Sarkar (administrative division)

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Sarkar (

Mahallas or Parganas.[2]

The Sarkar system was replaced in the early 18th century by the Chakla system.[3]

Examples

  • Northern Circars, the five individual districts making up a former division of British India's Madras Presidency
  • Rajamundry Sarkar
    , one among the Northern Circars
  • Pakhli
    , an ancient sarkar now part of Hazara, Pakistan
  • Pakhal Sarkar
    , an area of Mansehra district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

See also

References

  1. ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Circar" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 6 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 380.
  2. ^ a b c Akhter, Nasrin (2012). "Sarkar". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  3. ^ Akhtar, Shirin (2012). "Chakla System". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.