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The District of Cachar is located in the southernmost part of Assam and is one of the oldest districts of Assam. It is bounded on the north by the Barali and Jayantia hill ranges, on the south by the State Mizoram, and on the east by sister districts Hailakandi and Karimganj. The district was created in 1830 after the annexation of the Kachari Kingdom by the British. In 1854, North Cachar was annexed and tagged to the district. In 1951 erstwhile North Cachar Sub-Division was made a separate district and taken out of Cachar. In 1983 erstwhile Karimganj Sub-Division and in 1989, Hailakandi Sub-Division was made a separate district.
Silchar is the headquarters of the Cachar district of the state of Assam, India. This City is 343 kilometers (213 mi) southeast 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 the Cachar club was the meeting point for tea planters. This valley town is extremely rich in terms of culture and heritage.