Haksar is a Kashmiri Pandit surname.[1] They are native to the Kashmir Valley within the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir and they have a long tradition of Indian administrative service based on fluency in a link language - Persian under the Mughuls and English under the British.[2] In light of this fact, the Haksar family historically became a prominent administrative family in other parts of India, namely in Indore and Gwalior.[2]
Notable people
- Sir Kailash Narain Haksar (1878–1953), Indian minister
- P. N. Haksar (1913–1998), Indian minister [3]
- Ajit Narain Haksar (1925–2005), Indian businessman
- A. N. D. Haksar (born 1933), Indian diplomat and prominent translator of Sanskrit classics
- Rajan Haksar, Indian actor
References
- ↑ Panorama of Indian Anthroponomy: An Historical, Socio-Cultural and Linguistic Analysis of Indian Personal Names{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Mittal Publication
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The New Cambridge History of India, Volume 3, Part 6: The Indian Princes and their States{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Cambridge University Press
- ↑ The P.N.Haksar Story(12 December 1998).