Historical reference: Do not rely on this information. It is very old. About this collection
Cachar, a district of British India, adjoining Manipur, wdth chief town Silchar. It is a great rice and tea producing district, and supplies about a quarter of the tea exported from Assam, whose chief commissioner administers the district. It also exports much timber to Bengal from its extensive forests. Cachar has an area of 3,750 square miles.