Kakkar
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For the Pashtun tribe
, see Kakar
Kakkar (sometimes spelled as Kakar) are a Punjabi clan found in India and Pakistan . Kakkars are found among Hindu/Sikh as well as Muslims . Hindu/Sikh Kakkar are found among Sikh
Jats as well as Khatri
s .There is also an Arain sub branch also known as Kakar found in Amritsar
Kakkar Sikh
Jatt tribes of Indian Punjab
are found mostly in Ludhiana and jalandar .
Some Kakkar or Kakar were converted to Islam and are found among Punjabi
and Pashtun Muslims
.
The Kakkars or Kakar originally belong to areas of West Punjab
and NWFP which now fall in Pakistan and are recorded in the Census reports of Denzil Ibbetson
and Rose .in the Glossary of casts of the Punjab and North West-Frontier Province .
Akriti Kakar ( Indian singer turned actress.)
Pashtun tribes
The Pashtun people are the largest ethnic group in Afghanistan and the second largest in Pakistan. Pashtun, tribes are divided into four supertribal confederacies: the Arbanee , Betanee , Gharghasht, and Karlanee .Traditionally, according to folklore, all Pashtuns are said to have descended, at...
, see Kakar
Kakar
The Kakar are a Pashtun tribe, with members living in Afghanistan and Pakistan.-Kakar :Kakar Afghan was one of the grandsons of Qais Abdur Rashid. Kakar's father's name was Dani, son of Gharghasht, who was the son of Qais in the Afghan appendix of tribes. According to Afghan and Muslim historians,...
Kakkar (sometimes spelled as Kakar) are a Punjabi clan found in India and Pakistan . Kakkars are found among Hindu/Sikh as well as Muslims . Hindu/Sikh Kakkar are found among Sikh
Sikh
A Sikh is a follower of Sikhism. It primarily originated in the 15th century in the Punjab region of South Asia. The term "Sikh" has its origin in Sanskrit term शिष्य , meaning "disciple, student" or शिक्ष , meaning "instruction"...
Jats as well as Khatri
Khatri
Khatri is a caste from the northern Indian subcontinent. Khatris in India are mostly from Punjab, region but later they migrated to regions like Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Jammu, Uttarkhand, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Balochistan, Sindh and Khyber...
s .There is also an Arain sub branch also known as Kakar found in Amritsar
Kakkar Sikh
Sikh
A Sikh is a follower of Sikhism. It primarily originated in the 15th century in the Punjab region of South Asia. The term "Sikh" has its origin in Sanskrit term शिष्य , meaning "disciple, student" or शिक्ष , meaning "instruction"...
Jatt tribes of Indian Punjab
Punjab (India)
Punjab ) is a state in the northwest of the Republic of India, forming part of the larger Punjab region. The state is bordered by the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh to the east, Haryana to the south and southeast and Rajasthan to the southwest as well as the Pakistani province of Punjab to the...
are found mostly in Ludhiana and jalandar .
Some Kakkar or Kakar were converted to Islam and are found among Punjabi
Punjabi Shaikh
Sheikh , is an Arabic word meaning elder of a tribe, lord, Honorable revered old man, or Islamic scholar. In South Asia it is used as an ethnic title generally attributed to Muslim trading families....
and Pashtun Muslims
Kakar
The Kakar are a Pashtun tribe, with members living in Afghanistan and Pakistan.-Kakar :Kakar Afghan was one of the grandsons of Qais Abdur Rashid. Kakar's father's name was Dani, son of Gharghasht, who was the son of Qais in the Afghan appendix of tribes. According to Afghan and Muslim historians,...
.
The Kakkars or Kakar originally belong to areas of West Punjab
West Punjab
West Punjab was a province of Pakistan from 1947 to 1955. The province covered an area of 160,622 km², including much of the current Punjab province and the Islamabad Capital Territory, but excluding the former princely state of Bahawalpur. The capital was the city of Lahore and the province...
and NWFP which now fall in Pakistan and are recorded in the Census reports of Denzil Ibbetson
Denzil Ibbetson
Sir Denzil Charles Jelf Ibbetson KCSI was an administrator in British India and an author. He served as governor of the Central Provinces and Berar from 1900 to 1902....
and Rose .in the Glossary of casts of the Punjab and North West-Frontier Province .
See also
- KakarKakarThe Kakar are a Pashtun tribe, with members living in Afghanistan and Pakistan.-Kakar :Kakar Afghan was one of the grandsons of Qais Abdur Rashid. Kakar's father's name was Dani, son of Gharghasht, who was the son of Qais in the Afghan appendix of tribes. According to Afghan and Muslim historians,...
- Kakkar Subdistrict, an administrative division of Zhob DistrictZhob DistrictZhob is a district in the north west of Balochistan province of Pakistan. Zhob district is a Provincially Administered Tribal Area . Zhob district is subdivided into three subdistricts: Zhob, Kakkar and Sherani. The population of Zhob district is estimated to be over 500,000 in 2005...
, BalochistanBalochistan (Pakistan)Balochistan is one of the four provinces or federating units of Pakistan. With an area of 134,051 mi2 or , it is the largest province of Pakistan, constituting approximately 44% of the total land mass of Pakistan. According to the 1998 population census, Balochistan had a population of...
, PakistanPakistanPakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan... - Kakar Sargarh sargaree in district Quetta and Qilla Saifullah
- kakar sanzarkhail in District Qilla abdullah.
- Kakar in District Quetta.
- Kakar in District harnai and Sibi.
- kakarKakarThe Kakar are a Pashtun tribe, with members living in Afghanistan and Pakistan.-Kakar :Kakar Afghan was one of the grandsons of Qais Abdur Rashid. Kakar's father's name was Dani, son of Gharghasht, who was the son of Qais in the Afghan appendix of tribes. According to Afghan and Muslim historians,...
in District Musa khail. - kakar in District Ziarat.
- kakar inDistrict Mastung.
- kakar in Punjab pakistan.
- kakar In Khaiber pakhtoon khaw and Azad kashmir
Distinguished Kakkars
- Sudhir Kakar Psychoanalyst
- Prahlad Kakar Add Film Maker
- Maj Gen RK Kakar, Major General, General Staff, Central Command Indian Army
- Suresh Kakkar, Special IGP, SRPF, Maharashtra Police IPS
- Sonu kakkarSonu KakkarSonu Kakkar is an Indian playback singer, born as Niti Kakkar, in Rishikesh . At the age of five she started singing in jagrans .After some years her family shifted to New Delhi...
: Famous female singer.
Akriti Kakar ( Indian singer turned actress.)