History of Damoh town and region

(Chronology compiled by Prof. Malaiya)

From Mauryas to Guptas

• 304 BCE–232 BCE Prince Ashoka, governor of Avanti, married Devi, the daughter of a trader of Vidisha. The Ashoka's inscriptions found at Sanchi and Rupnath in Jabalpur District.
• 3rd-4th cent CE: Vakatakas originate from Bundelkhand, Vagat region of Tikamgarh District. They had the control till 4th century.

Rajput period

• 9th century: Kulchuri of Chedi (Dahal) at Tripuri (near Jabalpur) rise
• 9th century:
  
  
  
  Chandelas of Jejakabhukti rise

• 10th century: Buddhist idols of Bansipur and Kunvarpur.

• 11th cent: Nohta temple built.

• 1182: Chauhan King Prithviraj III attacked Mahoba, brave fight put-up by the Banafer brothers Alha and Udal, generals of Chandela Parmardi.

• 12th cent: Jain temple built at Gajanan ki Toria.

Muslim and Gond rule

• 1290-1315: The Khiljis had the regional administrative center of the Chanderi province at Batihadim (Batiagarh) which was transferred to Damova (Damoh). Damoh fort inscription.

• 14th century: Muslim rule inscriptions at Salaiya and Batiyagarh mention Khilji and Tuglaq as Sultans.

• 14th cent: Sahanpal Bundela captured Garhkundar from Khangar king.

• 15th cent: In Garha-Mandla kingdom. Sangram Shah in late fifteenth century

• 1506: Taran-swami of Bilahari founds Taran Panth.

• 1531: Rudrapratap Bundela made Orchha his new capital.

• 16th cent: Kurmi Immigrants from the Doab arrive in the Gond kingdom.

• 1543: Chandella Kirat Rai's daughter Durgavati married to Gond ruler Dalpat-shah of Garh Mandla.

• 1564: Durgavati killed in battle with Asaf Khan.

• Early 17th century, Delhi returned half of the territory to the management of the Garha-Mandla Rajas.

Bundela and Maratha rule

• 1649-1731: Bundelkhand Kesri Maharaja Chhatrasal.

• 1660: Sagar city founded.

• 1700: Kundalpur
  
  
  
  temple repaired with support from Chhatrasal.

• 1731: Some of region given to Marathas, as part heirs to Chharasal.

• 1735: Maratha governor at Sagar.

• 1757: Bahoranji, a dealer in precious stones, had a 13th cent temple renovated at Damoh and a pratishta conducted to earn the title Singhai.

• 1780: The governors of Saugor, known as the Maratha Pandits, did annexed Gond kingdom.

• 1781: Jabalpur was selected as Maratha headquarters.

•  :Jageshwar Mahadev Shivalinga found, temple built.

• 1798: The peshwa granted the Nerbudda valley to the Bhonsle princes of Nagpur.

Company rule and Ghadar

• 1818: During the Governor-Generalship of lord Hastings the rule of Sagar passed into the hands of the British.

• 1854: as the Maratha kingdom lapsed to the British for lack of a recognized legitimate heir.

• 1857: The 42 NI and 3rd Irregular Cavalry stationed at Saugor rebelled on 1st July. 52 NI at Jabalpur rebelled on 28 September.

• At Jabalpur the Gond Raja family, who were the last surviving descendants of the Garha-Mandla dynasty, prepared to revolt against the British. Their plans were discovered and both' the father, Shankar Shah, and his son, Raghunath Shah, were blown from guns.

• Thakur Kishore Singh of Hindoria, Raja Devi Singh of Singrampur, Pancham Singh of Karijog, and others fought against the British rule in its rebellion in 1857.

• Sir Hugh Rose assumed the command of the Central India Field Force on 17 December 1857. Finished in May 1858.

British rule

• 1861: Central Provinces created.

• 1861: Damoh first formed into a separate district.

• 1867: Damoh constituted a municipality.

• 1867 Population: Damoh dist 2,62,600

• 1867 railway lines were completed between Jabalpur and Allahabad

• 1896-1897: Damoh suffered severely from the famine.

• 1898: India Midland Railway's construction of Sagar-Damoh link
• 1899 construction of Damoh-Katni link

• 1900: Mild famine.

• 1923: Seth Govinddas jailed in Damoh, writes four Hindi plays.

• 1933: Mahatma Gandhi visits Damoh

• 1946: Sagar University was established on 18 July.

Independence

• 1947: Independence; Central Provinces reorganized as Madhya Pradesh state.

• 1960: Damoh degree college established by "Shiksha Prasar Samiti", a volunteer organization

• 1991: Damoh population 8,98,125.

• 2001: Damoh Dist population 10,81,909.