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List of Chairmans of Silchar Municipal Board

Sl No	Name of Chairman/ EO	From	To
1	Sri A.K.Chanda	25/05/1915	21/04/1922
2	Sri A.C. Dutta	22/04/1922	08/05/1925
3	Sri B.C. Dey	09/05/1925	23/04/1928
4	Sri D.K. Gupta	24/04/1928	29/12/1930
5	Sri U.S. Dutta	30/12/1930	11/05/1931
6	Sri R.K.das	12/05/1931	11/06/1945
7	Sri S. M. Dev	12/06/1945	02/05/1958
8	Sri A. Dutta	03/05/158	03/08/1958
9	Sri S. M. Dev	04/08/1958	31/12/1958
10	Sri A. Dutta	01/01/1959	11/04/1959
11	Sri S. M. Dev	04/08/1959	25/04/1961
12	Sri M.Purkayastha	26/04/1961	17/08/1966
13	Sri P.C. Choudhury	18/08/1966	28/10/1969
14	Sri N. Choudhury	29/10/1969	05/08/1970
15	Sri P.C. Choudhury	08/08/1970	21/06/1971
16	Sri D.L. Sen Gupta	22/06/1971	21/10/1972
17	Sri P.C.Choudhary	28/10/1972	21/09/1975
18	Sri M.Chakraborty	22/09/1975	10/02/1976
19	Sri N.C.Barkakati	10/02/1976	22/07/1977
20	Sri B.K.Homchoudhary	22/07/1977	29/11/1979
21	Sri S.M.Dev	29/11/1979	28/12/1985
22	Sri S.Dutta	28/12/1985	30/12/1985
23	Sri B.K.Dutta	30/12/1985	22/01/1986
24	Sri S.K.Deb	22/01/1986	06/05/1986
25	Sri A.Hussain	06/05/1986	19/09/1987
26	Sri Sandipan Endow	19/09/1987	24/09/1990
27	Sri Santanu Das	24/09/1990	04/12/1990
28	Sri R.N.Sarma	05/12/1090	01/10/1991
29	Sri S.K.Deb	01/10/1991	15/11/1993
30	Sri N.K.Bhattacharjee	15/11/1993	04/04/1994
31	Sri J. Choudhary	04/04/1994	13/08/1996
32	Sri B. Dutta	13/08/1996	29/01/1998
33	Mrs. M. Choudhary	29/01/1998	29/04/1998
34	Sri R.K.Brahmachari	29/04/1998	11/06/2001
35	Sri Nanoj Paul	22/06/2001	04/07/2001
36	Smti Bithika Dev	04/07/2001	29/04/2003
37	Sri P.K.Das	29/04/2003	02/05/2003
38	Mrs. B.Dutta	02 /05/2003	07/02/2009
39	Mrs. Bithika Dev	07/02/2004	07/02/2009
40	Mrs.Bithika Dev	07/02/2009	24/02/2009
41	Sri M.K.Das	24/02/2009	13/03/2009
42	Sri Supriya Deb	13/03/2009	14/09/2009
43	Miss Sushmita Dev	14/09/2009	28/07/2010
44	Sri Binoy Krishna Das	29/07/2010	31/12/2010
45	Miss Sushmita Dev	01/01/2011

