|
[[Image:Chitraguptaji.jpg|thumb|right|Chitraguptaji with his 2 wives & 4+8 sons]]
{{Cleanup|date=February 2007}}
[[Image:Deepti Bhatnagar.jpeg|thumb|right|Deepti Bhatnagar]]
'''Bhatnagar''' is a common surname used in mostly northern India among the [[Kayastha]] caste of Hindus. They came from the Second son of the first wife of Lord [[Chitragupta]] the recordkeeper of the [[Yama]] the God for death.{{Fact|date=February 2007}}. Shree Chitraksh (Bhatnagar):Disciple of sage Bhat.Wife was Bhadrakalini.Worshipped Jayanti. Maharaj Chitraguptji sent Shree Chitraksh to establish a Kingdom in the region of Bhat river at Bhattdesh and Malwa.They established Chittor and Chitrakoot He settled then there and his progeny came to be known as Bhatnagar. They are divided into 84 Als.
[[Image:checkersrallyslogo.jpg|right|200px|Checkers Drive-In & Rally's logos]]
'''Checkers Drive-In Restaurants, Inc.''' is an [[United States|American]] [[fast-food restaurant|fast-food]] [[restaurant chain]] operating under the names '''Checkers''' and '''Rally's Hamburgers'''. In June of 2006, the Company went private through a merger with Taxi Holdings Corp., an affiliate of Wellspring Capital Management LLC, a private equity firm.
==Bhatnagar's main ALS==
Currently, the company operates 407 Checkers restaurants and 389 Rally's restaurants across the country. They both specialize in [[hamburger]]s, [[hot dogs]], [[french fries]], and [[milkshake]]s. The menus of the two restaurants are nearly identical, differing in that Checkers menu includes additional hamburgers (including the original Champ hamburger) and Rally's offers cups of chili. Over time, the Checkers menu grew in size to include chicken and fish sandwiches, chicken strips, and a wider selection of hamburgers.
*Dasania
*Taksalia
*Bhatania
*Kuchania
*Gujaria
*Bahliwal
*Hasiwal
*Mahiwal
*Sambhalwed
*Barsania
*Kanmaujia
*Kerania
*Bhusiwal
*Chondawat
*Baxi
*Pherozabadi
(Total ALS are 84)
Checkers restaurants follow a [[retro]] theme with abundant use of chrome flashing, neon tube lighting, and black and white checkered tiling. To reinforce recognizability and minimize costs, Checkers predominantly uses prefabricated restaurant units that consist of a main food preparation building and twin drive-thru windows. As a facet of the unique facility design, most stores do not have inside seating; instead, one can either drive in and pick up food or sit outside under an umbrella at a patio table. If one chooses the latter option, he or she is able to walk up to the traffic window in front of the establishment and order there instead of using a car.
==Notable Bhatnagars include==
Originally separate companies serving different geographic areas, Checkers and Rally's Hamburgers, Inc. merged in August 1999. The joint company houses its headquarters in [[Tampa, Florida]]. Checkers was founded in 1986 in [[Mobile, Alabama]], and went public in 1991. Rally's was founded in [[Louisville, Kentucky]] in 1985, with its first ___location in [[Jeffersonville, Indiana]].
*[[Raja Todar Mal]], [[Non-resident Indian and Person of Indian Origin|Indian]] [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] emperor [[Akbar]]’s [[finance minister]]
*[[Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar]], [[Padma Bhushan]] scientist
*[[Deepti Bhatnagar]], former runner-up, [[Miss India]]
*[[Prabhu Lal Bhatnagar]] - [[Padma Bhushan]] scientist
*[[Ranjit Bhatnagar]], a [[game designer]]
*[[Shivani Bhatnagar]], a noted jounalist, whose murder became a famous scandal.
*[[S K Bhatnagar]] was a former defence secretary of India and also been Governer of [[Sikkim]] state of India.
*[[Prabhu Lal Bhatnagar]] (1912-08-08 -1976-10-05) commonly addresed as P. L. Bhatnagar was an Indian mathematician known for his contribution to the Bhatnagar-Gross-Krook (BGK) collision model used in Lattice Boltzmann methods (LBM).
In 2005, Checkers and Rally's became the "Official Drive-Thru and Official Burger of [[NASCAR]]". They sponsor [[Bill Lester|Bill Lester's]] entry in the [[Craftsman Truck Series]].
Checkers will expand into the state of Minnesota with its first restaurant opening in the Twin Cities in the suburb of West St.Paul sometime in the summer of 2007.
[[Category: Tampa,Indian Floridafamily names]] ▼==External links==
* [http://www.checkers.com/ Checkers official web site]
[[Category:1986 establishments]]
[[Category:Fast-food burger restaurants]]
[[Category:Fast-food chains of the United States]]
[[Category:Fast-food franchises]]
[[Category:Hot dog restaurants]]
▲[[Category:Tampa, Florida]]
[[Category:NASCAR sponsors]]
[[Category:Companies based in Florida]]
| 