FACTS ABOUT CACHAR DISTRICT.

Cachar district is located on the bank of river Barak (South of Assam), is bounded by North Cachar Hills and state of Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, sister districts - Hailakandi, Karimganj, and neighbour country Bangladesh. It is the oldest district of Assam created on 14.08.1832. It was in Bengal's Surma Valley - a part of Bengal plains. Cachar is the gateway to Mizoram and Manipur but communication to Cachar is the most arduous and painful . The district covers an area of 3786 Sq.Km. The main river of the district is Barak. The district's litaracy rate is 68.42%. 

Silchar is the center point of the district.

Undivided Cachar was a part of the greater Kachari Kingdom which once included the adjoining Hailakandi and Karimganj districts.The last King of Cachar was Raja Govindrachandradwajanarayana Hasnu. During his period Khaspur was the Capital of Cachar (Kachar). Cachar was another native kingdom that fell victim to the imperialist design of the British. The Kingdom of Cachar was being ruled by two rulers having clearly defined areas of control. In the plains (southern portion of Cachar),Govindrachandradwajanarayana Hasnu was the ruling prince. Immediately after his assassination by Gambhir Singh the British annexed it to their dominion in India (1832). Tularam was the ruling chief of the hilly tract (northern portion of Cachar or Dima Hasao). His territories were annexed after he died in 1854. Thus entire Cachar came under the British occupation.While south Cachar was annexed under Robertson,the hilly tract of Cachar came under British occupation when Jenkins was the Commissioner of Assam