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⚫ {{Infobox gotra|name=Brar, Baryar|type=Jat clan|parent_tribe=]<ref>{{cite book|title=Punjab District Gazetteer: Moga - Chapter II: History|url=https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/45440111/chapter-ii-history-moga-was-carved-out-as-a-separate-district- |year=2000|publisher=Department of Revenue, Government of Punjab.|page=18|access-date=16 August 2022|quote="In the end of the sixteenth century the Sidhus, who are of the same Bhati stock as the Manj tribes, came up from Rajputana. One branch, the Sidhu Brars, rapidly gained a footing in the south of the Gil country and drove its former inhabitants northwards, taking possession of their principal places."}}</ref>|language=]|religion=], ], ]}}
{{Short description|One of the subbranch among Sidhu dynasty}}
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'''Brar''' is a surname, and a ] clan from the ].<ref>{{cite book |title=Why I Supported the Emergency: Essays and Profiles |first=Khushwant |last=Singh |author-link=Khushwant Singh |publisher=Penguin UK |year=2009 |isbn=978-8-18475-241-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4cADAQAAQBAJ&pg=PT193 |page=193 |quote=Now that caste has raised its ugly head, many have reattached caste names like Brar, Randhawa, Gill, Sandhu, Sidhu (all Jatt agriculturist tribes) ...}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Dilagīra |first=Harajindara Siṅgha |url=https://books.google.com.mx/books?redir_esc=y&id=mRpuAAAAMAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=Brar |title=The Sikh Reference Book |date=1997 |publisher=Sikh Educational Trust for Sikh University Centre, Denmark |isbn=978-0-9695964-2-4 |page=319 |language=en |quote=BRAR:- A caste of the Jats. Brars have their origin in the Rajputs. The first of their elders was Baba Jaisal Bhatti, who had lived in the twelfth century. Sidhu was seventh in successionto Jaisal. Brar was ninth in succession to Sidhu.}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite book |last=Brard |first=Gurnam S. S. |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/174134280 |title=East of Indus : my memories of old Punjab |date=2007 |publisher=Hemkunt Publishers |isbn=81-7010-360-6 |location=New Delhi |pages=264 |oclc=174134280 |quote=Family names, originally called gotra, or just gote in Punjabi, were not normally used in the village, as most landowners in our village had the same family name anyway. But in other places people added the family names for better identification. Everyone's gotra name was known to others because it indicated your lineage, and it generally determined your caste and excluded you from marrying someone from the same family. Literate people referred to family names as zaat (race, kind) or sub-caste; and in Punjab a family name could indicate your religion, caste, occupation, place of origin and possibly your social status. For example in Punjab, a Gaur, Kaushal or Sharma is a Brahman; a Sodhi or Khanna is a Kshatri; an Aggarwal, Goel or Gupta is a shopkeeper caste; while the family names Sidhu, Sandhu, Dhillon, Gill, Brard, Birk, Maan, Bhullar, Garewal, Dhaliwal, Deol, Aulakh, Chahal, Mahal, Cheema, or Randhawa, are Jat Sikhs. As a result of conversions in the past, some Muslim Jats with similar family names can be found in the Pakistan part of Punjab. Some educated people, especially writers and poets, gave themselves new last names (tukhallus) to indicate their town of origin, personalities or ideals rather than indicating their family or caste.}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite book |last=Singh |first=Kumar Suresh |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/35662663 |title=Communities‌, Segments‌, Synonyms‌, ‌Surnames and Titles |date=1996 |publisher=Anthropological Survey of India |isbn=0-19-563357-1 |edition=Illustrated |series=People of India: National‌ series‌ |volume=8 |location=‌Delhi |pages=1355–1357 |chapter=Appendix B |oclc=35662663}}{{Cb|date=December 2024}}</ref> '''Brar''' ({{Lang-pa|ਬਰਾੜ}}) is a surname, and a ] clan from the ].<ref>{{cite book |title=Why I Supported the Emergency: Essays and Profiles |first=Khushwant |last=Singh |author-link=Khushwant Singh |publisher=Penguin UK |year=2009 |isbn=978-8-18475-241-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4cADAQAAQBAJ&pg=PT193 |page=193 |quote=Now that caste has raised its ugly head, many have reattached caste names like Brar, Randhawa, Gill, Sandhu, Sidhu (all Jatt agriculturist tribes) ...}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Biographical Encyclopedia of Pakistan: Millennium 2000|year=2001 |publisher=Research Institute of Historiography, Biography and Philosophy (Lahore) |oclc=50495187 |page=454 }}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite book |last=Brard |first=Gurnam S. S. |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/174134280 |title=East of Indus : my memories of old Punjab |date=2007 |publisher=Hemkunt Publishers |isbn=81-7010-360-6 |location=New Delhi |pages=264 |oclc=174134280 |quote=Family names, originally called gotra, or just gote in Punjabi, were not normally used in the village, as most landowners in our village had the same family name anyway. But in other places people added the family names for better identification. Everyone's gotra name was known to others because it indicated your lineage, and it generally determined your caste and excluded you from marrying someone from the same family. Literate people referred to family names as zaat (race, kind) or sub-caste; and in Punjab a family name could indicate your religion, caste, occupation, place of origin and possibly your social status. For example in Punjab, a Gaur, Kaushal or Sharma is a Brahman; a Sodhi or Khanna is a Kshatri; an Aggarwal, Goel or Gupta is a shopkeeper caste; while the family names Sidhu, Sandhu, Dhillon, Gill, Brard, Birk, Maan, Bhullar, Garewal, Dhaliwal, Deol, Aulakh, Chahal, Mahal, Cheema, or Randhawa, are Jat Sikhs. As a result of conversions in the past, some Muslim Jats with similar family names can be found in the Pakistan part of Punjab. Some educated people, especially writers and poets, gave themselves new last names (tukhallus) to indicate their town of origin, personalities or ideals rather than indicating their family or caste.}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite book |last=Singh |first=Kumar Suresh |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/35662663 |title=Communities, Segments, Synonyms, Surnames and Titles |date=1996 |publisher=Anthropological Survey of India |isbn=0-19-563357-1 |edition=Illustrated |series=People of India: National series |volume=8 |location=Delhi |pages=1355–1357 |chapter=Appendix B |oclc=35662663}}</ref>


