Silchar

1 Etymology

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During the British rule, ships were docked at the bank of

the river Barak. Gradually, a market developed at the
bank and became a major place of economic activity.
The bank was covered with stones to help dock ships and
vessels, and the market was developed at a place that was
fully covered with stones. People started to refer to the
place as Shiler Chor, meaning a bank of stones. With
the passage of time, Shiler Chor was simplied to Silchar,
and ultimately the British ocials started to use the name
Silchar in their ocial documents referring to the surrounding area of the market. Thus Silchar became the
ocial name of the place.[3]

Silchar (/sl/ or /l/) (Bengali: Shilchr) is

the headquarters of Cachar district in the state of Assam
in India. It is 343 kilometres (213 mi) south east of
Guwahati. It is the second-largest city of the state in terms
of population and municipal area.[1]
It also has the 2nd busiest Airport (76 civilian
ights/week) in Assam and 4th busiest in North east after
Guwahati, Agartala and Imphal.

After around 68 years of Indian independence, only recently, the railroad connectivity has been upgraded to 2 History
broad gauge. Suresh Prabhu, the present rail minister, has
announced direct rail connectivity to metropolitan cities 2.1 Cachar district records
like New Delhi and Kolkata with regular train services
having been commenced as planned.
In the 1850s, British tea planters re-discovered the game
polo in Manipur on the Burmese border with India. The
rst polo club in the world was formed at Silchar.
http://www.guardspoloclub.com/the-club/the-sport
http://www.avictorian.com/polo_gallery.html
The rst competitive modern form of polo was played
in Silchar, the plaque for this feat still stands behind the
District Library, Silchar.

2.2 Railway link

Silchar at night, December 2014

Being politically stable in the otherwise disturbed

Northeast earned it the bon mot of Island of Peace from
Indias then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.[2]
Approximately 90% residents of Silchar are Bengalis
who speak the Sylheti dialect, the rest being Bihari people, Bishnupriya Manipuri, Dimasa Kachari, Manipuri
(Meitei), Marwaris, Assamese and some tribal groups
like Nagas. Silchar is situated by the banks of the Barak
River in what is popularly known as Barak Valley. Rice
is the staple cereal. Fish is also widely consumed. Shuki
(the local name for dried sh), shidal chutney and chungar peetha (sticky rice cakes prepared inside bamboo sticks)
Language Martyrs Memorial at Silchar Railway Station
are some of the local delicacies.
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INDUSTRIES

The Assam Bengal Railway brought Silchar into the

Indian railway map in 1899. The railway line from
Lumding to Silchar is hailed as one of the most exciting
pristine railway tracks of India. Built by the British during
the colonial rule, the meter gauge line stands testimony to
the grandiose of what was once a highly popular city in
the North-East is now converted to Broad Gauge. But in
November 2015 a new railway track broad gauge introduce by replacing meter gauge between silchar to guwahati.

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Language martyrs

Main article: Bengali Language Movement (Barak Val- Gol Dighi Mall, a shopping complex
ley)
Silchar saw one of the uprisings in favour of the Benclimate around Silchar is conducive for production
of high quality Assam Tea, during the British occupation tea plantation was introduced in the area.
Popular tea companies based in Silchar are Dewan,
Doloo, Koomber and Chandighat. These tea gardens also double up as tourist attractions and scenic
spots given the picturesque view. The oce of
the Surma Valley Branch Indian Tea Association
(SVBITA) is located at Silchar.
ONGC has its base at silchar located in SRIKONA
known as CACHAR FORWARD BASE with ongoing operations in Tripura, Mizoram and Barak
Valley.[6]
Silchar Railway Station is described as Bhasa Shahid Station

gali 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
re 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 ocial status in the three districts of Barak
Valley.[4][5]

Economy

Over the past few years, the town has seen an inux of
people from nearby States and places due to the Silchars
increasing prospects and other developments in the eld
of education , medical facilities etc. making the town
quite over-crowded.

