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Bible Encyclopedias
Silchar
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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a town of British India, in the Cachar district of Eastern Bengal and Assam, of which it is the headquarters. Pop. (1901) 9256. It is situated on the left bank of the river Barak, with a station on the Assam-Bengal railway, 271 m. N. of Chittagong. Silchar is the centre of an important tea industry, and the headquarters of the volunteer corps known as the Surma Valley Light Horse.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Silchar'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​s/silchar.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Silchar'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​s/silchar.html. 1910.