Brar
| Brar, Baryar | |
|---|---|
| Jat clan | |
| Parent tribe | Sidhu[1] |
| Language | Punjabi |
| Religion | Sikhism |
Brar (Punjabi: ਬਰਾੜ) is a surname, and a Jat clan from the Punjab region.[2][3][4][5]
People with the surname
Notable people with the surname, who may or may not be affiliated with the tribe, include:
- Adesh Kanwarjit Singh Brar (1939–2012), Congress MLA from Punjab
- Harpal Brar (born 1939), Indian communist politician, writer and businessman, based in Britain
- Harcharan Singh Brar (1919–2009), Indian politician, Chief Minister of Punjab, Governor of Orissa, and Governor of Haryana
- Jagmeet Singh Brar (born 1958), Indian politician, lawyer, writer, and poet
- Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale (1947–1984; born Jarnail Singh Brar), Sikh preacher and leader of Damdami Taksal
- Goldy Brar, gangster, the mastermind behind the murder of Punjabi singer Sidhu Moose Wala
- Jagbir Singh Brar Indian politician (MLA), lawyer and PWRMDC chairman (2019–present)
- Karan Brar (born 1999), American actor
- Kuldip Singh Brar, Indian Army General
- Mink Brar (born 1980), German-Indian model, actress, and producer
- Manpreet Brar (born 1973), Indian actress and model, Femina Miss India
- Preet Brar, Punjabi musician
- Raj Brar (1972–2016), Punjabi singer, actor, lyricist, and music director
- Ranveer Brar, Indian chef and TV presenter
- Air marshal Trilochan Singh Brar (1925–2014), head of the Indian Air Force
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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) ...
- ^ Biographical Encyclopedia of Pakistan: Millennium 2000. Research Institute of Historiography, Biography and Philosophy (Lahore). 2001. p. 454. OCLC 50495187.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
Surname list
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