విశాఖపట్నం
18 వ శతాబ్దంలో విశాఖపట్నం ఉత్తర సర్కారులలో భాగంగా ఉండేది. కోస్తా ఆంధ్రలోని ప్రాంతమైన ఉత్తర సర్కారులు మొదట ఫ్రెంచి వారి ఆధిపత్యంలో ఉండి, తరువాత బ్రిటిషు వారి అధీనంలోకి వెళ్ళాయి. మద్రాసు ప్రెసిడెన్సీ లో విశాఖపట్నం ఒక జిల్లాగా ఉండేది. స్వాతంత్ర్యం వచ్చే నాటికి విశాఖపట్నమే దేశంలోకెల్లా అతి పెద్ద జిల్లా. తరువాత దానిని శ్రీకాకుళం, విజయనగరం, విశాఖపట్నం జిల్లాలుగా విడగొట్టారు. 1950 ఆగస్టు 15 న శ్రీకాకుళం జిల్లా ఏర్పడింది. విశాఖపట్నం జిల్లా లోని కొంత భాగం, శ్రీకాకుళం జిల్లా నుంచి మరి కొంతభాగం కలిపి 1979 జూన్ 1 న విజయనగరం జిల్లా ఏర్పడింది
చంద్రపూర్ జిల్లా
According to tradition and legend the name of the place was 'Lokapura' which was first changed to ' Indpur' and subsequently to Chandrapur. During the British colonial period it was called Chanda district, which was again changed to its original name 'Chandrapur ' around 1964. Other places of the region in ancient times include wairangad, Kosala, Bhadravati and Markanda. Hindu and Buddhist kings are said to have ruled the area for a long time, Later on Gonds overtook Dana Chiefs who ruled Chandrapur around 9 th century and Gond Kings ruled the area till 1751 after which Maratha period started. Raghuji Bhosale, the last King of the dynasty, died heirless in 1853 and Nagpur province together with Chandrapur was declared annexed to British Empire.
In 1854, Chandrapur formed an independent district and in 1874, it comprised three tehsils: Viz Mul, Warora and Bramhpuri. In 1874, however, upper Godavai district of Madras was abolished and four tehsils were added to Chandrapur to form one tehsil with Sironcha as its headquarters. In 1895, the headquarters of one tehsil transferred to MUl to Chandrapur. A new tehsil with headquarter at Gadchoroli was created in 1905 by transfer of zamindari estates from Bramhpuri and Chandrapur tehsil. An small zamindari tract from Chandrapur district as transferred to newly from districts in 1907. In the same year and area of about 1560 km. comprising three divisions of the lower Sironcha tehsil namely Cherla, Albak nad Nugir were transferred to Madras State.
No major changes occurred in the boundaries of the district or its tehsils between 1911-1955. Consequent upon reorganization of the states in 1956, the district was transferred from Madhya Pradesh to Bombay state. In the same Rajura tehsil, a part of Adilabad district of Hydrabad state, was transferred to Nanded district subsequently it was transferred to Chandrapur district in 1959. the district became part of the Maharashtra since its creation in May 1960. For administrative convenience and industrial and agricultural development, this district was again divided into Chandrapur and Gadchiroli district after 1981 census. Chandrapur district now comprises the tehsil of Chandrapur, Bhadravati, Warora, Chimur, Nagbhir, Bramhpuri, Sindhewahi, Mul, Gondpipri, Pomburna, Saoli, Rajura, Korpana, Jivati and Balharshah.