Kak is a Kashmiri surname originating in the

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of Jammu and Kashmir.

Notable people

Amar Nath Kak Amar Nath Kak (1889–1963) was a prominent Kashmiri lawyer and author whose most important books are ''Hamara Vrittanta'' and the ''Gayatri'', both written in Hindi. He was the older brother of Kashmiri archaeologist and politician Ram Chandra ...

- Indian lawyer * Bina Kak- Indian politician and actress * Kapil Kak- Indian air force veteran * Mushtaq Kak- Indian actor and director *

Ram Chandra Kak Ram Chandra Kak (5 June 1893 – 10 February 1983) was the prime minister of Jammu and Kashmir during 1945–1947. One of the very few Kashmiri Pandits to ever hold that post, Kak had the intractable job of navigating the troubled wate ...

- Indian politician and archaeologist * Sanjay Kak- Indian author, activist and filmmaker *

Siddharth Kak Siddharth Kak is an Indian documentary maker, television producer, and presenter, best known as the producer and presenter of '' Surabhi'' (1990–2001). Subsequently, Kak established the 'Surabhi Foundation' with the assistance of Ford Foundat ...

- Indian

documentary filmmaker A documentary film (often described simply as a documentary) is a nonfiction motion picture intended to "document reality, primarily for instruction, education or maintaining a historical record". The American author and media analyst Bill Ni ...

and producer *

Subhash Kak Subhash Kak is an Indian-American computer scientist and historical revisionist. He is the Regents Professor of Computer Science Department at Oklahoma State University–Stillwater, an honorary visiting professor of engineering at Jawaharla ...

Indian-American Indian Americans are Americans whose ancestry originates wholly or partly from India. The terms Asian Indian and East Indian are used to avoid confusion with Native Americans in the United States, who are also referred to as "Indians" or "Am ...

historian

References

Surnames of Indian origin Kashmiri-language surnames Surnames of Hindu origin Kashmiri tribes {{India-ethno-stub