Title of Sir

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What was the criteria by British Empire for giving a person title of Sir?

Was the criteria same in England and their colonies like India?

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:emmy: Nobody had heard about Sir Sulman Rushdie

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Its called knighthood in uk right?

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What about obedient female well-wishers of British Empire? What title they got / get in and outside UK?

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Sir, how are you doing?

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I'm good Sir :D

Southie uncle, who is your favorite Sir?

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Sir Garfield Sobers. My 1st cricket idol.

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Not to forget sir syed and sir iqbal.

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So Whats the criteria that Iqbal who said ' Ki Muhannad se wafa tune to hum tere hain' getting title of Sir as well as Rushdie getting the same title?

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For the females, the title was "Dame" which is the female title rank equivalent to "Sir".:)

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Did they give any female of subcontinent this title. It seems for them all sub-continent ladies were 'Ma'is' :D

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I dont think so. We were just as U put it 'Ma'is' :D

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Even they didn't acknowledged Mai Zeenat Mehal :D

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Pretty sure Veena ji was bestowed this honour.

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We would be more happy to see Veena Malik getting the same title as Mr Rushdie :D

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Was Khan the equivalent of Sir? Like Khan Liaquat ali Khan

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I think 'Khan Bahadur' was a title given by British Empire to their loyal people and Khan as in Liaquat Ali Khan was a customary title used by Indian Jageerdaars, even before the arrival of East India Company.

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Well the difference is SR is a massive douche...

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What does jageerdar mean?

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Landlord