History of Raipur

 Raipur, the capital city of Chhattisgarh is considered to be built in the 14th century by Kalchuri King Ram Chandra. In ancient time the region was a part of Maurya dynasty. During 2nd and 3rd century the region was under the rule of Satvahana kingdom. Thereafter the region came under the control of Samudragupta dynasty which ruled it till 6th century.  Later on several kingdoms ruled the region until it came under the control of Kalchuri kings of Tumman. Ratnapur served as the capital place of Kalchuri kings. King Ram Chandra of Kalchuri during his rule established the city of Raipur. He also made Raipur the capital city of his kingdom. There is another story about the foundation of the city of Raipur. According to that the city was founded by Bramhadev Rai the son of Ram Chandra.  The city of Raipur is named after Bramhadev Rai. During his rule in 1402 AD the temple of Hatakeshwar Mahadev was constructed on the bank of Kharun River.

After the decline of Kalchuri kingdom Raipur again witnessed several rules of different dynasty until it came under the control of Bhosale kings. Bhosale kings ruled Raipur for long time before the region came under the rule of British in India. During the rule of British Raipur began to grow rapidly but it was only after the independence of India in 1947 that the city of Raipur witnessed a large scale development and now it has become a major industrial city  of India.