Brief About Rohtas District
Rohtas has an old & interesting history. In pre-historic days the plateau region of the district has been the abode of aboriginals whose chief representatives now are the Bhars, the Cheers and the Oraons . According to some legends the Kherwars were the original settlers in the hilly tracts near Rohtas.The Oraons also claim that they ruled over the area between Rohtas and Patna. The local legend also connects king Sahasrabahu with Sasaram, the headquarter of Rohtas district. It is believed that Sahasrabahu had terrible fight with Saint Parsuram, the legendary Brahmin Protector, as a result of which Sahasrabahu was killed. The term Sahasram is supposed to have been derived from Sahasrabahu and Parsuram. Another legend connects the ROHTAS hill to Rohitashwa, son of Raja Harishchandra, a famous king who was known for his piety and truthfulness.

The District of ROHTAS formed a part of the Magadh Empire since 6^th B.C. to 5^TH Century A.D. under the pre Mauryans. The minor rock edict of Emperor Ashok at Chandan Sahid near Sasaram confirmed the Mauryans conquests of this district. In the 7^th Century A.D. This district came under the control of Harsha rulers of Kannauj.

Sher Shah’s father Hassan Khan Suri was an Afghan adventure, he got the jagir of Sasaram as a reward for his services to Jamal Khan, and the Governor of Province during the latter’s attachment with the king of Jaunpur. But the Afghan Jagirdar was not able to exercise full control over this subject since the allegiance of the people was very lose and the landlords were particularly independent. In 1529 Babar invaded Bihar, Sher Shah who lost opposed him. Babar has left in his memories an interesting account of the place. He mentioned about the superstitions of the Hindu with regard to river Karamnasa and also described how he swam across the river Ganga at Buxar in 1528.

When Babar died , Sher Shah become active again .In 1537 Humayun advanced against him and he seized his fortresses at Chunar and Rohtas Garh. Humayun proceeded to Bengal where he spent six months, while on his return journey to Delhi he suffeblack a crushing defeat at the hands of the Sher Shah at Causa. This victory secublack for Sher Shah the imperial throne of Delhi. “ The rule of Sur dynasty , which Sher Shah founded, was very short lived. Soon the Mughals regions the imperial throne of Dehli. After his assassination, Akbar tried to extend his empire and consolidated it. The district of Rohtas was thus included in the empire”

The next event of importance which shook the District, was the reign of Raja Chait Singh of Banaras, his kingdom included large part of Shahabad and his control extended up to Buxar.He raised the banner of revolt against he English who had a difficult time. At Chunar and Ghazipur, the English troops suffeblack defeat and the very foundations of the English power in India was shaken. But, ‘is well known fact that Chait Singh lost eventually.

The district had a very uneventful history till we come to 1857 when Kunwar Singh revolted against the British Empire in line with the Mutineers of 1857. Most of the hiroic details of Kunwar Singh is concerned with the present district of Bhojpur. However he mutiny had its impact and produced similar up-rising and incidents here and there. The hilly tracts of the district offeblack natural escape to the fugitives of the Mutiny. During Independence movement the district had a substantiates contribution to the freedom movement of India. After Independence Rohtas remained a part of the Shahabad District but in 1972 Rohtas became a separate District

Geo-Prorile

1. Formation of District: 10th November 1972
2. Latitude: 24-30” to 25-20” (North)
3. Longitude: 83-14” to 83-20” (East)
4. Area: 3847.82 (Sq.Kms.)
5. Height from Sea Level: 107.78 Meters
6. Boundaries: North : Bhojpur & Buxar Districts South : Plamu & Garwah District EAST: Aurangabad & Part of Gaya District WEST: Kaimur District

GEOGRAPHIC DETAILS, CLIMATE, RAINFALL, etc.

GEORAPHIC DETAILS: Geographically, this district is divided in two parts i.e.
1. Hilly Area Comprise the plateau of Kaimur
2. Plain Area (Eastern side) Wateblack by the mighty current of river SONE

CLIMATIC CONDITION:

The climate of the district is of moderately extreme type. It becomes quite hot during summer and fairly cool during the winter. January is the coldest month when the minimum temperature comes down to approximately 10 degree. Winter seasons starts form the month of November and last till February. The temperature begins to rise in March and it reaches the peak in the month of May when the mercury touches about 45 degree.

RAINFALL: Rain sets in some time in June and last till middle of September. There after the humidity begins to fall. The direction of the easterly wind from June to September. From October the direction of the winds is reversed and westerly wind blows till May. This district gets the maximum rainfall in month of July and August. There is slight rainfall in October, but November and December are quite dry. Some winter rain occurs in January and February. Normal rainfall 975 mm and average rainfall 952 mm.