Howlader - Pronounced as (How-la-dar) is a surname found in parts of India, mainly in West Bengal, Orissa, Assam, and other North-Eastern states. It is also found in Bangladesh.
Caste, protest and identity in colonial India By Śekhara Bandyopādhyāẏa - Page 70
Khan, Monirul Islam (2012). "Social Stratification". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. Subsequent land policy in the colonial period ... created intermediate rent collecting interests resulting in the emergence of numerous agrarian layers, known as Jotedar, Gantidar, Howladar, or Talukdar, or Bhuiyan, etc.
