Cachar district

Cachar district is an administrative district in the state of Assam in India. After independence, the pre-existing undivided Cachar district was split into four districts: Dima Hasao (formerly North Cachar Hills), Hailakandi, Karimganj, and the current Cachar district. Silchar is Cachar district's center of government. The British believed that the word Kachar is derived from Dimasa Kachari. Historian J. B. Bhattacharjee stated that Cachar got its name from Bengalis of Sylhet. He argues that, while Sir Edward Gait contended that Cachar got its name from kacharis, Gait also noted that the word "Kachar " was derived from a Sanskrit word meaning " a broadening region. ". Bhattacharjee states that not only were the ruling Dimasa tribe known to people of Sylhet as Kacharis, the Bengalis living in Cachar were known as such as well. J. B. Bhattacharjee in his book quotes Dr. P. N. Bhattacharjee as follows: Mr. Gait is of opinion that 'the kacharis' have given their name to the district of Cachar , We might as well be told that The Romans gave the name Rome. The fact is that the name has been given to the district by the Bengalis of Sylhet, because it is an outlying place skirting the mountains.