Industries
Tea Estate: Silchar is surrounded by approximately, 100 tea estates. The quality of soil and

MEGA IOC DEPOT: The Indian Oil Corporation has resolved to set up a mega storage depot at
Silchar.
According to ocial sources at the IOC, the new depot
can store up to 30,000 kilo litres of petroleum. Once
the depot comes up, there will be no dearth of petroleum
products not only for Barak Valley, but this will be a
buer stock for export even to the ASEAN nations,
the source claimed.Cachar district administration say the
land acquisition process is also wrapped up and the IOC
is waiting for the mandatory environmental clearance.[7]
CACHAR PAPER MILL: Its a unit of Hindustan
Paper Corporation Limited (A Govt. Of India Enterprises). It is located in Panchgram. The distance
is 26 km from Silchar. The mill has the capacity to
install 1 lakh MT production.The Industry produces
a ne quality paper from bamboo.Many people from
Silchar are working in paper mill.
Assam Industrial Development Corporation
Complex at Malinibeel Silchar is a hub for micro
small scale units in Silchar. It houses units like
manufacturing of Industrial gas, manufacturing of
HDPE products, Biscuit factory, lime factory and
many more Small scale units are coming up.
Bisleri Bottling Plant is located near NIT-Silchar.

Geography

Silchar is located in the southern part of Assam.[8][9] Situated on the banks of the Barak River, it is a trade and
processing centre for tea, rice and other agricultural products. There is limited industry, principally papermaking
and tea-box manufacturing. The city has an airport and
is connecting to Guwahati, Agartala, Imphal, and Aizawl.
Silchar is regarded as an important road junction of the
North Eastern India and serves as a major point of connection for Tripura, Manipur and Mizoram.

1. Sun-City[15] located at Meherpur

2. Devas [16] located at Tarapur

9 Schools

The schools of Silchar are run by the state government and private organisations. Bengali and English
are the primary languages of instruction; Assamese and
Hindi are also used. The schools are aliated to either
Secondary Board of Education, Assam (SEBA) or the
The area of Silchar town is 15.75 km2 . It has an average CBSE. Prominent schools of Silchar include:elevation of 25 meters (82 feet).[10]
Maharishi Vidya Mandir Higher Secondary School

Demographics

Silchar Collegiate School

Holy Cross Higher Secondary School

As of 2011 India census, Silchar had a population of

178,865.[11] Total number of males were 89,961 and females 88,904. The sex ratio of Silchar was 988 females
per 1000 males, which is above the national ratio of
940 females per 1000 males. Silchar metropolitan region has an average literacy rate of 90.26%, much higher
than the national average of 59.5%, with male literacy
of 92.90% and female literacy at 87.59%.[12] Hinduism
is majority religion in Silchar city with 86.31% followers. Islam is second most popular religion in city of
Silchar with approximately 12.17% following it. Jainism
is followed by 0.79%, Christianity by 0.59%, Sikhism by
0.04% and Buddhism by 0.04% of the population in the
Silchar city. Around 0.00% stated 'Other Religion', approximately 0.08% stated 'No Particular Religion'.[12]

Ramanuj Vidyamandir
B.N.M.P Higher Secondary school
Vivekananda Kendriya Vidyalaya
Adhar Chand Higher Secondary School
Don Bosco Higher Secondary School
Pranabananda Holy Child School
Sarla Birla Gyan Jyoti School
Cachar High School
Muktashree High School
South Point School

Climate

Narsing Higher Secondary School

Govt. Boys Higher Secondary School

At Silchar, the climate is tropical by nature. The wind

generally blows from the northeast in the morning and
from the southeast in the afternoon. Summer is hot,
humid and interspersed with heavy rainfall and thunderstorms. Winter generally starts towards the end of
November and lasts till late February. Towards the start
of the Bengali month of Baishakh (mid-April) rain clouds
start covering the skyline. Silchar is inundated frequently
due to excessive rainfall and oods by the River Barak.
Over the last three decades, Silchar and the Barak Valley
have been ravaged by four major oods - one in 1986,
followed by the ones in 1991, 2004 and 2007.

