Haksar is a Kashmiri Pandit surname. They are native to the Kashmir Valley within the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir and they have a long tradition of Indian administrative service based on fluency in a link language - Persian under the Mughuls and English under the British. In light of this fact, the Haksar family historically became a prominent administrative family in other parts of India, namely in Indore and Gwalior.
Notable people Sir Kailash Narain Haksar (1878–1953), Indian minister P. N. Haksar (1913–1998), Indian minister Ajit Narain Haksar (1925–2005), Indian businessman A. N. D. Haksar (born 1933), Indian diplomat and prominent translator of Sanskrit classics Rajan Haksar, Indian actor Nandita Haksar (born 1955), Indian human rights activist, advocate, and writer
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