Khondakar ( bn, খন্দকার, Khondokar) is a
Bengali Muslim surname found in
Bangladesh and neighbouring
East Indian regions.
Etymology and history
The Bengali surname comes from the
Old Persian
Old Persian is one of the two directly attested Old Iranian languages (the other being Avestan language, Avestan) and is the ancestor of Middle Persian (the language of Sasanian Empire). Like other Old Iranian languages, it was known to its native ...
Khandan ( fa, خواندن, Xwândan, To read) and the suffix kar ( fa, گار, Gâr) which joins the root of the verb to mean the one who reads. The Bengali definition of the word is an instructor or teacher. The usage of Persian as an official language in
Bengal was common during the rule of the
Bengal Sultanate
The Sultanate of Bengal ( Middle Bengali: শাহী বাঙ্গালা ''Shahī Baṅgala'', Classical Persian: ''Saltanat-e-Bangālah'') was an empire based in Bengal for much of the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries. It was the dominan ...
and the
Mughal Empire. The
Persians as well as members of the
Turco-Persian tradition were a large immigrant community during both periods in which they integrated with the local
Bengali community. Many Persians in Bengal became teachers, lawyers, scholars and clerics.
These Persians merged with Bengalis to become Bengali Muslims.
Variations
Variations of the surname Khondakar also remain very common. These include different English transliterations and regional pronunciations of the term. Different English spellings include: Khondker, Khandaker, Khondoker, Khondokar, Khondaker, Khondkar, Khandakar..Khandker, and Khandoker.
The variant Khandekar (
Devanagari: खांडेकर) is a surname typically found in
Maharashtrian Brahmin families, where the
"kar" suffix denotes the native place of their ancestors.
Notables with the surname
Khondakar
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Khondakar Abdul Hamid
Khondakar Abdul Hamid (1 March 1918 – 22 October 1983) was a Bangladeshi journalist and politician. He was awarded Ekushey Padak for journalism in 1977 by the Government of Bangladesh.
Early life and education
Hamid was born in Kasba villag ...
, journalist
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Khondakar Abu Taleb
Khondakar Abu Taleb (1921-1971) was a Bangladeshi journalist who was killed by Pakistani Army in the Bangladesh Liberation and is considered a "martyr" in Bangladesh.
Early life
Taleb was born on 23 March 1921 in Satani, Satkhira, East Bengal, ...
, chief reporter of
The Daily Ittefaq
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Khondakar Abul Kashem
Khondakar Abul Kashem (3 January 1944 – 9 September 1971) was a Bengali educator and of the former East Pakistan, now Bangladesh. He was one of the Bengali intellectuals killed by the Pakistan Army's paramilitary Razakar during the 1971 Banglades ...
, lecturer of History at the Pabna Edward College
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Khondakar Ashraf Hossain
Khondakar Ashraf Hossain ( bn, খোন্দকার আশরাফ হোসেন; 4 January 1950 – 16 June 2013) was a leading postmodernist poet, essayist, translator, and editor from Bangladesh. He wrote more than eighteen titles.
E ...
, writer
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Arifur Khandoker, researcher
Khondaker
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Khondaker Hasibul Kabir
Khondaker Hasibul Kabir is a Bangladeshi landscape architect and sustainability advocate who works with Bangladeshi development agencies such as BRAC and Grameen in rural and sustainable architecture. He first proposed "The Platform of Hope" ('' ...
, Bangladeshi landscape architect and sustainability advocate
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Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad, President of Bangladesh
Khandaker
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Khandaker Abdul Baten
Khandaker Abdul Baten (17 May 1946 – 21 January 2019) was a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a member of Parliament from Tangail-6.
Early life
Baten completed his education to the undergraduate level earning a B.A. with honours.
Career
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, MP for
Tangail-6
Tangail-6 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2019 by Ahasanul Islam Titu of the Awami League.
Boundaries
The constituency encompasses Delduar and Nagarpur upazilas.
History
The co ...
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Khandaker Abdul Malik
Khandaker Abdul Malik (1920-2007) was a Bangladeshi politician. He was a three-time elected member of parliament from the prestigious Sylhet-1 and Sylhet-8 seat from the Bangladesh Nationalist Party's in the second national parliament elections ...
, MP for
Sylhet-1
Sylhet-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2019 by AK Abdul Momen of the Awami League.
Boundaries
The constituency encompasses Sylhet City Corporation and Sylhet Sadar Upazila.
Histo ...
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Khandaker Abdur Rashid
Khandaker Abdur Rashid is a Bangladesh Army officer and a fugitive assassin of the first president of Bangladesh, Sheikh Mujib.
Biography
Khandaker Abdur Rashid was born on 1946 in the district of Comilla, in British India. He served in the Pak ...
, Bangladesh Army officer
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Khandaker Anwarul Haque
Khandaker Anwarul Haque is a Bangladeshi politician and former member of parliament.
Early life
Anwarul Haque was born in Jatbari village of Madhupur Upazila of Tangail district. His father's name Khandaker Azizur Rahman and mother's name Khadi ...
, MP for
Tangail-1
Tangail-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2001 by Abdur Razzak of the Awami League.
