Nayar clan
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Nayar is a surname from the region of Punjab, India. The people who bear the name are Khatris belonging to the Sareen sub-group.[citation needed] The surname Nayar drives basic origin from Kunjah in Gujrat District of Western Punjab (Now Pakistan) abutting to River Chenab area. A large number of Nayars come from the Jalandhar District (a large number of them still live in Nurmahal in a region named Nijjaran Mohalla, and Ludhiana and Dasuya ( Distt Hoshiarpur)of Eastern Punjab.[citation needed] " The "JATHERE" of Nayar's is situated at cheema road, Noormahal also known as sati Mata Mandir. Nayars can also be Kshatriyas. Late Captain Anuj Nayar fought for India and is a war hero who will always be remembered.
Village historians say that Nayars were originally Nijjars and Khatri Nijjar's changed their name to "Nayar" under the suggestion of the British to distinguish themselves from Jatt Nijjars.[citation needed]
Notable Nayars
- Dewan Mokham Chand, One of the Distinguished General's of Maharaja Ranjit Singh's Army
- Pyarelal Nayyar (1899–1982), personal secretary of Mahatma Gandhi
- Sushila Nayyar (1914–2000), personal physician of Mahatma Gandhi
- Kuldip Nayyar (b. 1923), Indian journalist
- O. P. Nayyar (1926–2007), Indian Bollywood Director & Composer who worked with Anthony Gonsalves
- Rajat Nayyar b.(1972), better known as Roger Nair Indo Canadian Hollywood and Bollywood Film maker.
- Hardev Pal Nayyar, Vir Chakra, Indian Army, 1971 war hero
- Capt. Anuj Nayyar M.V.C (b. ?), Kargil War Hero
- Shree K. Nayar (b. ?), mathematician who co-created the Oren-Nayar diffuse model
- Kunal Nayyar (b. 1981), British-Indian Actor
See also
- Nair is from the southern region of Kerala
References
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