Organised game hunting
Beginning in the 18th century, when army officers and civil servants employed by the Honourable East India Company began to hunt tigers, bears, antelope, elephants and a variety of other exotic species during their leisure time, the term shikar went on to embrace a number other sporting activities introduced to India by the British Raj or ruling class, including gamebird shooting, angling, pig sticking and fox or jackal hunting carried out by foxhounds imported from England. Hunting of this kind is now illegal in India.