Govt. Girls Higher Secondary School

DNNK Girls High School
Saint Capitano High School
Chhotelal Seth High School
Public High School
Kendriya Vidyalayas- Silchar city
K.V Kumbhirgram (AAI and IAF base)
K.V Srikona (ONGC Base)

Satellite Townships

The rapidly expanding population of silchar has made it

necessary to expand in all directions and small townships.
Already two townships are coming up rapidly

K.V Masimpur (INDIAN ARMY Cantonment)

K.V NIT-Silchar
K.V Assam University, Silchar (Upcoming)
Oriental High School

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Tarun Ram Phukan Assamese High School
Shyama Charan Deb Vidyapith, Tarapur
Normal School

Central University-University, Silchar

C-DAC is opening up its 2nd Centre for High Speed

Computing in the Computer Science Department of
Assam University, Silchar
NIELIT (National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology) Silchar EC is located in 1st
oor of Silchar ISBT (Inter State Bus Terminus)[22]

Hiron Prova Deb Sishu Mandir School

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COLLEGES

Assam

NIAIMT is one of its kind center in India as well as

in North East. NIAIMT has two campuses.[23]

Silchar is home to the main campus of Assam University,

a central university, which imparts education in both the
general as well as professional streams. The university,
which came into existence in 1994, has 16 schools and
35 post-graduate departments under them. The university
has 56 aliated colleges under it.[17][18] The colleges in
Silchar are mostly aliated with the Assam university.

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Engineering Colleges and Technical Institutions

National Institute of Technology, Silchar now a NIAIMT at Dolchera, Silchar

Deemed University is one of the oldest engineering
colleges in the region and an Institute of National
1. Dholchera Campus (45 km from Silchar airport, 11
Importance.
km from National Highway) and the
2. Jarbond campus (18 km from Silchar airport, beside East-west corridor).
Dholchera campus is spread over 65 acres of land and
the Jarbond campus covers 20 acres. NIAIMT is one
of the signicant imitative by Government of India under NATRiP for entire northeast area to implement modern infrastructure and facilities aiming to develop skills to
handle the latest automobiles by providing training to the
youths. This center has also created infrastructure to test
in-use vehicle by applying latest technologies, thus making the roads safer.
National Institute of Technology Silchar

Triguna Sen School of Technology, Assam University, Silchar[19] oers B.Tech and M.Tech Programmes in various disciplines

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Ramanuj Gupta Junior College

Silchar Polytechnic is an institute that oers diploma

in all major engineering courses[20]

East Silchar Junior College, Uttar Krishnapur, Sonai

Road

Industrial Training Center (ITI) is located at

Srikona, 6 km from silchar city.

Guru Charan College

ARIIT (Assam Ries Institute of Information Technology) located at Jail Road[7]

Womens College,

C-DAC has a Centre of High-End computing and

Research situated inside NIT-Silchar campus.[21]

Cachar College

Radhamadhab College,
Silchar College of Arts and commerce,[24]

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Hemangini Dey memorial Jr. College
Aryan Junior College of Science
BBD junior College
Lalit Jain Junior College of Commerce
Vivekananda Junior College
Lalit Jain Commerce College

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Medical College

Silchar Medical College and Hospital, established in

1968, serves the southern region of Assam. There
is an Institute of Pharmacy attached to it.[25]

Eylex multiplex, Pizzahut and Reliance trendz at Silchar,

Goldighi Mall

7. Vishal mega-mart located at Central Road also provides a range of products

8. Entertainment plaza houses a bowling alley,
restaurant

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B.Ed and Law colleges

Silchar also has:

B.Ed College, at N.S. AVENUE
A.K. ChandaLaw College[26] at Tarapur.

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Malls, Shopping complexes,

Multiplexes and Eatouts

9. Imperial Mall is an upcoming mall at club road

silchar
10. Ellora Super Market is a hub for trendy and foreign
goods
11. Nahata-Mart located at Najir-Patty is a family
shopping mart
12. Gold Digital Cinema is located at Entertainment
Plaza
13. Eylex - A 2 Screen Multiplex is situated at Goldighi
Shopping mall.

