The
Barak Valley (also South Assam) is located in the southern
region of the
Indian state of
Assam. The main city of the valley is
Silchar. The region is named after the
Barak river. The Barak valley mainly consists of three administrative districts of Assam State - namely
Cachar,
Karimganj, and
Hailakandi. Among these three states, Cachar and Hailakandi belonged to the erstwhile Cachar district in British-India, whereas Karimganj belonged to the
Sylhet district . Karimganj was separated from
Sylhet after the 1947 referendum; with the rest of
Sylhet falling under
East Pakistan and Karimganj under India.