Silchar Sightseeing, Quick Facts, History, Packages, Tours & Excursions

Silchar is the headquarters of Cachar district in Assam, situated by the banks of the Barak River in what is popularly known as Barak Valley. The town is surrounded by the Barail Hills on the north, Mizo Hills on the south, Manipur on the East and Bangladesh on the West. Being a peaceful place in the North-East earned it the name of "Island of Peace" from the late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. The majority of natives in Silchar are Sylhethi, earlier a part of erstwhile Sylhet district of undivided India. A sizeable fraction of the locals also consist of people originally living here from before the partition of Bengal. Silchar is also the gateway to the state of Mizoram and part of Manipur. Since it enjoys significant commercial importance, it has witnessed the settlement of a sizeable population of traders from distant parts of India.