Silchar has a number of malls and shopping complexes

such as:

14. City-Life - A G+3 shopping complex is located at

Premtala

Showrooms at G.D. mall

City life, silchar

1. Ismail Market, Central Road [27]

Popular Eat-outs include :

2. Goldighi Mall

1. KFC at Goldighi Mall

3. Big Bazaar is located at Premtala area of silchar.

2. Dominos at Goldighi Mall

4. Pantaloons

3. Pizza Hut at Goldighi Mall

5. Reliance Mart
6. Metro Bazar located at Club-Road is a favourite
place for shoppers

4. SUBWAY at NIT Silchar Campus

1. NAHAZ a multi cuisine eat-out at Goldighi mall

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South City Nursing Home
Life line Nursing Home
Nightingale Nursing Home
Medinova Nursing Home
Valley View Nursing home
A 10 storie Multi- Speciality Nursing Home is coming up near the satellite town ship of Sun-City

Metro-Bazar, silchar

Mediland Hospital and Research Centre

Lions Eye Hospital
Sundari Mohan Seva Bhavan
Silchar RED-CROSS
Sun-Lit Hospital
Shiv Sundari Nari Shikshashram

17 Connectivity
Silchar is connected by road, railways and air to the rest
of the country.

Subway NIT Silchar

Kanchanjunga Express at Silchar Station

Subway outlet at Silchar NIT Campus

17.1 Railways

Silchar railway station falls under the jurisdiction of the

Northeast Frontier Railway zone of the Indian Railways.
The railway gauge functioned here is Indian Gauge. The
Silchar has a number of good hospitals and nursing railway station is situated in Tarapur, Silchar.
homes, some of them are as follows:
The Indian Gauge conversion which includes the reconstruction of the railway station has been started from
Silchar Medical College and Hospital [28]
1 October 2014 onwards as a part of the Lumding Badarpur - Silchar railway section of the Northeast Fron Silchar Civil Hospital [29]
tier Railway zone of the Indian Railways.
Green Hills Nursing Home
Now there are trains connecting

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Hospitals and Nursing homes

KAY-CEE Nursing Home

Sudipta Nursing Home

Silchar-Guwahati-Sealdah "Kanchanjunga Express" .[30]

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Airways

Platform 1 2 and 3 of Silchar Station

silchar-Guwhati-New Delhi "Poorvottar Sampark

Kranti Express"
Silchar-Guwahati "Silchar Guwahati Fast Express"
Passenger Trains Include :
Silchar Agartala (Tripura) passenger
Silchar Dharmanagar (Tripura) Passenger
Silchar Kumarghat (Tripura) Passenger
Silchar Jiribham (Manipur) Passenger

Early morning arrival of 9W 2876 from Kolkata

17.3 Airways
Air connectivity Silchar (IXS) is located at
Kumbhirgram, about 22 km from Silchar and there
are regular ights connecting Silchar with Kolkata,
Guwahati & Tezpur. The airport is being modernised
and is considered the fourth-busiest in north eastern
India after Guwahati, Imphal and Agartala in terms of
ight movements.[31] Silchar has been selected as one
of the towns for the construction of 51 low cost airports
across the country recently.[32]

Silchar Bairabi (Mizoram) Passenger

17.2

Roadways

Regular bus services connect Silchar with Guwahati,

Shillong, Aizawl, Agartala and Imphal through NH 37
and NH 53. However, during the rainy seasons, heavy
downpour aects the Silchar-Shillong-Guwahati route
causing frequent landslides which aects the road transportation. There is an Inter State Bus and an Inter State
Truck Terminus which was constructed in the year 2005.
The under construction four lane East - West corridor will
connect Silchar in the east with Saurashtra in the west.
AI 9737 after arrival from Kolkata

In December 1985, Air India operated the rst all-woman

crew ight in the world from Kolkata to Silchar which
was commanded by Captain Saudamini Deshmukh on a
Fokker F-27 Friendship aircraft.[33]
In the Summer Schedule-2016(till 29 October), Silchar
(IXS) is being served by the following ights :
Air India AI753/754 Kolkata- Silchar-kolkata (4
Days/ week)[34]
9W 2882 getting ready for departure to Kolkata

Air India Regional AI 9737 Kolkata-SilcharKolkata (3 Days/ Week) [34]

