Sarkar
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Sarkar could mean:
- An historic administrative unit, used mostly in the Muslim states of the Indian Subcontinent (including the Delhi Sultanate and the Mughal Empire. It corresponds generally to the districts of British India and independent India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. A Sarkar is the component part of a subah or province, each of which is administered by a deputy governor. In English it is principally employed in the name of the Northern Circars, used to designate a former division of British India's Madras Presidency.
- Government in Hindi. Colloquially in India, it is a Metonymy for the incumbent government.
- The title of a Bollywood film: Sarkar (film).
- Also, 'Sarkar' is a Hindu surname among Bengalis in India and Bangladesh. This surname is spelt as Sarkar, Sorkar, Sarcar, Sircar or Sorcar.
Famous Personalities : Magician P.C.Sorcar (both senior and junior), Publisher Aveek Sarkar of Ananda Bazar Patrika Group, Ras Sundari Debi 19th century writer, Histrorian Sir Jagannath Sarkar, Author Peary Churn Sircar, and the infamous and violent religious revivalist Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar of Ananda Marg etc.
- Social and Spiritual Philosopher: Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar.