INTERESTING NEWS ABOUT SIR WORD:

The British hon ours system is a means of rewarding individuals' personal bravery, achievement, or service to the United Kingdom and the British Overseas Territories. The system consists of three types of award: hon ours, decorations and medals:

• Hon ours are used to recognize merit in terms of achievement and service.
• Decorations tend to be used to recognize specific deeds.
• Medals are used to recognize  bravery, long and/or valuable service and/or good conduct

BRIEF HISTORY ABOUT SIR

 Although the Anglo-Saxon monarchs are known to have rewarded their loyal subjects with rings and other symbols of favour, it was the Normans who introduced knighthoods as part of their feudal government. The first English order of chivalry, the Order of the Garter, was created in 1348 by Edward III. Since then the system has evolved to address the changing need to recognize other forms of service to the United Kingdom.

Orders of Hon ours

Honours are split into classes ("orders") and are graded to distinguish different degrees of achievement or service, according to various criteria.^[2] Nominations are reviewed by honours committees made up of government officials and private citizens from different fields, who meet twice a year to discuss the candidates and make recommendations for appropriate honours to be awarded by the Queen

first sir award got in India C V RAMAN

RabindranathTagore rejected sir award because on that time British government is ruling our India.