Sikdar

Sikdar, Sikder or Shikdar is a Bengali surname. Sikdar means owner of one siki (one quarter) of land. This title was given by the British Government. Sikdar means owner of one siki of land (which is 1/4th).

Notable people with surname Sikdar

• Abbas Ullah Shikder (1955–2020), Bangladeshi producer, actor and politician
• Abdul Hye Sikder (born 1957), Bangladeshi poet
• Abdul Mannan Sikder (born 1931), Bangladeshi politician
• Abdul Quader Sikder (1956-2021), Bangladeshi politician
• Abul Basar Sikder, Bangladeshi politician
• Altaf Hossain Sikdar, Bangladeshi politician
• Anwar Uddin Shikdar, Bangladeshi politician
• Asmat Ali Sikder (1939–2001), Bangladeshi lawyer and politician
• Jakir Hussain Sikdar (born 1981), Assam politician
• Nurul Islam Sikder, Bangladeshi politician
• Sadat Ali Sikder (died 2017), Bangladeshi politician
• Shamim Sikder (1952–2023), Bangladeshi sculptor
• Shamsuddin Sikder, Bangladeshi politician
• Sikdar Aminul Haq (1942–2003), Bangladeshi poet
• Sikder Group family
  • Zainul Haque Sikder (1930–2021), Bangladeshi businessman
  • Parveen Haque Sikder (born 1963), Bangladeshi politician
• Radhanath Sikdar, Indian mathematician, calculated the height of Peak XV in the Himalaya which was later named Mount Everest.
• Jyotirmoyee Sikdar, an Indian athlete and politician.
• Sutapa Sikdar, Hindi film screenwriter.
• Tapan Sikdar, former Union minister of state in the National Democratic Alliance government.
• Siraj Sikder was a Bangladeshi revolutionary politician.
• Ershad Sikdar, was a Bangladeshi criminal and serial killer, known for committing various crimes such as murder, torture, theft, robbery and others to 7 to 43 victims

See also

• Sikder Group, business conglomerate