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Dar (surname)
Dhar is an India, Indian surname. It is commonly found among the Hindu Bengali Kayastha and Baniks including Suvarna Vanik, Subarnabanik community in Bengal region. Dhar or Dar is also used by some Kashmiri people, Kashmiri and Kashmiris in Punjab, Punjabi-Kashmiri clans and communities native to the Kashmir Valley and Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab, and common today among Kashmiri Hindus and Kashmiri Muslims. History and origins Bengali surname The Bengali Hindu surname Dhar is probably derived from Bengali language, Bengali dhār (ধার) meaning 'credit'. It is also used by the Bengali diaspora in neighbouring states. Kashmiri surname Dhar or Dar is also used by some Kashmiri clans and communities native to the Kashmir Valley in Jammu and Kashmir, India, and common today among Kashmiri Hindus and Kashmiri Muslims. Outside Kashmir, it is used by members of the Kashmiri diaspora, in places like Punjab, Bengal, Gujarat, and Maharashtra, and more commonly in recent times by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bengal
Bengal ( ) is a Historical geography, historical geographical, ethnolinguistic and cultural term referring to a region in the Eastern South Asia, eastern part of the Indian subcontinent at the apex of the Bay of Bengal. The region of Bengal proper is divided between the modern-day sovereign nation of Bangladesh and the States and union territories of India, Indian states of West Bengal, and Karimganj district of Assam. The ancient Vanga Kingdom is widely regarded as the namesake of the Bengal region. The Bengali calendar dates back to the reign of Shashanka in the 7th century CE. The Pala Empire was founded in Bengal during the 8th century. The Sena dynasty and Deva dynasty ruled between the 11th and 13th centuries. By the 14th century, Bengal was absorbed by Muslim conquests in the Indian subcontinent. An independent Bengal Sultanate was formed and became the eastern frontier of the Islamic world. During this period, Bengal's rule and influence spread to Assam, Arakan, Tri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maharashtra
Maharashtra () is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. It is bordered by the Arabian Sea to the west, the Indian states of Karnataka and Goa to the south, Telangana to the southeast and Chhattisgarh to the east, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh to the north, and the Indian union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu to the northwest. Maharashtra is the second-most populous state in India, the third most populous country subdivision in South Asia and the fourth-most populous in the world. The state is divided into 6 divisions and 36 districts. Mumbai is the capital of Maharashtra due to its historical significance as a major trading port and its status as India's financial hub, housing key institutions and a diverse economy. Additionally, Mumbai's well-developed infrastructure and cultural diversity make it a suitable administrative center for the state, and the most populous urban are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aditya Dhar
Aditya Dhar (born 12 March 1983) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and producer best known for directing and writing military action film '' Uri: The Surgical Strike'' (2019). Personal life Dhar was born on 12 March 1983 in New Delhi, India. Dhar is a Kashmiri Pandit. He married Yami Gautam on 4 June 2021. On 10 May 2024, the couple had their first child, a boy named Vedavid Dhar. Career In 2019, Dhar made his directorial debut with '' Uri: The Surgical Strike'', an action film based on the 2016 Uri attack, starring Vicky Kaushal, Yami Gautam and Paresh Rawal in pivotal roles and produced by Ronnie Screwvala under the RSVP Movies banner. Filmed in Serbia, the film is fictionally dramatised account of the true events of the retaliation to the 2016 Uri attack. ''Uri'' earned in India, and over worldwide, making it the tenth highest-grossing Indian film domestically. Dhar was awarded with the National Film Award for Best Director and the Filmfare Award for Best Debut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anuj Dhar
