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Belagavi is currently regarded as one of the state of Karnataka's most significant and influential districts. Currently marching with the moniker of rapidly expanding and redeveloping district, Belagavi has 47,79,661 residents according to the 2011 Census. Exactly in the middle of Bangalore and Mumbai is Belagavi.

Between 400 BC and 300 AD, the Belgaum suburbs of Vadgoan and Madhavpur were significant urban centers. The Ratta dynasty, who had their capital at nearby Saundatti, constructed the current city in the twelfth century AD. Belgaum's fort was constructed in 1204 by Bichiraja, a Ratta officer. The Ratta dynasty was ruled by Belgaum from 1210 until 1250, when the Yadava dynasty of Devagiri overthrew the Rattas. The Yadavas of Devagiri then briefly took control of Belgaum. At the start of the fourteenth century, the Khiljis from Delhi invaded the area and managed to destroy the Hoysala and Yadava tribes, who were the native powers, without offering a workable system of governance. The Vijayanagara Empire, which by 1336 had established itself as the region's dominant force, provided this gap. A hundred years later, the town's advantageous position within the kingdom allowed it to grow into a thriving diamond and wood trading center.

The Belagavi fort was taken in 1474 by the Bahmani Sultanate, which was based in Bidar at the time. Belagavi became a part of the Adilshahi sultanate of Bijapur when the Bahamani sultanate split up into five smaller states shortly after, in 1518. The Adilshahis strengthened the Belagavi fort; most of the current construction is from 1519. After the Bijapur sultanate was overthrown in 1686 by the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, Belagavi nominally became part of the Mughal domain. Nevertheless, following Aurangzeb's death in 1707, the Mughal empire began to decline, and the Maratha confederacy—whose main opponents—took power in the region under the Peshwas' ("prime ministers") administration. Hyder Ali of Mysore invaded the nation in 1776, but the Peshwa, with British help, retook it. The last Peshwa was overthrown by the British in 1818, and Belgaum was included in their annexation of his kingdom. The queen of the Karnataka princely state of Kittur was Kitturu Chennamma (1778–1829). She led an armed insurrection against the British in 1824, 33 years prior to the 1857 War of Independence in Murree, as a reaction to the Doctrine of Lapse. She became a martyr as a result of the resistance, and she is known today as the first Indian queen and one of the first Indians to have battled for independence.

Mahatma Gandhiji presided over the 39th session of the Indian National Congress, which was held in Belgaum in December 1924. The city's closeness to Goa, a Portuguese territory at the time, made it a key military installation for the British Raj. The Indian government maintained military installations in Belagavi after the British left the country. Portuguese rule over Goa was ended in 1961 by the Indian government, led by Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehr, using forces from Belgaum.

After India gained independence in 1947, the district of Belgaum was incorporated into the state of Bombay. The States Reorganisation Act of 1956 reorganised the Indian states along linguistic lines, and Belgaum District was transferred to Mysore State, which became Karnataka in 1972.
The Karnataka government declared in 2006 that Belgaum would become the second capital of the state and that the state legislature's yearly 15-day session would permanently take place in the city.