2. Noun. (India) The Government, the State. ¹
3. Noun. (India) A native house servant. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sirkar
1. the government [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sirkar
Literary usage of Sirkar
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of India, from the Earliest Period to the Close of Lord by John Clark Marshman (1867)
"... sirkar, cially enjoined to amalgamate the King's and the Company's troops,
... sirkar. The project of amalgamation was warmly espoused by the king and ..."
2. Official Documents, Relative to the Negotiations Carried on by Tippoo by Neil Benjamin EDMONSTONE, Nawab of Mysore Fath ʻAli Tipu Sultan, Fath ʼAli Tipu Sultan, INDIA, Jacobin Club, East India Company (1799)
"The army of the sirkar to proceed from Goa to Madras, taking the forts in the way
... sirkar, to be fent, with a French force, and accompanied by French ..."
3. Bengal Under the Muhammadans by James Austin Bourdillon (1902)
"This sirkar included the greater part of the Dinajpur district and was named ...
This sirkar comprised parts of eastern Malda and Dinajpur and portions of ..."
4. The History of Bahawalpur: With Notices of the Adjacent Countries of Sindh by Shahāmat ʻAlī, Shahāmat Álī, Pīr Ibrāhīm K̲h̲ān (1848)
"... the horse and arms are the property of the sirkar. The men receive two rupees'
worth of rations, and six rupees pay per month. ..."
5. The Calcutta Law Reports of Cases Decided by the High Court, Calcutta, Also by Peter O'Kinealy, Gilbert Stuart Henderson, Great Britain Privy Council. Judicial Committee (1880)
"It would be seen that in 1859 in a case tried before arbitrators, this document,
the property of Judo sirkar, was filed together with two documents, ..."
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