Khondakar

Khandakar
Pronunciation	Khandakar
Language(s)	Bengali
Origin
Word/name	Persian
Meaning	Teacher, scribe
Region of origin	Bangladesh, East India
Other names
Alternative spelling	Khondoker, Khondker, Khandaker, Khandoker, Khondaker, Khandoker

Khandakar (Bengali: খন্দকার, romanized: Khondokar, Also spelled Khondoker, Khandaker, Khandoker) is a Bengali Muslim surname found in Bangladesh and neighbouring regions.

Etymology and history

The Bengali surname comes from the Old Persian Khandan (Persian: خواندن, romanized: Xwândan, lit. 'To read') and the suffix kar (Persian: گار, romanized: 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 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.^[1] Many Persians in Bengal became teachers, lawyers, scholars and clerics.^[2] These Persians merged with Bengalis to become Bengali Muslims.

Variations

Variations of the surname Khandakar 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, Khondakar, Khandker, and Khandoker.

Individuals

Syed Ismail Hossain Khandaker Siraji (1880–1931), poet, author and practitioner of medicine
Khandakar Abdur Rashid Tarkabagish (1900–1986), former president of the Awami League
Khondakar Abdul Hamid (1918–1983), journalist and editor of The Azad
Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad (1919–1996), former President of Bangladesh
Khandaker Abdul Malik (1920–2007), former MP for Sylhet-1
Khondakar Abu Taleb (1921–1971), chief reporter of The Daily Ittefaq
Mokarram Hussain Khundker (1922–1972), scientist and educaionist
Abdul Aziz Khandaker (1923–1991), former MP for Patuakhali-6
Khandakar Muhammad Illyas (1923–1995), socialist
Khandokar Mahbub Uddin Ahmad (1925–2014), MP for Dhaka-9
Khondakar Ghulam Mustafa (1928–2010), Bangladeshi journalist and diplomat
Khandaker Abdul Hafeez (1930–2001), former MP for Jessore-13
Abdul Karim Khandker (born 1930), first Chief of Air Staff
Abdur Raquib Khandaker (1933–2010), 8th Inspector General of Bangladesh Police
Khandakar Abdul Malek Shahidullah (1936–2021), former MPA and language activist
Khondokar Mahmud Hasan (born 1939), 13th Chief Justice of Bangladesh
Khondkar Ibrahim Khaled (1941–2021), former Deputy Governor of Bangladesh Bank
Khondakar Abul Kashem (1944–1971), historian and academic
Khandaker Rashiduzzaman Dudu (1944–2014), former president of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce & Industries
Khandoker Mohammad Nurunnabi (1946–2016), major general and retired footballer
Khandaker Abdul Baten (1946–2019), former MP for Tangail-6
Khandaker Shahiduddin Firoz (1946–2020), actor
Khondakar Ashraf Hossain (1950–2013), writer and poet
Akbar Ali Khondkar (1957–2005), President of Hooghly District Trinamool Congress
Khandaker Golam Mostafa (1943–2020), journalist and former MP
Khandaker Abdur Rashid (born 1946), Bangladesh Army officer
Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain (born 1946), former Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources
Khandakar Mofizur Rahman (1948–2018), former MP for Kishoreganj-6
Khondkar Siddique-e-Rabbani (born 1950), biomedical physicist
Khandakar Mohammad Khurram (1953–2018), former MP for Sherpur-3
Khandaker Anwarul Haque (born 1956), former MP for Tangail-1
Khandaker Rakibul Islam (born 1956), footballer
Khandakar Azizul Huq Arzu (born 1958), former MP for Pabna-2
Badol Khondokar (born 1960), film producer
Khandker Anwarul Islam (born 1960), 22nd Cabinet Secretary of Bangladesh
Khandoker Wasim Iqbal (born 1961), footballer
Khandaker Abdullah Jahangir (1961–2016), Islamic scholar, academic and author
Khandkar Mohammad Adil Hussain (born 1963), Bollywood actor
Khandker Golam Faruq (born 1964), 34th Police Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police
Khandakar Sayed Mohammad Mostafizur Rahman (born 1964), industrialist, economist and agriculturalist
Abdul Batin Khandakar (born 1968), MLA for Abhayapuri North
Golam Faruk Khandakar Prince (born 1969), MP for Pabna-5
Khandaker Diliruzzaman (born 1973), High Court justice
Khondaker Mosharraf Hossain Rubel (1981–2022), Bangladeshi cricket player
Khondakar Mohammad Rezaul Haque (born 1982), cricketer
Khandaker Muhammad Asad (born 1983), documentary photographer and photojournalist
Tushar Khandker (born 1985), field hockey player and coach
Khondaker Shakib Al Hasan (born 1987), one of the greatest all rounder cricketers of all time
Khandaker Abdul Jalil, former MP for Shariatpur-2
Khandaker Abdul Mannan, former MP for Comilla-6
Khandaker Al Moin, Bangladesh Navy Commander
Khandaker Amirul Islam, former MP for Mymensingh-6
Golam Akbar Khandaker, former MP for Chittagong-6
Khondakar Harun-ur-Rashid, former MP for Dhaka-1
Hassan Mahmood Khandker, longest serving Inspector General of Police (Bangladesh)
Khondaker Hasibul Kabir, landscape architect and sustainability advocate
Humayun Kabir Khandaker, civil servant and philosopher
Khondker M. Talha, ambassador to France
Khondkar Misbah-ul-Azim, Bangladesh Navy admiral
Khandaker Nasirul Islam, former MP for Faridpur-1
Khondaker Nurjahan Yesmin Bulbul, former MP
Obaidul Huq Khandaker, former MP for Chittagong-1
Khandakar Oliuzzaman Alam, former MP for Joypurhat-1
Rahima Khandaker, former MP
Rezaul Alam Khandaker, former MP for Rangpur-18
Khandaker Sadrul Amin Habib, former MP for Rajbari-2
Shahid Khandaker, former MP for Dhaka-1
Khandaker Asaduzzaman, former MP for Tangail-2

