Chakladar
Chakladar (Bengali: চাকলাদার (Bengali)) also spelled as Chaklader which means ′Head of the Chakla′, is a Bengali Surname of the people in the Indian states of West Bengal and Bangladesh (previously Bengal Presidency).[1][2]
Origin and meaning
[edit]Chakla means an administrative division[2] under the Province and dar means owner, head of something.
Notable people
[edit]- Advocate Abdus Satter Chacklader (1950 - 2023), Bangladeshi Politician, Lawyer, Society worker
- Awlad Hossain Chakladar (1950/51–2019), Bangladeshi freedom fighter, film producer and director
- Monotosh Chakladar (born 1998), Indian footballer
- Shahin Chakladar, Bangladeshi politician
References
[edit]- ^ Mookerjee, S (1959), Bengalee Surnames (PDF)
- ^ a b Akhtar, Shirin (2012). "Chakla System". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.