Anuj Dhar is an Indian conspiracy theorist, author and former journalist. He has published several books around the locus of death of Subhas Chandra Bose that propound theories about his living for several years after the purported plane crash, thus contradicting the current consensus. Dhar is also the founder-trustee of a not for profit organisation, Mission Netaji, which campaigns for the declassification of documents concerning Bose. Claims Dhar has claimed that Bose had lived in the Uttar Pradesh state of India as Gumnami Baba or Bhagwanji a hermit till 1985. The claims were debunked by the Mukherjee Commission which rejected any linkage between the two, in light of a DNA profiling test. The Commission rejected the plane crash theory and stated that Netaji ‘did not die in the plane crash as alleged’ and that ‘the ashes in the Japanese temple are not of Netaji’. However Indian Government did not accept the findings of the commission. He also believes that Bose e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angira Dhar
Angira Dhar is an Indian actress who appears in Hindi cinema, Hindi films. Her most notable work includes her role in web series ''Bang Baaja Baaraat'' and the film ''Love per Square Foot''. Early and personal life Dhar is a Kashmiri Hindu and was brought up in Mumbai. Dhar married ''Love per Square Foot'' director, Anand Tiwari, in a secret ceremony on 30 April 2021. Career Debut and early work (2013-2020) Dhar began her career in TV production with Channel V. She also worked behind the camera as an assistant film director. During her time at Channel V she hosted the show ''Beg Borrow Steal'' on Bindass. Dhar made her Bollywood debut in 2013 with ''Ek Bura Aadmi'' opposite Arunoday Singh. Dhar had her breakthrough in 2015, when she played a feisty and independent girl in Y-Films's web series, ''Bang Baaja Baarat'' opposite Ali Fazal. ''Firstpost'' noted, "The gorgeous Angira Dhar really step up to the plate and deliver." The second season of the show started in Septembe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aneek Dhar
Aneek Dhar (born 26 April 1990 in Kolkata) is an Indian Playback Singer, Music Composer and Live Performer who started his professional musical career at the age of 17 by winning Zee TV Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007 and Zee Bangla SaReGaMaPa both in the same year. He also was the winner of Bigg Boss Bangla Season 1 (Colors Bangla). Dhar has been performing live with his band since then in India as well as abroad. In 2018, Dhar started his career as a music composer mainly for his music videos (singles), web series and films. In 2023 Aneek Dhar composed music for full-length Bengali feature films Like: Chengiz, Manush: Child of Destiny, Mirza: Part 1 – Joker, Archie’r Gallery etc. For the film Chengiz and Manush: Child of Destiny Aneek composed songs both in Bengali and Hindi versions. Along with music composition, In 2024 Aneek sang the Title Track (Hey Shastri) of the Mithun Chakraborty starrer Bengali film Shastri under the music direction of Indraadip Dasgupta. Edu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdul Majeed Dar
Abdul Majeed Dar was a former chief commander of the militant group Hizbul Mujahideen in Jammu & Kashmir till 2001. He later gave up violence and sought to restore peace in Kashmir. He was a Politician by profession. Dar originated from the town of Sopore where he worked with the Muslim league during 1970's. In this period, he was involved with Syed Ali Geelani and went to jail several times. In the late 1980s, after the rigged 1987 elections, he became a militant along with his friend Fazl-ul-Haq Qureshi. By 1990, he was the leader of the organization ''Tahreek-e-Jihad-e-Islami'' (TJI) along with Bashir Ahmed Regoo alias Bashir Reagan who was given the name Reagan for his intelligence. In 1991, Dar merged this group with the Hizb, bringing in several thousand followers. In the following years, rivalries developed within the Hizb, culminating in a killing of 21 people in an Azad Kashmir village in near the border in 1998. Visions of peace Praveen Swami, citing friends ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Islam In Kashmir
Islam is the majority religion practised in Kashmir, with 97.16% of the region's population identifying as Muslims as of 2014. The religion came to the region with the arrival of Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani, a Muslim Sufi preacher from Central Asia and Persia, beginning in the early 14th century. The majority of Kashmiri Muslims are Sunni Muslims. They refer to themselves as "Koshur" in their mother language. Non-Kashmiri Muslims in Kashmir include semi-nomadic cowherds and shepherds, belonging to the Gurjar and Bakarwal communities. Historical development Early period of Islamic contact During the 8th century, the Karkota dynasty, Kingdom of Kashmir was subjected to several attacks aimed at its conquest. Several attempts to conquer Kashmir were made by the Arabs who had established themselves in Sindh (711-13 C.E), under the leadership of Muhammad bin Qasim. But Muhammad bin Qasim was recalled by the Umayyad Caliph to Damascus, thus averting the possible invasion. In the reign ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kashmiri Language