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SPORTS FACILITIES

AI753/754 ready to depart to kolkata

Satindra Mohan Dev Stadium,Silchar

Air India Regional AI 9738 Silchar-TezpurSilchar (3 Days/ Week) [35]

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Jet Airways 9W 2875/2876 kolkata-SilcharSatindra Mohan Dev Stadium is the only multipurpose
Kolkata (Daily)[36]
stadium located at Silchar. The stadium has hosted an
Jet Airways 9W 2877/2878 Silchar-Guwahati- international one day match between the Indian and the
England womens teams. It has also hosted Ranji Trophy
Silchar (Daily) [36]
and Duleep Trophy matches. Among the major football
competitions, Santosh Trophy and I-League 2nd Division
Jet Airways 9W 2880/2879 Silchar-Guwahatimatches have been hosted at the ground.
Silchar (Daily) [37]
SPICE JET SG 3213/3214 kolkata-SilcharKolkata (Daily) [38]
SPICE JET SG 3213/3214 Silchar-GuwhatiSilchar (Daily) [39]
Silchar(IXS) airport has the following features:
1. ILS (Instrumental Landing system) CAT-I system.
2. 7500 feet runway, capable of handling up to Airbus
321/ Boeing 737-800 type crafts
3. PAPI lights
4. Night Landing Facility

Silchar-DSA-Stadium-By-san

Silchar also has an Indoor Stadium which is also used

mainly for indoor sports.

5. Apron can handle three A321/B737-800 crafts or 5

ATR-72 type crafts

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Politics

Silchar is part of the Silchar (Lok Sabha constituency).

The current member of Parliament from Silchar is Sushmita Dev who is the youngest daughter of the veteran
politician Santosh Mohan Dev of the Indian National
Tennis court at Tennis Club Silchar
Congress.[40]

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The Tennis Club, Silchar is the only facility for hosting
tennis matches and has multiple synthetic courts. The
club also has an academy for imparting training.

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Media

Silchar has an All India Radio station known as Akashvani Silchar. It broadcasts on AM and FM frequencies.
Silchar also has a terrestrial television transmission center
and studio of Indias national broadcaster Doordarshan,
known as DD Silchar.
In the print media, a number of Bengali and English daily newspapers are published from the town.
The major newspapers published from Silchar include
Bengali dailies Dainik Jugasankha, Anandabazar Patrika, Dainik Abichar, Dainik Prantajyoti, Samayik
Prasanga, Janakantha and the English dailies The Sentinel
and Eastern Chronicle. Besides the local newspapers, national and regional dailies like The Telegraph, The Times
of India, The Statesman, The Assam Tribune etc. are also
available.

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Tourist attractions

hilltop to worship Lord Shiva. This temple by its geography attracts a lot of hikers as there are no motor
roads to reach the hilltop. One has to hike at least
17 km from the plains to the temple.
Iskcon Temple is an important temple dedicated
mainly to Lord Krishna. The temple is in Ambikapatty, Silchar. It was built and is being operated by
the world famous Sanatan Dharmic spiritual organization ISKCON. There is a vegetarian restaurant
operated nearby by the organization ISKCON.
Kancha Kanti Kali Temple: 11 km from Silchar
stands the historical and most celebrated temple of
South Assam, i.e., the temple of Mother Goddess
Kachakanti. She is said to be amalgamation of two
powerful Hindu deities: mother Durga and mother
Kali. The original temple was built in 1806 AD by
the Kachari king. Human sacrices were oered to
the Goddess till 1818 AD. The old temple is ruined
now and has been replaced by new temple which was
built in 1978.
Gandhibag is in Park Road, at the center of the
town. The park is named after Mahatma Gandhi.
There is a Shahid Minar in the park dedicated to
the language martyrs who sacriced their lives on 19
May 1962 ghting for the protection of the Bengali
language against the Government of Assam.
Maniharan Tunnel is a popular pilgrim spot about
5 km from Bhubaneswar temple. As per mythology, this tunnel was once used by Lord Krishna. The
holy River Tribeni ows beneath this tunnel. Maniharan temple, dedicated to Lord Krishna, is on the
premises.

