Haldar
Surname list
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Haldar or Halder (Bengali: হালদার) is a native Bengali surname, found among the Bengali people of West Bengal, Assam, Tripura and Bangladesh.[1] The surname is commonly used by various Bengali castes such as Gandhabanik, Baishya Kapali, Namasudra, Mahishya, Kaibarta, Sadgop, Barujibi, Karmakar, Tantubanik, Poundra, Tili, Byghra Kshatriya, Brahmin etc.[2]
Definition
Indian (West Bengal) and Bangladeshi (also spelled Haldar): probably from Sanskrit haladhara ‘one who holds a plow’, an epithet of the god Balarama, brother of Krishna. Balarama is said to have used a weapon shaped like a plowshare, just like Sikdar, Tarafdar, Dastidar, etc.
The surname can be found among both Bengali Hindus and Muslims.[3]
Notable people with the surname
- Asit Kumar Haldar (1890–1964), Indian painter
- Baby Halder (born 1973), Indian author
- Bapi Halder, Indian politician and Member of Parliament
- Debshankar Haldar (born 1965), Indian actor
- Dipak Kumar Halder (born 1966), Indian politician
- Franz Halder (1884–1972), German general
- Ganesh Chandra Haldar, Bangladeshi politician
- Gobinda Halder (1930–2015), Bengali lyricist and poet
- Goutam Halder (born 1963), Indian theatre actor
- Haldar Mohammad Abdul Gaffar (1945–2020), Bangladeshi lieutenant colonel and politician
- Harke Haldar (born 1981), Nepali comedian and actor
- Indrani Haldar (born 1971), Indian actress
- Jogaranjan Halder, Indian politician
- Lushlife (born Raj Haldar), American rapper and producer
- Madhurjya Haldar (born 1934), Indian politician
- Mike Halder (born 1996), German racing driver
- Nabadwip Haldar, Indian actor and comedian
- P. C. Haldar, 20th Director of Intelligence Bureau of India
- Pannalal Halder, Indian politician
- Prashanta Kumar Halder (also known as PK Halder), Bangladeshi-Canadian banker
- Priyanka Halder (born 1991), Indian actress
- Pronay Halder (born 1993), Indian footballer
- Ram Sankar Halder, Indian politician from West Bengal
- Rimpa Haldar (born 2005), Indian professional footballer
- Sucharu Ranjan Haldar (born 1940), Indian politician
- Sudhangshu Shekhar Haldar (died 2004), Bangladeshi politician
- Trinetra Haldar Gummaraju (born 1997), Indian actress and medical doctor
- Wally Halder (1925–1994), Canadian ice hockey player
