Sylhet

Sylhet
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Presidency: Bengal
Coordinates:	24.883333°N, 91.866667°E
Altitude:
Present Day Details
Place Name:	Sylhet
State/Province:	Sylhet Division
Country:	Bangladesh
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Sylhet was the headquarters of Sylhet district of Assam Province during the British period.

Spelling variants

Modern name: Sylhet
Variants: Srihatta

Cemeteries

• BACSA (British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia) cemetery publications is

Bangladesh: Tombs in Tea by John Radford and Susan Farrington, 2001, 96pp.

Covers tea areas in the valleys of Luskerpore, Balisera, Manu/Doloi, Lungla and Juri; also the oldest cemetery in Sylhet town. 45 illustrations, maps and plans.

See BACSA Books.

BACSA have put the indexes to these cemetery books online and these indexes are free to browse. If an indexed name is of interest then application can be made to BACSA for details of the relevant burial inscription - charges apply for this service

External links

• Sylhet Town Imperial Gazetteer
  

Historical books online

• Routes To Cachar And Sylhet by James Peter 1901. Pdf download, Digital Library of India.
• Assam District Gazetteers: Sylhet Vol. 2 by B C Allen 1905. Sylhet Supplement 1915. Pdf downloads, Digital Library of India