Nayak (title)

The Nayak, or Naik, is a historic honorific title conferred on military captains[1] and governors of feudal states in the Middle Ages.

It is also a surname.

Nayaks are mostly Hindu with some Sikhs.

The surname Nayak is used by various castes and ethnic groups across India, mostly from the forward class and following Sikhism and Hinduism.

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