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{{Infobox gotra|name=Brar, Baryar|type=Jat clan|parent_tribe=[[Sidhu]]<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=[[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]|religion=[[Sikhism]], [[Hinduism]], [[Islam]]}}

'''Brar''' ({{Langx|pa|ਬਰਾੜ}}) is a [[Punjabis|Punjabi]] [[Jats|Jat]] clan and surname.<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. |title=East of Indus : my memories of old Punjab |date=2007 |publisher=Hemkunt Publishers |isbn=978-81-7010-360-8 |location=New Delhi |pages=264 |oclc=174134280 }}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite book |last=Singh |first=Kumar Suresh |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>{{Cn|date=April 2025}}

== 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
*[[Harcharan Singh Brar]] (1919–2009), Indian politician, Chief Minister of Punjab, Governor of Orissa, and of Haryana
*[[Harpal Brar]] (1939–2025), UK-based Indian communist politician, writer and businessman
*[[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 former PWRMDC chairman (2019–2021)
*[[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
*[[Trilochan Singh Brar]] (1925–2014), head of the Indian Air Force

== References ==
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[[Category:Jat clans]]
[[Category:Surnames of Hindu origin]]
[[Category:Punjabi-language surnames]]
[[Category:Punjabi tribes]]
[[Category:Jat clans of Punjab]]
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