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Khullar, also spelled Kullar, is a Punjabi surname and a Khatri clan in India.^{[citation needed]}

Notable people bearing the surname, who may or may not be associated with the clan, include:

Balbir Singh Kullar (1942-2020), Indian hockey player and police officer
D. K. Khullar, Indian mountaineer, writer and former brigadier
Karanveer Khullar, Indian actor
Manjeet Kullar, Indian actress
Rahul Khullar, Indian bureaucrat
Rajesh Khullar, Indian bureaucrat
Ritu Khullar, Canadian judge
Samir Khullar, known by his stage name Sugar Sammy, Canadian comedian, actor, writer and producer
Varun Khullar, known by his stage name Aamish, Indian DJ and music producer

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This page lists people with the surname Khullar.
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+'''Khullar''', also spelled Kullar, is a [[Punjabi people|Punjabi]] surname and a [[Khatri]] clan in India.{{cn|date=July 2023}}
-{{notability|date=April 2017}}
-{{Refimprove|date=November 2015}}
+Notable people bearing the surname, who may or may not be associated with the clan, include:
-{{Infobox caste
-|caste_name=Khullar
-|classification=[[khatri]]
-|Name= Gaurav Khullar
-|populated_states=[[Punjab (India)|Punjab]], [[Haryana]], [[Delhi]], [[Uttar Pradesh]] and other parts of [[Northern India]]
-|languages=[[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] and [[Hindi language|Hindi]]
-|religions=[[Hinduism]], [[Sikhism]]}}
+*[[Balbir Singh Kullar]] (1942-2020), Indian hockey player and police officer
-'''Khullar''' is a [[Punjabi people|Punjabi]] [[Khatri]] clan.
+*[[D. K. Khullar]], Indian mountaineer, writer and former brigadier
+*[[Karanveer Khullar]], Indian actor
-Khullars are actually descendants of sage in the Himalayas some 1200 years back. They are all offspring of a sage called Gomas Rishi. Later on they have scattered at different places all around the world.
+*[[Manjeet Kullar]], Indian actress
+*[[Rahul Khullar]], Indian bureaucrat
-According to other information available, Some Khullars have migrated from Kabul Afghanistan and now mostly are based in Samrala, Machiwara and Firozepur (Punjab India).
+*[[Rajesh Khullar]], Indian bureaucrat
+*[[Ritu Khullar]], Canadian judge
-Prior to the partition in 1947, Khatri clans, such as Churamani, Nanda, Khullar, Jerath, Chopra and Vig were particularly associated with the city of Ludhiana in Eastern Punjab (today in the Indian state of Punjab (India). But prior 1947 there were some Khullars who belongs to villages Sargoda and Kahna Kacchha Pakistan.
+*[[Samir Khullar]], known by his stage name Sugar Sammy, Canadian comedian, actor, writer and producer
+*Varun Khullar, known by his stage name [[Aamish]], Indian DJ and music producer
-The Khullars are also settled in the cities of Hoshiarpur and Jalandhar for the last three centuries. The Khullars of Basti Guzan in Jalandhar have gone to other places like Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Delhi due to their government service postings and have settled there. Some have immigrated abroad to Australia, Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom and various parts of Africa in search of jobs and have settled there.
-There is a place near ludhiana called village "Bharri". Every year the people there organise a huge fair and all the people from Khullar community go there and pray in front of Khullar's Sati Mata,( Kul Devi). Every year this fair is organised on third day (i.e. on ekadashi) from Krishna Janmashtami i.e. the birth day of Lord Krishna. The Temple of Kul Devi may be reached by rail and road. By rail coming from Ambala side, the nearest railway station is Khanna and from here road transportation is available and it takes hardly 30 minutes to reach the temple. This temple was built in 1469.
-Scott Cameron Levi describes Khatris among the "most important merchant communities of early modern India."<ref>Levi, Scott Cameron (2002). The Indian Diaspora in Central Asia and Its Trade, 1550–1900. Leiden: BRILL. {{ISBN|978-90-04-12320-5}}.</ref>
-== See also ==
-*[[Caste]]
-*[[Sikhism]]
 == References ==
 {{Reflist}}
-*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100822171133/http://punjabrevenue.nic.in/gaz_ldh8.htm Religion and castes in Punjab]
+{{surname}}
-{{Ethnic groups, tribes and clans of the Punjab}}
-[[Category:Social groups of India]]
+[[Category:Surnames of Indian origin]]
-[[Category:Indian surnames]]
+[[Category:Surnames of Hindu origin]]
-[[Category:Khatri clans]]
+[[Category:Khatri surnames]]
-[[Category:Punjabi tribes]]
 [[Category:Punjabi-language surnames]]
-{{surname-stub}}