Ruins of the Kachari Kingdom, Khaspur.

Khaspur: 20 km from Silchar stands the ruin of a

great Dimasa kingdom, capital of historical time and
importance. Khaspur was the capital of the Dimasa
Kachari Kings and its construction was completed
in 1690 AD. The main attractions are the Lion Gate,
the Sun Gate and age-old kings temple. The original
palace is non-existent, but its subsidiaries, the main
entrance gate, the Suryadwar, Debalaya are intact.
The entrances are of elephant-patterns.
Bhuban Temple established by the great Dimasa
warrior Veer Shambudhan Phonglo is the most celebrated temple of Lord Shiva in the entire South
Assam. The Bhubaneshwar temple is about 50 km
from Silchar and is on the top the Bhuvan hill. This
is a place of pilgrimage and during the festival of
Shivaratri, thousand of Shivayats march towards the

22 Notable people
Arun Kumar Chanda
Moinul Hoque Choudhury
Ullaskar Dutta
Santosh Mohan Dev
Kabindra Purkayastha
Debojit Saha
B. B. Bhattacharya
Sushmita Dev
Dilip Kumar Paul

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Gallery

View of the ceiling from inside Goldighi Mall

Silchar Airport, August 2007, on a rainy day with
1000m visibility

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Silchar Part-X

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Karimganj

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Hailakandi

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External links

Silchar travel guide from Wikivoyage

Ocial governmental site of Silchar
NIT, Silchar
Assam University, Silchar
Guru Charan College, Silchar
Cachar College, Silchar
Silchar Medical College & Hospital, Silchar
Radhamadhab College, Silchar
Silchartoday.com

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File:9W_2881-2882_Silchar-Kolkata_flight_taking_off_from_silchar_airport.jpg
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wikipedia/en/d/dc/9W_2881-2882_Silchar-Kolkata_flight_taking_off_from_silchar_airport.jpg License: CC-BY-SA-3.0 Contributors:
took this picture at silchar airport with my Sony camera
Previously published: none
Original artist:
Babin.sap
File:AirIndia_flight_754.jpg Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2b/AirIndia_flight_754.jpg License: CC-BY-SA3.0 Contributors:
I took the pic at silchar airport
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Babin.sap
File:Air_India_9737.jpg Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/32/Air_India_9737.jpg License: CC-BY-SA-3.0 Contributors:
I took the picture on 04/03/2015
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Babin.sap
File:CITY_LIFE_at_silchar.jpg Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/76/CITY_LIFE_at_silchar.jpg License: CC-BYSA-3.0 Contributors:
I personally took the picture of city life at silchar
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Babin.sap
File:Commons-logo.svg Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg License: CC-BY-SA-3.0 Contributors: ? Original artist: ?
File:Eylex_and_pizza_hut_at_silchar.jpg Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e0/Eylex_and_pizza_hut_at_silchar.
jpg License: CC-BY-SA-3.0 Contributors:
I took it with my SIII neo mobile camera
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Babin.sap
File:Goaldighi_Mall,_Silchar_-_Shopping_Complex.jpg Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f7/Goaldighi_
Mall%2C_Silchar_-_Shopping_Complex.jpg License: CC BY-SA 4.0 Contributors: Own work Original artist: Novom34
File:India_Assam_location_map.svg Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/45/India_Assam_location_map.svg
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Assam_locator_map.svg Original artist: Assam_locator_map.svg: by User:Planemad
File:India_location_map.svg Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dc/India_location_map.svg License: CC BYSA 3.0 Contributors: Own work Original artist: Uwe Dedering at German Wikipedia

