Haldar
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| region = Bengal
| language = Bengali
| origin = Indian
| alternative spelling = Halder
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Haldar ({{langx|bn|হালদার}}) is a Bengali surname.{{cite book |last1=Shimwell |first1=David |last2=Durrell |first2=Lee |title=Dining with the Durrells: Stories and Recipes from the Cookery Archive of Mrs Louisa Durrell |date=28 March 2019 |publisher=Hodder & Stoughton |isbn=978-1-5293-3754-9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EVprDwAAQBAJ&dq=halder+bengali+surname&pg=PT177 |language=en}}
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. In Bengal these surnames can be found among both Hindus and Muslims.{{cite book |last1=Mookerjee |first1=S|title=Bengalee Surnames |date=3 September 1959 |publisher=University of Calcutta |url=https://nopr.niscpr.res.in/bitstream/123456789/28560/1/ALIS%25206%25283%2529%252081-91.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwj3_afKkrKEAxUod2wGHRaECSEQFnoECBUQAQ&usg=AOvVaw2zZPDy2eKTykfE2RGBrE-h |language=en}}
Notable people with the surname
- Asit Kumar Haldar (1890–1964), Indian painter
- Haldar Mohammad Abdul Gaffar (1945–2020), Bangladeshi lieutenant colonel and politician
- Debshankar Haldar (born 1965), Indian actor
- Indrani Haldar (born 1971), Indian actress
- Sucharu Ranjan Haldar (born 1940), Indian politician