== People with the surname== == People with the surname==
Notable people with the surname, who may or may not be affiliated with the tribe, include: Notable people with the surname, who may or may not be affiliated with the tribe, include:

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*] (1939&ndash;2012), Congress MLA from Punjab *] (1939&ndash;2012), Congress MLA from Punjab
*] (born 1939), Indian communist politician, writer and businessman, based in Britain *] (born 1939), Indian communist politician, writer and businessman, based in Britain
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*] (born 1958), Indian politician, lawyer, writer, and poet *] (born 1958), Indian politician, lawyer, writer, and poet
*] (1947&ndash;1984; born Jarnail Singh Brar), Sikh preacher and leader of Damdami Taksal *] (1947&ndash;1984; born Jarnail Singh Brar), Sikh preacher and leader of Damdami Taksal
*], gangster, the mastermind behind the murder of Punjabi singer ] *], gangster, the mastermind behind the murder of Punjabi singer ]
*] Indian politician (MLA), lawyer and PWRMDC chairman (2019–present) *] Indian politician (MLA), lawyer and PWRMDC chairman (2019–present)
*] (born 1999), American actor *] (born 1999), American actor
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*], Indian chef and TV presenter *], Indian chef and TV presenter
*Air marshal ] (1925–2014), head of the Indian Air Force *Air marshal ] (1925–2014), head of the Indian Air Force
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Revision as of 13:12, 16 December 2024

Brar, Baryar
Jat clan
Parent tribeSidhu
LanguagePunjabi
ReligionSikhism, Hinduism, Islam

Brar (Template:Lang-pa) is a surname, and a Jat clan from the Punjab region.

People with the surname

Notable people with the surname, who may or may not be affiliated with the tribe, include:

References

  1. Punjab District Gazetteer: Moga - Chapter II: History. Department of Revenue, Government of Punjab. 2000. p. 18. Retrieved 16 August 2022. In the end of the sixteenth century the Sidhus, who are of the same Bhati stock as the Manj tribes, came up from Rajputana. One branch, the Sidhu Brars, rapidly gained a footing in the south of the Gil country and drove its former inhabitants northwards, taking possession of their principal places.
  2. Singh, Khushwant (2009). Why I Supported the Emergency: Essays and Profiles. Penguin UK. p. 193. ISBN 978-8-18475-241-0. Now that caste has raised its ugly head, many have reattached caste names like Brar, Randhawa, Gill, Sandhu, Sidhu (all Jatt agriculturist tribes) ...
  3. Biographical Encyclopedia of Pakistan: Millennium 2000. Research Institute of Historiography, Biography and Philosophy (Lahore). 2001. p. 454. OCLC 50495187.
  4. Brard, Gurnam S. S. (2007). East of Indus : my memories of old Punjab. New Delhi: Hemkunt Publishers. p. 264. ISBN 81-7010-360-6. OCLC 174134280. Family names, originally called gotra, or just gote in Punjabi, were not normally used in the village, as most landowners in our village had the same family name anyway. But in other places people added the family names for better identification. Everyone's gotra name was known to others because it indicated your lineage, and it generally determined your caste and excluded you from marrying someone from the same family. Literate people referred to family names as zaat (race, kind) or sub-caste; and in Punjab a family name could indicate your religion, caste, occupation, place of origin and possibly your social status. For example in Punjab, a Gaur, Kaushal or Sharma is a Brahman; a Sodhi or Khanna is a Kshatri; an Aggarwal, Goel or Gupta is a shopkeeper caste; while the family names Sidhu, Sandhu, Dhillon, Gill, Brard, Birk, Maan, Bhullar, Garewal, Dhaliwal, Deol, Aulakh, Chahal, Mahal, Cheema, or Randhawa, are Jat Sikhs. As a result of conversions in the past, some Muslim Jats with similar family names can be found in the Pakistan part of Punjab. Some educated people, especially writers and poets, gave themselves new last names (tukhallus) to indicate their town of origin, personalities or ideals rather than indicating their family or caste.
  5. Singh, Kumar Suresh (1996). "Appendix B". Communities, Segments, Synonyms, Surnames and Titles. People of India: National series. Vol. 8 (Illustrated ed.). Delhi: Anthropological Survey of India. pp. 1355–1357. ISBN 0-19-563357-1. OCLC 35662663.
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