Thursday 5 April 2012

visit to silchar

Silchar is the second largest city in the state of Assam and is located 420 km south-east of Guwahati. It is a popular commercial centre of Assam due to its tea farming. It is situated on the banks of the Barak River and is popularly known as Barak Valley.

Silchar is well connected by road, rail and air to the rest of the country. It is connected by a meter gauge rail network to Lumding and Agartala which is currently being upgraded to broad gauge lines. The railway station is in Tarapur, Silchar. Regular bus services connect it with Guwahati, Shillong, Aizawl, Agartala and other places.

Silchar is the economic gateway to states like Manipur and Mizoram, and the headquarters of the Cachar District. The town sees a large settlement of traders from distant parts of India every year. The place has also earned the title of an “island of peace” from the former Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi.

The British tea planters revived the game of polo in India in the 1850s in Manipur on the Burmese border. In fact, the first polo club of the world was formed in Silchar and the first competitive modern polo was held here. The commemorative inscription for this achievement can still be seen on the backside of the District Library, Silchar.

Silchar saw one of the uprisings in favour of the Bengali language. When the Assam government, under Chief Minister Bimala Prasad Chaliha, passed a circular to make Assamese mandatory, Bengalis of Barak Valley protested. On 19 May 1961, when Assam police opened fire on unarmed protesters at Silchar Railway Station, 11 agitators died. After the popular revolt, the Assam government had to withdraw the circular and Bengali was ultimately given official status in the three districts of Barak Valley.

Agriculture is the main occupation of Silchar and it is a processing centre of tea, rice and other agricultural products. The residents of Silchar are mostly Sylhetis and the other ones include Marwaris, Bishnupriya Manipuris, Manipuri Meiteis and the tribal group of Nagas. The culture of the city is brought out in prominent occasions like Durga Puja and Gandhi Mela.

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