| x | HISTORY |
| H | Current area of this district was a part of 'Koshal rajya'- a prime centre of ancient |
| I | 'arya culture' surrounded by Himalaya in north, Shyandika river in south, 'Panchal |
| S | rajya' in west & Maghadh rajya in (Bihar) east. |
| T | Besides many fictions related with this area, astro-historical fossils ('murtee',coins, |
| O | bricks, temples,Budh math etc.) are found at many places of this district, showing that |
| R | there was a developed & organised society long long ago. |
| Y | Ancient history of the district is related with the Ramayan times when 'Koshal Naresh' |
| lord Ram appointed his elder son 'Kush' , the king of Kushawati--which is todays | |
| Kushinagar. | |
| H | Before Mahabharat times,this area was related with Chakravorty Samrat 'Mahasudtsan' |
| I | & his kingdom 'kushinagar' was well developed & prosperous.Nearby to his rajya border |
| S | was the thick area woods 'Maha-van'. |
| T | This area was under control of Maurya rulers,Gupta rulers & Bhar rulers , and then |
| O | under control of Gharwal ruler 'Govind Chandra' from year -1114 to year- 1154. |
| R | This area was under control of Avadh rulers or of Bihar Muslim rulers duringMedieval |
| Y | times,is not very clear. |
| There was little control of oldest Delhi rulers -- Sultan , Nizam or Khilji's on this region. | |
| There is no description of this area in east war/attack/invasion scripts by muslim | |
| H | historians meaningby muslim invaders would have seldom visited thick wood area of this |
| I | region. |
| xS | Many places of this district played an important role in the modern history of this |
| T | district.Important ones are- |
| O | paina,baikuntpur,berhaj,lar,rudrapur,hata,kasia,gauribazar,kaptanganj,udhopur,tamkuhi, |
| R | basantpur dhoosi etc. |
| Y | Gandhiji addressed Deoria & Padrauna public meetings in 1920. |
| Baba Raghav Das had started movement in april' 1930 regarding 'NamakMovement'. | |
| In 1931,there were wide movement against government & landlords in this district. | |
| H | Many more people joined Congress as volunteers & marched several places of the |
| I | district.Sh.Purushottam Das Tondon in 1931 & Rafi Ahmad Kidwai in 1935 visited |
| S | different places of this district. |
| T | During Quit India Movement , as much as 580 people were sent behind the bar for |
| O | different duration. |
| R | Deoria District came into existence at March 16' 1946 from Gorakhpur district. |
| Y | The name DEORIA is derived from 'Devaranya' or probably 'Devpuria' as believed. |
| According to official gazzettes,the district name 'deoria' is taken by its headquarter | |
| name 'Deoria' and the term deoria generally means a place where there are temples. | |
| x | Deoria name developed by a fossil(broken) Shiva Temple by the side of 'kurna river' |
| x | in its northside. |
| x | Kushinagar (Padrauna) district came into existence in 1994 ' MAY by separating |
| north-east portion of Deoria district. |
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