bastar.

The First war of independence in was spearheaded in Chhattisgarh by Vir Narain Singh who was a benevolent jamindar of Sonakhan. The British arrested him in for looting a trader's grain stocks and distributing it amongst the poor in a severe famine year. He reached Sonakhan and formed an army of men. Under the leadership of Smith, a powerful British army was dispatched to crush the Sonakhan army.

The British succeeded after a prolonged battle and Vir Narain Singh was arrested and later hanged on the 10th December, He became the first martyr from Chhattisgarh in the War of Independence.

Vir Narain Singh's martyrdom has been resurrected in the 's and he has become a potent symbol of Chhattisgarhi pride. Courtsey: Chhattisgarh Govt. Share Via.