Boundaries
The constituency encompasses Dhanbari
Dhanbari ( bn, ধনবাড়ী) is a ...
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Khandaker Asaduzzaman
Khandaker Asaduzzaman (22 October 1935 – 25 April 2020) ( bn, খন্দকার আসাদুজ্জামান) was a Bangladeshi Civil Servant and is known as the First Finance Secretary of Independent Bangladesh in the Mujibnagar Gov ...
, MP for
Tangail-2
Tangail-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2019 by Soto Monir of the Awami League In Urdu language, Awami is the adjectival form for '' Awam'', the Urdu language word for common people. ...
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Khandaker Delwar Hossain
Khondkar Delwar Hossain (1 February 1933 – 16 March 2011) was a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician. He served as the secretary general of the party. He was elected five times as a Member of Parliament from constituency Manikganj-1 (Ghior-D ...
, MP for
Manikganj-1
Manikganj-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by Naimur Rahman of the Awami League.
Boundaries
The constituency encompasses Daulatpur, Ghior, and Shivalaya upazilas.
History
...
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Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain
Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain (born 25 September 1942) is a Bangladeshi politician. He is the incumbent Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Faridpur-3 constituency since 2009. He served as a minister of the Minister of Labour and Employment, ...
, MP for
Comilla-2
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Khandaker Muhammad Asad, Bangladeshi documentary photographer and photojournalist
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Khandaker Rashiduzzaman Dudu
Khandaker Rashiduzzaman Dudu was a Bangladesh Awami League politician and member of parliament from Kushtia-3.
Career
Dudu was the vice-president of Kushtia Government College unit of Bangladesh Chhatra League. He served as the chairman of Ru ...
, MP for
Kushtia-3
Kushtia-3 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by Mahbubul Alam Hanif of the Awami League.
Boundaries
The constituency encompasses Kushtia Sadar Upazila
Kushtia Sadar ( bn, কু ...
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Fuad Khandaker, IT Professional in USA
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M. H. Khandaker
M. H. Khandaker was the first Attorney General of Bangladesh.
Career
Former chief adviser Latifur Rahman was Khandaker's apprentice when he was the Attorney General of Bangladesh.
Personal life
Khandaker's son, AJ Mohammad Ali, was appointed ...
, first Attorney General of Bangladesh
Khandakar
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Golam Faruk Khandakar Prince
Golam Faruk Prince ( bn, গোলাম ফারুক প্রিন্স) is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the Parliament Member of Jatiya Sangsad from Pabna-5.
Early life
Prince was born on 14 January 1969 at Krishnapur, Pa ...
, MP for
Pabna-5
Pabna-5 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by Golam Faruk Khandakar Prince of the Awami League.
Boundaries
The constituency encompasses Pabna Sadar Upazila
Pabna Sadar ( bn, প ...
Others
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Abdul Karim Khandker, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Bangladesh Armed Forces
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Akbar Ali Khondkar, Indian politician
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Hassan Mahmood Khandker
Hassan Mahmood Khandker is a former Bangladeshi police officer who served as the 26th Inspector General of Bangladesh Police from 31 August 2010 to 30 December 2014. He was the longest serving Inspector General in Bangladesh Police's history. It w ...
, longest serving
Inspector General of Police (Bangladesh)
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Khandkar Manwar Hossain
Khandkar Manwar Hossain (30 April 193027 June 1999) was a Bangladeshi statistician. In 1950, he was among the students graduating from the first statistics course at the University of Dhaka. He was the founder of the Department of Statistics of ...
, founder of the Department of Statistics in Rajshahi University
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Khandker Anwarul Islam
Khandker Anwarul Islam is a retired Bangladeshi civil servant. He had served as the country's 22nd Cabinet Secretary. Prior to that, he was the Senior Secretary of the Bridges Division under Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges and the ex-offic ...
, Secretary of the Bridges Division under Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges
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Khandokar Mahbub Uddin Ahmad
Khandokar Mahbub Uddin Ahmad (1925-2014) was a Bangladeshi politician and the former Member of Parliament from Dhaka-9.
Birth and early life
Khandokar Mahbub Uddin Ahmad was born in the house of late Khandokar Shams Uddin Ahmed in Gopalganj ...
, MP for
Dhaka-9
Dhaka-9 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by Saber Hossain Chowdhury of the Awami League.
Boundaries
The constituency encompasses Dhaka South City Corporation wards 1 through 7, a ...
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Khondkar Siddique-e-Rabbani
Khondkar Siddique-e-Rabbani (born 9 May 1950) is a Bangladeshi Biomedical physicist and notable for developing the Focused Impedance Measurement method. In 2008, he was awarded the ''Academy Gold Medal'' by Bangladesh Academy of Sciences for his c ...
, biomedical physicist
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Khondokar Mahmud Hasan
Khondokar Mahmud Hasan (known as KM Hasan; born 27 January 1939) is a Bangladeshi diplomat and jurist who served as the 13th Chief Justice of Bangladesh
The chief justice of Bangladesh ( bn, বাংলাদেশের প্রধান ...
, 13th Chief Justice of Bangladesh
See also
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Khondoker Abdul Majid High School
References
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Bengali Muslim surnames