he present Comilla is a district under the Chittagong Division.

It was once under

ancient Samatata and later became part of the state of Tripura. As far as is known
from the ancient archeology found in the region, Gupta emperors ruled the Tripura
since the fifth century AD. According to historians, Buddhist Deva dynasty ruled the
region from the seventh to the middle of the eighth century. In the ninth century,
Comilla came under the control of the kings of Harikela and then ruled by the
Chandra dynasty during tenth and mid eleventh century AD. Later on it was ruled by
the Mughals and then it came under the rule of East India Company in 1765. In order
to facilitate revenue collection, the company hired a district collector in the province
in 1769. Comilla then belonged to the province of Dhaka. Comilla was made under
the office of the district collector in 1776. The Tripura Collector's journey began with
the formation of Tippera or Tipperah district of Bengal by the British in 1790.
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 According to the Third Regulation in 1793, a civil judge was appointed for the
Tripura district and in that year he was given magisterial powers. In 1837, the posts
of magistrate and collector were separated. In 1859, these two posts were merged
again. After the partition in 1947, the district was renamed Comilla in 1960 and
the post of district magistrate and collector was named deputy commissioner.
[6]
 Chandpur and Brahmanbaria sub-divisions of this district were transformed into
districts in 1984.