Thakkar is a Hindu Indian family name under the Hindu. Alternative spellings of the name include Thakker, Thaker,Thakkar, Thakrar and Thacker. The surname is widely used in the state of

Gujarat Gujarat (, ) is a state along the western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Gujarat is the fifth-largest Indian state by area, covering some ; and the nin ...

Society and culture

Thakkars are mainly situated in the state of Gujarat in India. There are also thousands of Thakkars that reside in

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and East African countries, which migrated to the continent in the 19th and 20th centuries. Many Thakkar were also expelled from

Uganda }), is a landlocked country in East Africa. The country is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the south by Tanzania. The south ...

under

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's regime and moved back to India or the United Kingdom.

Notable people

* Ashish Thakkar (born 1981), British businessman *

Bhavin Thakkar Bhavin Jitendra Thakkar (born 22 January 1982, in Mumbai, Maharashtra) is an Indian cricketer. Thakkar last played a first-class game in 2010 for Himachal Pradesh. He has played 37 first-class games in all scoring 1924 runs at 35.62, with fiv ...

(born 1982), Indian cricketer * C. K. Thakker (born 1943), Indian judge * Fagun Thakrar (born 1991), British actress * Jayaben Thakkar (born 1952), Indian politician * Natwar Thakkar (1932-2018), Indian social worker * Pankit Thakker (born 1976), Indian actor *

Praful Thakkar Praful Thakkar (born February 25, 1940) is an Indian collector of autographs, philately, First Day Covers (FDCs), coins, medals, tokens, badges, badge plates and other collectibles from India. He has written several books on his hobbies. ...

(born 1940), Indian collector and writer * Rajesh Thakker (born 1954), British doctor *

Rakhee Thakrar Rakhee Thakrar (born 29 February 1984) is an English actress. She is known for her roles as Shabnam Masood in the BBC One soap opera '' EastEnders'' (2014–2016) and Emily Sands in the Netflix comedy-drama ''Sex Education'' (2019–2021). She al ...

(born 1984]), British actress *

Samay Raj Thakkar Samay Raj Thakkar (born 21 March 1966) is an Indian actor and voice actor who specialises in dubbing foreign media in the Hindi language. Filmography Animated films Animated series Television Dubbing career According to Hindi dubbing d ...

(born 1966), Indian actor *

Shital Thakkar Shital Thakkar is an Indian television and theatre artist. She has worked in some Hindi serials & few Gujarati plays. She has also done a bit of modelling. She has learned belly dancing. Career She made her acting debut in an afternoon soap op ...

(born 1962), Indian television actress * Tanvi Thakkar (born 1985), Indian actress *

Vaishali Thakkar Vaishali ThakkarVinita Joshi Thakkar (born 1989), Indian actress * Amritlal Vithaldas Thakkar, known as Thakkar Bapa (born 1869), Indian social worker

References

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