History of Saran District

Today’s Chhapra was a part of Kosala kingdom in ancient days. The kingdom of Kosala consisted of today’s Faizabad, Gonda, Basti, Gorkhapur, Deoria in Uttar Pradesh and Saran in Bihar. The 'Ain-E-Akbari written by Abul Fazal shows that   Saran was one of the six Sarkars (Revenue Divisions) constituting the province of Bihar. In 1765 when East India Company got Diwani there were eight Revenue Divisions i.e. Sarkars including Saran and Champaran in the province of Bihar. These two Sarkars were merged and the new Sarkar was named as Saran. Saran was included in the Patna Division when the Commissioner's Divisions were set up in 1829. It was separated from Champaran in 1866 when Champaran was made a new district. Saran became a part of Tirhut Division when it (Tirhut) was created in 1908. At this time the Saran district had three subdivisions namely Saran, Siwan and Gopalganj. In 1972, the Bihar Government declared all the three subdivisions of Saran district as separate districts. Today the Commissioner's Division of Saran consists of these three districts  namely Saran, Siwan and Gopalganj.