Malakar

Malakar (Bengali: মালাকার) is a Bengali Hindu surname spread throughout West Bengal and Bangladesh. The Malakars are traditionally garlander by trade. The governments of India and West Bengal both have classified Malakars under Other Backward Classes but lot of them continued belonging to General category. ^[1]

Origin

Malakars lived around Dhaka and other smaller towns of Bengal. The origin of the word Malakar comes from Sanskrit. It is a Sandhi of mala and akar, which means a person who gives shape to mala, i.e. a garlander. In 1994 Malakars are included in the OBC category, many of them remained in General category.

Eminent Malakars

• Sanjaya Malakar, an American born Bengali and Italian singer

See also

• Indian name
• Bengali people
• Bangal

References