All about the historic and revolutionary town of Silchar

SILCHAR, Dec 26 2011: Silchar has its own historic and revolutionary phases in its origin, growth and development from a cantonment of the British to the present status of a populated and thriving town. After the annexation of Cachar by the British in 1832, the English rulers established their administrative unit at Dudhpatil, on the north bank of river Barak. After a few years, they shifted their colony to the villages of Silchar, Tarapur and Malugram on the south bank for security and administrative expediency. Basically, the town was a military base to look after the frontiers and contain the tribal rebels. The bank of the river was strewn with stones called ‘shila’, from which the name Silchar has been derived, pointed out Dr Manujvendra Syam, a leading citizen of this town, while recounting all about the history of this town. By 1855, Silchar became a tea trading centre with plantations coming up. It was also the time when the British railways constructed the Silchar-Badarpur-Lumding-Dibrugarh MG rail route, connecting the port town of Chittagong for easy communication and business. Dr Syam said, “This town has a glorious heritage and tradition in respect of education, freedom struggle, literature, drama, women-liberation movement, sports and journalism”. Boys’ Higher Secondary School, the second oldest institution in Assam, was established in 1863. A dedicated missionary-educationist, Miss E M Lloyed, set up the Girls’ Higher Secondary School. Both the schools played significant role in spreading English education in this valley. Today, we have a university and all the necessary educational institutions, medical, engineering, science, arts, commerce, teachers’ training, polytechnic, law, fine arts as well as painting. Dr Syam said from this town came galaxy of luminaries to shine at the national and international arena. Kamini Kumar Chanda, first member of Viceroy’s executive council from Assam, Dr Triguna Sen, the architect and first rector of Jadavpur University as well as mayor of Calcutta, Ramesh Bhattacharya, the pioneer of Bengali alphabets in telegraphic codes, Ashok Kumar Chanda, first comptroller and auditor general of India, Bashanti Rani Das, first science graduate with honors from Calcutta University, Sisir Kumar Dutta, ICS, the first chief secretary of Assam, Dr Ranjan Kumar Som, first jubilee scholar in statistics and first Indian to be taken as chief population advisor on WHO, Dr Amaresh Dutta, first Indian recipient of award on English poems from Rome and chief editor of Encyclopaedia of Indian literature and languages, Dr Nirupam Kumar Syam, first D Litt of science in Anthropology from Calcutta University and Ashim Kumar Dutta, first Rhode’s scholar in Assam. This town of Silchar, Dr Syam added to say, has a revolutionary role in the freedom struggle of the country. After the partition of Bengal in 1905, Bipin Chandra Paul, eminent orator and national leader, visited here and gave dimension and direction to the freedom movement. Khilafat movement got a boost with the formation of a committee in 1919 under the presidentship of Moulana Pir Mohammed Ali. People rose as one and extended tremendous support to non-cooperation movement in 1921. Salt campaign of 1930 and civil disobedience movement of 1932 gained ground under the leadership of Shyamacharan Dev. Arun Kumar Chanda gave direction to ‘quit India movement’ of 1942 and was imprisoned without trial. Surya Sen, Masterda, the chief of the Chittagong armoury rebellion, came here in 1926 and formed revolutionary organization, creating deep impact on youngsters to join the freedom movement. Mahatma Gandhi, Jawahar Lal Nehru and Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose came here between 1922 and 1945 to inspire the freedom movement. SILCHAR, Dec 27: Besides playing historic role in the freedom struggle of this country, Silchar has also been noted for the development of various streams of literature. The ‘man of letters’ like Ram Kumar Nandy, Bharat Chandra Choudhury, Bhuban Mohan Bidyarnarba, Surendra Kumar Chakraborty and other contemporaries contributed towards literary creations. In 1925, literary magazine ‘Bhabisat’ edited by Nagendra Chandra Syam, exponent of Rabindra Nath Tagore, initiated the modern trend and concept in this valley and a host of writers and poets made their appearance. Notable among them were Kamini Kumar Adhikari, Khirod Bihari Som, Bhupendra Chandra Syam, Nirodbaran Goswami, Ashok Bijoy Raha and others. This literary movement influenced the talents of the time like Sudhir Sen, Ramendra Deshmukhya, Phanindra Dutta, Bijoy Bhattacharya as well as Amaresh Dutta enriched the literature which continues to inspire the young generations, Dr Manujvendra Syam said. Speaking about the other significant developments, Dr Syam added to say, Silchar has been pioneer in publishing the first woman journal ‘Bijoyani’ which was edited by Jyostna Chanda in 1940. Sarat Chandra Chattopadhya, the great novelist, and Ramananda Chattopadhya, editor of ‘Pravashi’ and ‘Modern Review’ attended the literary conference in 1926 and 1927. Though Rabindra Nath Tagore did not visit Silchar, but the poet got essence of this town during his sojourn through Gauhati-Sylhet route in 1919 when he stayed at Karimganj for some time. In his most lyrical and romantic novel ‘Sheser Kabita’, name of Silchar does come. Dinabandhu Mitra, author of ‘Nil Darpan’ stayed in Silchar in 1871. Sir Ronald Ross, who discovered malaria-parasite, did a part of his research work in Labac Hospital. The famous RDI, better known as the Reading and Dramatic Institute, pointed out Dr Syam, was set up in 1908, the first of its kind in Assam, which played significant role in the propagation of opera in Northeast. Moni Bhattacharya, the maker of famous film ‘Mujhe Jine Do’, was from this town. This town again was the centre of women liberation movement. The first drama in Assam with absolute women casting was performed before public 1937 under the guidance of Malati Syam, social worker and front-liner of women liberation movement. She was also behind the holding of sports tournament for women in 1938. Modern polo was first played here and the polo field of this town is regarded as the oldest one in the world. India Club, the first club in Assam, founded by Capt NM Gupta in 1900, brought Assam on the football map of India. The football team of this Club took part in IFA Shield in 1917 and Beighton Cup tournament in 1920. It was again this town which brought out many football players of eminence like Ashutosh Dutta, once captain of East Bengal Club and others. Recreating from the past, Dr Syam said in the field of journalism too, role of Silchar is significant. The first newspaper titled Silchar was published in the first decade of 20th century. It was followed by the publication of Surma, Saptak and Prichyabartha and thereafter it was the ever growing number of publications, daily, bi-weekly, weekly and fortnightly. ‘Prantajyoti’ is the first Bengali daily of Assam which continues gloriously. Today, this town can be proud of the publication of other five Bengali dailies which include Jugasankha, Samayik Prasanga, Gati, Janakantha and Sakalbela, besides two English dailies The Sentinel and Eastern Chronicle. The sparsely populated town which started as a cantonment of the British with dense forests and jungles around abounding with flora and fauna is today a concrete jungle with burgeoning population. (Concluded) source: http://www.sentinelassam.com/cachar/story.php?sec=2&subsec=12&id=101744&dtP=2011-12-28&ppr=1#101744

