Silchar
Sign in to saveSilchar is a city and the headquarters of the Cachar district of the state of Assam, India. It is second largest city of Assam after Guwahati in terms of population and GDP. It is located south east of Guwahati. It was founded by Captain Thomas Fisher in 1832 when he shifted the headquarters of Cachar to Janiganj in Silchar. It earned the moniker "Island of Peace" from Indira Gandhi, the then Prime Minister of India. Silchar is the site of the world's first polo club and the first competitive polo match. In 1985, an Air India flight from Kolkata to Silchar became the world's first all-women cr
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Place details
- Locality
- Silchar
- Region
- Assam
- Country
- India
- Population
- 178,865
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
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Key facts
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- Clockwise from top: Nazirpatty, Silchar city; Silchar Airport, NIT Silchar, Goldighi Mall, Silchar railway station
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- The Island of Peace & The City of Love
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- Location in Assam
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Cachar district
- Population
- +228985
- Elevation
- +22
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Capital of
- Cachar district
- Image
- Silchar barak.jpg
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Article
32 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Medieval History
- Tippera, Koch, and Dimasa rule
- Bengali presence in the Kachari Kingdom
- Colonial History
- Burmese Invasion and the Treaty of Badarpur
- Foundation of Silchar
- Silchar under the British
- Silchar Polo Club
- Post independence history
- Language movement in Barak Valley
- Geography
- Climate
- Demographics
- Religion
- Languages
- Politics
- Civic administration
- Industries
- Transport
- Air transport
- Road
- Education
- Technical institutions
- Colleges
- Medical college
- Law colleges
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- External links
Silchar is a city and the headquarters of the Cachar district of the state of Assam, India. It is second largest city of Assam after Guwahati in terms of population and GDP. It is located south east of Guwahati. It was founded by Captain Thomas Fisher in 1832 when he shifted the headquarters of Cachar to Janiganj in Silchar. It earned the moniker "Island of Peace" from Indira Gandhi, the then Prime Minister of India. Silchar is the site of the world's first polo club and the first competitive polo match. In 1985, an Air India flight from Kolkata to Silchar became the world's first all-women crew flight. Silchar was a tea town and Cachar club was the meeting point for tea planters.
== Etymology == The city was founded in Janiganj-Sadarghat area of the town near the Barak bank which was used as a river port. It is theorised that the locals started calling the area 'Shiler Chor' meaning the rocky shore, which got shortened to 'Silchar', which was in turn adopted and popularised by the British.