Raigarh is among one of the major,fastest growing industrial city in the Chhatishgarh region.It has its own historical prestige.When Sardar VallabhBhai Patel the,then Home Minister of India, called all Maharaja's from the different part of the country to merg their respective states in order to make the Unified India, Raigarh King Raja Naresh Chandra was the first Maharaj to sign on the agreement.