According to the Gazetteer of Durg district, the complete Durg district together with Bemetara was beforehand included within the empire of Emperor Ashoka. In 1742 AD, this space remained underneath the Marathas and since 1853 the Bhosale king. It is claimed that in historic instances it was the dominion of a queen named Vyomatara, after whom this metropolis was named Bemetra. Later Zamindari system got here into drive right here. The final landowner of right here was Zarb Singh Verma. From 1857 to 1906, the complete fort was included within the Tehsil Raipur district. Bemetra was underneath Simga tehsil and Nawagarh space was in Bilaspur district. When Durg turned a district in 1906, Bemetara was the primary tehsil of the three tehsils of the district. From the earliest instances the Bemetara tehsil consisted of Nawagarh, Berla and Saja blocks, which have additionally been with the newly shaped Bemetara district since 1 January 2012.