Indian surname in Bengal, Bihar and Odisha, India
Adhikari (Devanāgarī: अधिकारी,Sinhala: අදිකාරී,Bengali: অধিকারী; also speltAdhikary) is a surname originating in theIndian subcontinent. Those having their surname as Adhikari are mainly found inNepal and Indian states ofUttarakhand,West Bengal and also in fewer parts of SouthernBihar such asBhagalpur,Purnea etc. as these areas have a greater influence ofBengali culture and manyBengalis have settled in these area. In Bengal Adhikari surname is mainly found among Baishnab, and other communities as well.[2] In Nepal, Adhikari are of bothBrahmin andChhetri Clan. The surname is also found among several groups includingBengalis,Biharis,Sinhalese,Marathis,Odias,Nepalese,Kamatapuri andKumaonis.[3][4] Adhikari is literally translated asOfficer.[1]
- Ayush Adhikari, Indian professional footballer
- Amrit Bhushan Dev Adhikari, Indian writer from Assam
- Bharat Mohan Adhikari, Nepalese politician
- Deepak Adhikari, Indian film personality, better known as Dev
- Dibyendu Adhikari, Indian politician
- Gangadhar Adhikari, Indian communist leader
- Haribhakta Adhikari, Indian politician
- Hemu Adhikari, Indian cricketer
- Indra Adhikari, Bhutanese journalist in exile
- Keki Adhikari, Nepalese actress
- Khagaraj Adhikari, Nepalese politician from Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
- Kshetra Pratap Adhikary, Nepalese lyricist
- Man Mohan Adhikari, 31st Prime Minister of Nepal
- Michael Sushil Adhikari, Bangladesh politician
- Miriam Adhikari, South African physician
- Mohamed Adhikari, South African professor
- Mohan Chandra Adhikari, Nepalese communist politician
- Nanda Prasad Adhikari, Nepalese activist
- Narayan Prasad Adhikari, Nepalese politician
- Nisha Adhikari, Nepalese actress and model
- Rabindra Prasad Adhikari, Nepalese politician fromCPN UML
- Rajesh Singh Adhikari, Indian soldier
- Ram Nath Adhikari, Nepalese politician
- Rana X. Adhikari, American experimental physicist
- Ranu Devi Adhikari, Nepalese singer
- Sadhan Kumar Adhikari, Indian physics professor
- Saroj Kumar Nath Adhikari, Bangladeshi educationist and political activist
- Shantidas Adhikari, Indian Hindu missionary
- Sisir Adhikari, Indian politician
- Suvendu Adhikari, Indian politician
- ^ab"अधिकारी Meaning in English".hindi2dictionary.com.
- ^Bharatiya Samajik Chintan. Indian Academy of Social Sciences. 2000. p. 95.
- ^Shibani Roy; S. H. M. Rizvi (2002).Encyclopaedia of Indian surnames. B.R. p. 3.ISBN 978-81-7646-247-1.
- ^Subba, Tanka Bahadur (1989).Dynamics of a hill society: Nepalis in Darjeeling and Sikkim Himalayas. Mittal Publications.ISBN 9788173041143.
Some of theChhetri clans are Adhikari, Baniya, Basnet, Bist, Bohra, Bura or Burathoki, Gharti, Karki, Khadka, Khatri, Khulal, Mahat, Raut, Rana, Roka, Thapa, etc.
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