Kashmiri ( ) or Koshur (Kashmiri: , , ) is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language of the Dardic languages, Dardic branch spoken by around 7 million Kashmiris of the Kashmir region, primarily in the Kashmir Valley and surrounding hills of the Indian-administrated union territory of Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), Jammu and Kashmir, over half the population of that territory. Kashmiri has split ergativity and the unusual V2 word order, verb-second word order. Since 2020, it has been made an official language of Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), Jammu and Kashmir along with Dogri language, Dogri, Hindi, Urdu and English. Kashmiri is also among the 22 Languages with official status in India, scheduled languages of India. Kashmiri is spoken by roughly five percent of Pakistani-administrated Azad Kashmir's population. Geographic distribution and status There are about 6.8 million speakers of Kashmiri and related dialects in Jammu and Kashmir and amongst the Kashmir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharada Script
The Śāradā, Sarada or Sharada script is an abugida writing system of the Brahmic family of scripts. The script was widespread between the 8th and 12th centuries in the northwestern parts of Indian Subcontinent (in Kashmir and neighbouring areas), for writing Sanskrit and Kashmiri. Although originally a signature Brahminical script created in the valley, it was more widespread throughout northwestern Indian subcontinent, and later became restricted to Kashmir, and is now rarely used, except by the Kashmiri Pandit community for religious purposes. It is a native script of Kashmir and is named after the goddess Śāradā or Saraswati, the goddess of learning and the main Hindu deity of the Sharada Peeth temple. History Sharda script is named after the Hindu goddess Śāradā, also known as Saraswati, the goddess of learning and the main Hindu deity of the Sharada Peeth temple. Although originally a script restricted to only Brahmins, Sharda was later spread thro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanskrit
Sanskrit (; stem form ; nominal singular , ,) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in northwest South Asia after its predecessor languages had Trans-cultural diffusion, diffused there from the northwest in the late Bronze Age#South Asia, Bronze Age. Sanskrit is the sacred language of Hinduism, the language of classical Hindu philosophy, and of historical texts of Buddhism and Jainism. It was a lingua franca, link language in ancient and medieval South Asia, and upon transmission of Hindu and Buddhist culture to Southeast Asia, East Asia and Central Asia in the early medieval era, it became a language of religion and high culture, and of the political elites in some of these regions. As a result, Sanskrit had a lasting effect on the languages of South Asia, Southeast Asia and East Asia, especially in their formal and learned vocabularies. Sanskrit generally connotes several Indo-Aryan languages# ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rajatarangini
''Rājataraṅgiṇī'' (Sanskrit: Devanagari, राजतरङ्गिणी, IAST, romanized: ''rājataraṅgiṇī'', International Phonetic Alphabet, IPA: Help:IPA/Sanskrit, [ɾɑː.d͡ʑɐ.t̪ɐˈɾɐŋ.ɡi.ɳiː], ) is a metrical legendary and historical chronicle of the north-western part of Indian sub-continent, particularly the kings of Kashmir Valley, Kashmir. It was written in Sanskrit by Kashmiri historian Kalhana in the 12th century CE. List of kings Book 1 : Gonanda dynasty (I) The total reign of the following kings is mentioned as 1266 years. Gonanditya dynasty (I) The Gonanda dynasty ruled Kashmir for 1002 years. Book 2 : Other rulers No kings mentioned in this book have been traced in any other historical source. These kings ruled Kashmir for 192 years. Book 3: Restored Gonandiya dynasty Book 4: Karkota dynasty Book 5 : Utpala dynasty (Part-I) Book 6 : Utpala dynasty (Part-II) Book 7: First Lohara dynasty Bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
