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Adding local short description: "Family name (ਖਰ੍ਹਾ)", overriding Wikidata description "family name (ਖਰ੍ਹਾ)" (Shortdesc helper)

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'''Khaira''' (کھیہرا) is a [[Punjab|Punjabi]] surname common among [Jatt] not to be confused with Kheirra (کھیڑا)[jatt] in [[Punjab, India]] & [[Punjab, Pakistan]]. The surname is particularly common in the city of [[Amritsar]] where majority of the Khairas were settled before the 1947 Partition of India. There are many variations of this surname such as Khara and Khehra. In India, Khehras live in [[Faridkot, Punjab|Faridkot]], [[Batala]], [[Kapurthala]], [[Gurdaspur]], [[Jalandhar]] and Moga etc. in addition to [[Amritsar]]. In [[Punjab, Pakistan]] Khairas or Khehras live in Harappa ([[Sahiwal]]), ([[Girote]]) Khushab, Gojra ([[Toba Tek Singh]]), Kharrian ([[Gujrat, Pakistan|Gujrat]]), Dajkot ([[Faisalabad]]), [[Rahim Yar Khan]] and [[Lahore]] etc. Khehras of Pakistani Punjab are mostly migrated (being Muslims) in 1947 from Indian Punjab e.g. Khehras of [[Harappa]] migrated from Hassan Bhatti near Ferozepur (from Faridkot state of partition time). Kheirras (کھیڑا) live in [[Multan]], [[Muzaffargarh]] (Rung pur Kheirra), Girote and other parts of southern Punjab & in some areas of [[Sindh]], Pakistan.

==People with the surname==
People with surname include:

*[[Japji Khaira]], Australian Panjabi actress
*[[Jujhar Khaira]] (born 1994), Canadian ice hockey player
*[[Nimrat Khaira]] (active from 2014), Indian Punjabi singer
*[[Sukhpal Singh Khaira]] (born 1965), Indian politician from Punjab
*[[Ravinder Singh Khaira]] (born 1986), Indian javelin thrower

==Historical references==
Notable historical references include:
* "Mahima" ({{lang-pa|ਮਹਿਮਾ}}) named [[Sikh]] of [[Guru Angad Dev]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary|title=Sri Granth: Punjabi Dictionary & Encyclopedia|website=www.srigranth.org}}</ref>
* [[Himachal]]i [[Rajputs]] of Jaheer Chand clan. (Jaheer Chand was the son of Tara Chand,<ref>http://www.searchgurbani.com/main.php?book=mahan_kosh&action=index&word=ਤਾਰਾਚੰਦ</ref> the king of Kehloor at the time of [[Guru Har Gobind]]).
* Natha Khaira (The headman of village Mirankot) and his son attained martyrdom in defence of Rai Singh (Son of Bhai Mehtab Singh).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sikh-history.com/sikhhist/warriors/mahtab.html|title=Bhai Mahtab Singh|website=www.sikh-history.com}}{{dead link|date=August 2021}}</ref>

==References==
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