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File:Jet_Airways_Silchar-kolkata_flight.jpg Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/de/Jet_Airways_Silchar-kolkata_

flight.jpg License: CC-BY-SA-3.0 Contributors:
I took the picture
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Babin.sap
File:Locator_Dot.svg Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e9/Locator_Dot.svg License: Public domain Contributors: Locator Dot.gif: <a href='//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Locator_Dot.gif' class='image'><img alt='Locator Dot.gif' src='https:
//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/01/Locator_Dot.gif' width='24' height='24' data-le-width='8' data-le-height='8' /></a>
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File:Metro_bazar_silchar.jpg Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a2/Metro_bazar_silchar.jpg License: CC-BY-SA3.0 Contributors:
I took this pic at silchar with my smasung S3 mobile camera
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Babin.sap
File:NATIONAL_HILL_DRIVING_silchar.JPG Source:
DRIVING_silchar.JPG License: CC-BY-SA-3.0 Contributors:
I took the picture as I visited the site
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Babin.sap

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/cd/NATIONAL_HILL_

File:Nit-silchar1.jpg Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b7/Nit-silchar1.jpg License: CC BY-SA 4.0 Contributors: Own work Original artist: Sourav25EC
File:Question_book-new.svg Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/99/Question_book-new.svg License: Cc-by-sa-3.0
Contributors:
Created from scratch in Adobe Illustrator. Based on Image:Question book.png created by User:Equazcion Original artist:
Tkgd2007
File:Red_pog.svg Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0c/Red_pog.svg License: Public domain Contributors: ? Original
artist: ?
File:Rhino_logo_Assam1.png Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9f/Rhino_logo_Assam1.png License: Public
domain Contributors: Originally uploaded on en.wikipedia Original artist: Originally uploaded by Priyankoo (Transferred by Simbu123)
File:Ruins_of_Kachari_kingdom.JPG Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/25/Ruins_of_Kachari_kingdom.
JPG License: CC BY-SA 3.0 Contributors: Own work Original artist: Sandydessert
File:Seal_of_Assam_svg.svg Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0e/Seal_of_Assam_svg.svg License: Public
domain Contributors: http://revenueassam.nic.in/ Original artist: User:Shubhamkanodia
File:Showrooms_at_goldighi_mall.jpg Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b7/Showrooms_at_goldighi_mall.jpg License: CC-BY-SA-3.0 Contributors:
I took it inside goldighi mall
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Babin.sap
File:Silchar-DSA-Stadium-By-san.jpg
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Silchar-DSA-Stadium-By-san.jpg License: CC BY-SA 4.0 Contributors: Own work Original artist: Novom34
File:Silchar_Bhasa.jpeg Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/Silchar_Bhasa.jpeg License: CC BY-SA 3.0
Contributors: Own work Original artist: PP Yoonus
File:Silchar_Language_Marters.jpeg Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0d/Silchar_Language_Marters.jpeg
License: CC BY-SA 3.0 Contributors: Own work Original artist: PP Yoonus
File:Silchar_Railway_station-1st_train.jpg Source:
train.jpg License: CC-BY-SA-3.0 Contributors:
I took it with my samsung S-III neo mobile camera
Original artist:
Babin.sap

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7c/Silchar_Railway_station-1st_

File:Silchar_Railway_station.jpg Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6d/Silchar_Railway_station.jpg License: CCBY-SA-3.0 Contributors:

Personally took this picture at Silchar station
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Babin.sap
File:Silchar_Stadium.jpeg Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cd/Silchar_Stadium.jpeg License: CC BY-SA
3.0 Contributors: Own work Original artist: PP Yoonus
File:Silchar_barak.jpg Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/Silchar_barak.jpg License: CC BY-SA 3.0 Contributors: Own work (Original text: I (Abymac (talk)) created this work entirely by myself.) Original artist: abymac
File:Slichar_night.jpg Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/35/Slichar_night.jpg License: CC BY-SA 3.0 Contributors: Own work Original artist: Awhitecicada

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File:Subway_NITS.jpg Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4a/Subway_NITS.jpg License: CC BY-SA 4.0 Contributors: Own work Original artist: Sourav25EC
File:Subway_order_at_NIT_silchar.jpg Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d3/Subway_order_at_NIT_silchar.jpg
License: CC-BY-SA-3.0 Contributors:
took this picture at NIT silchars Subway outlet
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Babin.sap
File:Tennis_court_at_Tennis_Club_Silchar.jpg Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/Tennis_court_at_
Tennis_Club_Silchar.jpg License: CC BY-SA 3.0 Contributors: Own work Original artist: Sandydessert

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