Parhar
| Parhar | |
| Distribution | Punjab (Pakistan), Sindh and Punjab (India) |
| Descended from: | Rajputs |
| Branches: | None |
| Religion | Islam and Sikhism |
| Languages | Punjabi and Seraiki |
| Surnames: | Parhar |
The Parhar are Rajputs, found in the Punjab province of Pakistan, and Sikh Rajputs/Sikh Jats in the Punjab state of India.
History and origin
The Parhar Rajputs claim descent from the Parihar/Pratihar Rajputs.[1] The Pratiharas were a medieval Indian dynasty, descended from the Gurajara- Pratihara tribe, which said to have invaded India, in the 5th Century.[2]
The Parhar Rajputs, are all that remains of the Pratihara presence in the Punjab. They were forced to migrate from south-central Asia in 3-4th century AD due to huna and other invasions. The detail about this is in ancient Chinese texts. There is an ancient Indian tradition from rajasthan that says all of these tribes were purified(accepted into the high caste fold) by Brahmin priests in a fire ceremony in Mt. Abu.
In the late 17th and early 18th centuries, during the time of Guru Gobind Singh, some of the Hindu Rajputs from Doaba region adopted a Sikh religion and joined the force of Guru Gobind Singh to fight against cruelty. One of the famous Hindu Rajputs who became the follower of Guru Gobind Singh was Sardar Banda Singh Bahadur, a fearless Hindu Rajput from Rajauri, J&K, India.
Religion
The Parhar/Parihar are Sikh in Punjab, India. They are very well educated people settled in all over USA, Canada, Europe and Australia and originally belong to village Kalra in Dist. Jalandhar, and Karnana in Dist. Nawanshehar, Punjab, India. One of the Parhar families from village Kalra has more than twenty five professional engineers settled in India and abroad.
Just a few Parhars from Kalra - Village of Engineers
S. Harbhajan Singh Parhar, Senior Punjab Police Officer, Retd.
Dr. Gulwant Singh Parhar, Model Town, Jullundur
Er. Sukhdev Singh Parhar, Senior Police Officer, Delhi
Er. Malkiat Singh Parhar, Deputy Chief Engineer Punjab State Electricity Board, Patiala, India
Dr. Balbir Singh Parhar, Model Town, Jullundur
Lt. Col. Balbir Singh Parhar, Jullundur Cantt.
Er. Sohan Singh Parhar, Chief Executive Engineer, New York, NY
Er. Ajit Singh Parhar, Supervisor Electrical Engineer, Duke Energy, Inc. San Ramon, CA
Er. Manjit Singh Parhar, Senior Electrical Engineer, VTA, San Jose, CA
Er. Ravinder Singh Parhar, Civil Engineer, New York, NY
Er. Manminder Singh Parhar, Electrical Engineer/General Manager, Seattle, WA
Er. Dandeep Singh Parhar, Senior Computer Software Engineer, Pittsburg, PA
Er. Amandeep Singh Parhar, Senior Computer Software Engineer/Area Sectional Manager, New York, NY
Er. Yuvdeep Singh Parhar, Electrical/Computer Software Engineer, Dublin, CA
Er. Yadveer Singh Parhar, Computer Science Engineer (future), Moraga, CA
S. Tajveer Singh Parhar, Moraga, CA
S. Sadhu Singh Parhar (PES),Deputy Divisional Inspector of Schools, since deceased
Brig. Balbir Singh Parhar (retd), Mohali