Silchar Travel Guide

Silchar is the second largest city in the state of Assam and is located 420 km south-east of Guwahati. It is a popular commercial centre of Assam due to its tea farming. It is situated on the banks of the Barak River and is popularly known as Barak Valley.

Silchar is the economic gateway to states like Manipur and Mizoram, and the headquarters of the Cachar District. The town sees a large settlement of traders from distant parts of India every year. The place has also earned the title of an “island of peace” from the former Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi.

The British tea planters revived the game of polo in India in the 1850s in Manipur on the Burmese border. In fact, the first polo club of the world was formed in Silchar and the first competitive modern polo was held here. The commemorative inscription for this achievement can still be seen on the backside of the District Library, Silchar.

Agriculture is the main occupation of Silchar and it is a processing centre of tea, rice and other agricultural products. The residents of Silchar are mostly Sylhetis and the other ones include Marwaris, Bishnupriya Manipuris, Manipuri Meiteis and the tribal group of Nagas. The culture of the city is brought out in prominent occasions like Durga Puja and Gandhi Mela.

The Sri Sri Kancha Kanti Devi situated at 17 km from Silchar is a popular temple of the place. The temple comprises a four-armed gold statue of the union of goddess Kali and Durga, which was made by a king in ancient times. One of Asia’s largest mills, the Hindustan Paper Corporation Ltd. is another attraction of Silchar, located a few km away in Panchgram.

The Bhuban Hill in Silchar is also quite prominent and is popular for the Bhubaneswar Temple and the statues of Shiv and Parvati. Another attraction near the Bhuban Hills is the Maniharan Tunnel. The tunnel is said to have been used by Lord Krishna during his visit to the place.

Silchar is also popular as an education hub of Assam as it comprises some of the best educational institutions in North East India. Of these, the NIT Silchar is one of the oldest engineering colleges in the northeastern region and the REC Silchar is an institute of national importance in India.

The main university of the city is the Assam University, which came into existence in 1994 and today comprises 51 affiliated colleges under it. Other educational institutions of the city include a medical college that was established in 1968, a Polytechnic Institute, B.ED colleges, two law colleges as well as an ITI.

Silchar, the Island of Peace, is the 2nd largest city of the North-eastern state of Assam. Regarded as the economic gateway to Mizoram and Manipur, Silchar is a popular tourist destination of Assam.

Silchar offers a variety of attractions that range from scenic destinations to pilgrim centres. Bhubaneswar Temple and Sri Kancha Kanti Devi Mandir are the prime attractions of Silchar. Maniharan Tunnel is another pilgrim spot in the vicinity of Silchar.

One of the Asia's largest paper mills, Hindustan Paper Corporation Limited is also situated in the vicinity of Silchar.

Martyr's Tomb, a memorial for the martyrs of Language Movement, also is a famous attraction. Kachari Fort another attraction, was the seat of erstwhile Kachari Dynasty.

Jatinga situated nearby Silchar is famous among bird watcher,s as the place attracts huge numbers of migratory birds every year. Silchar also offer excursions to destinations like Maibong and Umrangshu which are known for their scenic beauty. Destinations like Guwahati and Hajo are the cultural attractions for the tourists visiting Silchar.




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