Thakkar is a Hindu Indian family name under the Hindu. Alternative spellings of the name include Thakker, Thaker,Thakkar, Thakrar and Thacker. The surname is widely used in the state of

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Society and culture

Thakkars are mainly situated in the state of Gujarat in India. There are also thousands of Thakkars that reside in

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and East African countries, which migrated to the continent in the 19th and 20th centuries. Many Thakkar were also expelled from

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under

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's regime and moved back to India or the United Kingdom.

Notable people

Ashish Thakkar Ashish J. Thakkar is a Rwandan-based entrepreneur. He is the founder of Mara Group and Mara Foundation, and he is a co-founder of Atlas Mara Limited. Thakkar was born in the United Kingdom, but he moved to East Africa as a teenager before fo ...

(born 1981), British businessman *

Bhavin Thakkar Bhavin Jitendra Thakkar (born 22 January 1982, in Mumbai, Maharashtra) is an Indian cricketer. Thakkar last played a first-class game in 2010 for Himachal Pradesh. He has played 37 first-class games in all scoring 1924 runs at 35.62, with five ...

(born 1982), Indian cricketer *

C. K. Thakker Chunilal Karsandas Thakker (also Thakkar) (born 10 November 1943, Mander near Porbandar, Gujarat, India) is a retired judge of the Supreme Court of India. Education and career After taking primary education at Mander and Madhavpur, Thakk ...

(born 1943), Indian judge *

Fagun Thakrar Fagun Thakrar is an English actress, writer-director, founder, social entrepreneur and activist. Fagun has appeared in several British, American, and Indian cinema, receiving accolades for her performances. In her films, Fagun has starred alongsi ...

(born 1991), British actress *

Jayaben Thakkar Jayaben Thakkar (born 14 May 1952) is a former member of Lok Sabha. She represented the Vadodara constituency of Gujarat in the 14th Lok Sabha and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a po ...

(born 1952), Indian politician *

Natwar Thakkar Natwar Thakkar (1932 – 7 October 2018), popularly known as Natwar bhai, was an Indian social worker who worked in Nagaland. He came from Maharashtra but migrated to Nagaland for social work at the age of 23. He founded the Nagaland Gandhi Ashr ...

(1932-2018), Indian social worker *

Pankit Thakker Pankit Thakker (born 14 March 1981) is an Indian actor who started his career in 2001 with Ekta Kapoor's extremely popular serial ''Kabhii Sautan Kabhii Sahelii'' which originally aired on DD Metro, and later ran on Star Plus, DD National, and ...

(born 1976), Indian actor *

Praful Thakkar Praful Thakkar (born February 25, 1940) is an Indian collector of autographs, philately, First Day Covers (FDCs), coins, medals, tokens, badges, badge plates and other collectibles from India. He has written several books on his hobbies. Ed ...

(born 1940), Indian collector and writer *

Rajesh Thakker Rajesh Vasantlal Thakker (born 1954) is Professor, May Professor of Medicine in the Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine at the University of Oxford and a fellow of Somerville College, Oxford.

(born 1954), British doctor *

Rakhee Thakrar Rakhee Thakrar (born 29 February 1984) is an English actress. She is known for her roles as Shabnam Masood in the BBC One soap opera ''EastEnders'' (2014–2016) and Emily Sands in the Netflix comedy-drama ''Sex Education'' (2019–2021). She also ...

(born 1984]), British actress *

Samay Raj Thakkar Samay Raj Thakkar (born 21 March 1966) is an Indian actor and voice actor who specialises in dubbing foreign media in the Hindi language. Filmography Animated films Animated series Television Dubbing career According to Hindi dubbing d ...

(born 1966), Indian actor *

Shital Thakkar Shital Thakkar is an Indian television and theatre artist. She has worked in some Hindi serials & few Gujarati plays. She has also done a bit of modelling. She has learned belly dancing. Career She made her acting debut in an afternoon soap op ...

(born 1962), Indian television actress *

Tanvi Thakkar Tanvi Thakkar is an Indian television actress. She played in television shows include '' Yeh Ishq Haaye'' as Priyanka, '' Miley Jab Hum Tum'' as Ishika, '' Sarvggun Sampanna'' as Deepti, '' Pyaar Kii Ye Ek Kahaani'' as Maya. Personal life Tanvi ...

(born 1985), Indian actress *

Vaishali Thakkar Vaishali ThakkarVinita Joshi Thakkar Vinita Mahesh (also credited as Vinita Joshi Thakkar) is an Indian television actress. She is best known for portraying the role of Yamini Singh on Indian soap opera '' Bhatak Lena Baware'' that aired on Life OK, as Rajkumari Maan Kawar in '' Bh ...

(born 1989), Indian actress * Amritlal Vithaldas Thakkar, known as

Thakkar Bapa Amritlal Vithaldas Thakkar, popularly known as Thakkar Bapa (29 November 1869 – 20 January 1951) was an Indian social worker who worked for upliftment of tribal people in Gujarat state in India. He became a member of the Servants of Ind ...

(born 1869), Indian social worker

References

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