Nayar or Nayyar is a surname that is found among
Khatri community which are majorly
Hindus with a minority of
Sikhs and
Muslims. The belong to the "Sareen" division among the Khatris.[1] They were mostly concentrated in the
Majha region especially in the districts of
Gujrat,
Lahore,
Okara,
Nankana Sahib and
Sialkot before 1947. Nayyar families were known to have been qanungos (governors) in the town of
Kunjah in
Gujrat district, Punjab.[2]
As a custom, milk is never churned in Nayyar families because one of their ancestors died of drinking whey in which a snake had got accidentally churned.[3]
Dewan Mokham Chand Nayyar (1750-1814), General of the Sikh Empire, as well as his son Dewan Moti Ram (1770-1837) and grandsons Dewan Kirpa Ram (d. 1843) and Dewan Ram Dayal (d. 1820).Great great grandson Diwan Moolraj Nayyar. (D.1945)
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