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Malakar

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Malakar (Bengali: মালাকার) is a Bengali Hindu surname spread throughout West Bengal and Bangladesh and also in some parts of Assam, Jharkhand and Tripura. Malakars are traditionally garlanders by trade. They are one of the fourteen castes belonging to 'Nabasakh' group of Bengal.

01Origin

Malakars lived around Dhaka and other smaller towns of Bengal. The origin of the word Malakar came from Sanskrit. It is a Sandhi of mala and akar, which means a person who shapes mala, i.e. a garlander.

02People with the surname

Bijoy Malakar, Indian politician
Bishnu Malakar (born 1959), Nepalese boxer
Sanjaya Malakar (born 1989), American singer
Shrabonti Malakar (born 1987), Indian actress

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