CACrown ArchivesThe cinema collection
Menu
Research dossier · General Reference

Fakir Dungaria

Indian cricketer

Cross-disciplinary reference desk with index cards, atlas, dictionary and catalogue
General referenceInterpretive dossier study · Crown Archives visual atlas
Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 19, 2026
Entity authorityQ5431577 ↗
Source-derived summary

Fakir Dungaria (born 6 October 1969) is a ex first class Indian cricketer who played for Gujarat. He made a single first-class appearance for the side, during the 1991–92 season, against Baroda. From the lower-middle order, he scored 21 runs in the first innings in which he batted, and 9 runs in the second. Fakir also played Cooch Bihar trophy for Gujarat Under-19 team from 1989 to 1992.

Dungaria is from a small town called Daman in India. In 1985 he started playing cricket for local clubs called Jawan Tandel cricket club (Nani Daman) and Vadilal CC (Vapi). He was spotted by Maheshbhai Pithawalla from Bhimpore, Surat. In 1987, Pithawalla offered him an open invitation to play for his own club called Pithawalla Sports Club. Dungaria accepted and delivered strong performances at the level of club and for the Surat district cricket association. By 1992 he played Cooch Bihar trophy for Gujarat Under-19 and made a first class cricket debut in Ranji trophy for Gujarat state, Same year 1992 Fakir Dungaria left India to settle down in the UK.

Between 1993 and 2008, Dungaria played for Broadstairs cricket club in Kent Cricket League.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Fakir Dungaria” is indian cricketer. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Fakir, Dungaria and Indian, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1969, 1991, 1989, 1992—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1971-10-06. For this dossier, Fakir, Dungaria and Indian is the immediate research focus.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The phrase “indian cricketer” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 19, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5431577. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1969, 1991, 1989 and 1992.

Critical limits

The absence of detail may reflect summary conventions rather than a lack of surviving documentation. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Use the entry as an orientation point, then follow its citations and revision history. Names, dates and institutional relationships should be checked against the original record.

Best used for
  • Subject orientation
  • Search vocabulary
  • Locating named sources
Verify next

The closest primary source, responsible institution and strongest cited specialist reference.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Fakir Dungaria”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Fakir Dungaria primary sources, Fakir Dungaria archive and Fakir research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Fakir Dungaria”?
  2. What terminology or title could unlock a more precise catalogue search?
  3. Which cited source is closest to the event, object or claim?
Subject index

Search terms from this dossier

Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Fakir Dungaria” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.