Durg district was shaped on 1 January 1906 by merging some areas of Raipur, Bilaspur

The fort was shaped on 1 January 1906 by merging some areas of Raipur and Bilaspur districts. At that point, right this moment’s Rajnandgaon and Kabirdham (Kawardha) districts had been additionally a part of Durg district. On 26 January 1973, the district Durg was divided and Rajnandgaon district got here into existence. On 6 July 1998, the district Rajnandgaon was additionally divided and the brand new Kabirdham district got here into existence. Before 1906, Durg was a tehsil of Raipur district. At the time of the formation of Durg district in 1906, it had three tehsils Durg, Bemetra and Balod. The district is once more divided on 1 January 2012 and two new districts Bemetara and Balod got here into existence.