Silchar
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Silchar (Xilsôr) is the headquarters of Cachar district in the state of Assam in India. It is the economic gateway to the state of Mizoram and part of Manipur. This makes it commercially important and has led to settlement of a considerable population of traders from distant parts of India.
It is also an oasis of peace amidst the ethnic strife-torn northeast. A large number of people originally from East Bengal, (now Bangladesh) mostly from Sylhet and Barisal, have also settled here. A large part of Bangla-speaking professionals from the northeastern states also have settled here.
Rice is the major mode of meal. Fish is abundantly available. Shuţki (the local name for dried fish) tôrkari and shidal chutney are real mouth-waterers which every visitors should taste once.
It has a well-known undergraduate college named Guru Charan College, National Institute of Technology, Silchar Medical College, Law College and the reputed Assam University, besides it has other prominent educational institutions that have provided better opportunities for the students. It is connected by rail, road and air.
In recent years a large number of Silchar people, mostly students, software proffessionals, engineers and technologists have migrated to other parts of India and also US and Canada (around Toronto). For more details log on to www.silchar.com and www.silchartoday.com (although these websites are not the official websites of Silchar or the Silcharites).
In the 1850’s British tea planters discovered the game in Manipur on the Burmese border with India. The first polo club in the world was formed by them at Silchar, west of Manipur. Other clubs followed and, today, the oldest in the world is the Calcutta Club, founded in 1862.
| State of Assam | History | Politics | | |
|---|---|
| Capital | Dispur |
| Districts | Barpeta | Bongaigaon | Cachar | Darrang | Dhubri | Dibrugarh | Dhemaji | Golaghat | Goalpara | Hailakandi | Jorhat | Karbi Anglong | Kokrajhar | Kamrup | Karimganj | Lakhimpur | Marigaon | North Cachar Hills | Nagaon | Nalbari | Sibsagar | Sonitpur | Tinsukia |
| Major cities | Barpeta • Bongaigaon • Dhubri • Dibrugarh • Diphu • Goalpara • Guwahati• Jorhat • Karimganj • Nagaon • North Lakhimpur • Sibsagar • Silchar • Tezpur • Tinsukia |
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