FACTS ABOUT HAILAKANDI DISTRICT.

FACTS ABOUT HAILAKANDI DISTRICT:::

Hailakandi district is also bounded by the state of Tripura, Mizoram, sister district Cachar and Karimganj and neighbour country Bangladesh. The district covers an area of 1326.10 Sq.Km. 

It is one of the 3 districts in Barak Valley, located at about 350 km away south from Assam capital’s Guwahati. The district occupies an area of 1,327 square kilometres 

More than 50% of the land in Hailakandi were reserve forests. But the Assam govt had plundered them with impunity through their stooge MLA’s. There are two reserve forests: Inner Line Reserve Forest and Katakhal Reserve Forest covering an area of 741 Sq km. Once this district was rich in wildlife. But now it is limited to only a few rare species such as Hoolock gibbon, Phayre’s leaf monkey, Pig-tailed macaque, White-winged Wood Duck, Purple Wood Pigeon, etc. The district receives heavy rainfall with high humidity in summer. 

Hailakandi was constituted as a civil subdivision on 1 June 1869. Later in 1989, it was upgraded to a district by splitting from Cachar district. The name "Hailakandi" has been derived from the Sylheti word "Hailakundi".

Till the invasion of British, waterway was the only means of connectivity in the district. The British rulers established many tea gardens and for transportation of raw and finished products, Hailakandi was linked with railway line; later road communication developed. Hailakandi’s role in India’s freedom struggle started right from the Sepoy Mutiny in 1857 when leaders from this part of the region had a valiant fight with the British soldiers at a place called ‘Ron Tila’ at Mohanpur.