Principal District and Sessions Court, Durg

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In the Tretha Yug Durg was well known as Shivadurga of 'Dakshin Kaushal' Province. In the Hindu Granth 'Ramayana', Maharaja Dasharatha Of Uttar Kaushal married with Kaushalya, the daughter of Maharaja Kaushal. It's apparent that the District Durg was included in Ashoka's Empire.However, the first exact reference with regard to the word "Durg" comes around the 8th century A.D. through two stone inscriptions; which is deposited in the Raipur Museum. The First inscription mentions the name of a Maharaja Shiva Deva. The 2nd inscription associates the name of Sivapura with that of Maharaja Shiva Durga, indicating thereby that during Maharaja Shivadeva's reign the town and the fort were separate.
The present name "Durg"is evidently a contraction of the old shivadurga, which he built. The river on whose banks stands the present town is also called "Shivnath River". With the coming of the Kalachuri dynasty of Tripuri in A.D. 1182, Durg came under their Maharajadom. From then on it remained under the Kalachuries, till 1742 A. D. when the Marathas deposed them.In 1877, after the Marathas lost the IIIrd Anglo- Maratha War, the tract of Chhattisgarh passed into British hands.
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