Haksar

Haksar is a Kashmiri Pandit surname and clan. 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 Mughals 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
 * Rajkumari Haksar, Indian socialite
 * Sharad Haksar- Indian advertising photographer