Families

Khandaker family of Faridpur
- Khandaker Nurul Islam (died 2001), first MP of Faridpur-2
- Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain (born 1942), former Minister of Labour
Khondkar family of Kodalia, Faridpur
- Khondkar Nazmul Huda (1938–1975), army colonel
- Naheed Ezaher Khondkar, member of parliament
Khandaker family of Naruchi, Tangail
- Khandaker Asaduzzaman (1935–2020), first finance secretary of Bangladesh
- Khandaker Aparajita Haque (born 1964), member of parliament
Khandkar family of Pachuria, Manikganj
- Khandaker Delwar Hossain (1933–2011), 5th Chief Whip of Parliament
- Khandkar Manwar Hossain (1930–1999), founder of the Department of Statistics in Rajshahi University
Khandakar family of Salar, Murshidabad
- Khandakar Fazle Rabbi (1848-1917), Dewan of the Nawab of Murshidabad
- Khandakar Rehman Sobhan (born 1935), economist
- Khandakar Farooq Sobhan (born 1940), former diplomat and foreign secretary of Bangladesh
Khandaker family of Attorney Generals
- M. H. Khandaker, first Attorney General of Bangladesh
- A. J. Mohammad Ali, twelfth Attorney General of Bangladesh

Institutions

Khondoker Abdul Majid High School, Ullahpara, Sirajganj
Government Khandakar Musharraf Hussain College, Jhenaidah

References

^ Abdul Karim (2012). "Iranians, The". In Sirajul Islam and Ahmed A. Jamal (ed.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
^ Abu Musa Mohammad Arif Billah (2012). "Persian". In Sirajul Islam and Ahmed A. Jamal (ed.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.

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[1] Abdul Karim (2012). "Iranians, The". In Sirajul Islam and Ahmed A. Jamal (ed.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.

[2] Abu Musa Mohammad Arif Billah (2012). "Persian". In Sirajul Islam and Ahmed A. Jamal (ed.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.

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