Northern Sarkārs

Northern Sarkārs

▪ historical district, India
Sarkārs also spelled  Circārs,  

      group of four, later five or six, sarkārs (districts into which the emperor Shēr Shāh of Sūr divided his empire). They corresponded roughly to modern Srikākulam, Vishākhapatnam, and East and West Godāvari districts of northeastern Andhra Pradesh state, India.

      Their cession by Ṣalābat Jang to the French East India Company in 1753 marks the beginning of their common history. They were occupied by the British in 1758.

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