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The '''Minhas''' or '''Manhas''' is a clan found among [[Jats]] and [[Rajputs]] living in the areas of [[Jammu]], [[Rajauri]], [[Ramban district]], and Punjab.<ref name="Hanks">{{cite book |editor1-last=Hanks |editor1-first=Patrick |editor1-link=Patrick Hanks |title=Dictionary of American Family Names: 3-Volume Set, Volume 1 |date=2003 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0195081374 |page=595 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vG7MZ9J6dAgC&pg=RA1-PA595&dq= |access-date=27 February 2019}}</ref> It is found in [[Hindus|Hindu]], [[Muslim]], and [[Sikhs|Sikh]]  communities.<ref>{{cite book |title=Kinship, Honour and Money in Rural Pakistan: Subsistence Economy and the Effects of International Migration |year=2014 |isbn=978-1-13680-604-9 |publisher=Curzon Press |first=Alain |last=Lefebvre |orig-year=1999 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KX0BAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA68 |page=68}}</ref> Manhas are generally living in Jammu and Kashmir In Ramban district in village Gagwan people living are known as (Gagwanis) (Jodram Manhas).
The '''Minhas''' or '''Manhas''' is a [[Rajput]] clan found in [[Jammu region]], [[Punjab region|Punjab]] and [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Tyagi|first=Vidya Prakash|url=https://www.google.com/search?q=Minhas+or+Manhas+or+Minhas+-+Dogra+is+a+Rajput+and+jatt+clan+from+the+Jammu+area+of+the+Indian+subcontinent&tbm=bks&sxsrf=ALeKk01LeFYgLqaQPU_5ech9oLU_H1zqZw%3A1623220305901&ei=UWDAYK7CNsSL4-EPtfi60AQ&oq=Minhas+or+Manhas+or+Minhas+-+Dogra+is+a+Rajput+clan+from+the+Jammu+area+of+the+Indian+subcontinent&gs_lcp=Cg9tb2JpbGUtZ3dzLXNlcnAQAzIECB4QClDjXVjjXWCwaGgAcAB4AIABjAKIAYkEkgEDMi0ymAEAoAECoAEBqgEZbW9iaWxlLWd3cy13aXotc2VycC1tb2Rlc8ABAQ&sclient=mobile-gws-serp|title=Martial races of undivided India|date=2009|isbn=978-81-7835-775-1|language=en}}</ref><ref name=kin/> It is found in [[Hindus|Hindu]], [[Muslim]], and [[Sikhs|Sikh]]  communities.<ref name=kin>{{cite book |title=Kinship, Honour and Money in Rural Pakistan: Subsistence Economy and the Effects of International Migration |year=2014 |isbn=978-1-13680-604-9 |publisher=Curzon Press |first=Alain |last=Lefebvre |orig-year=1999 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KX0BAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA68 |page=68}}</ref>
 
 


== Notable people ==
== Notable people ==
Notable people with this surname, who may or may not have a connection to the clan, include:
Notable people with this surname, who may or may not have a connection to the clan, include:
• [[Rajput|Rakeshwar Singh Minhas]], the brave CRPF Commando.
* [[Khudadad Khan]], the first Indian soldier to receive a Victoria Cross in the First World War.
* [[Khudadad Khan]], the first Indian soldier to receive a Victoria Cross in the First World War.
* [[Bagicha Singh Minhas]], an Indian economist.
* [[Bagicha Singh Minhas]], an Indian economist.
* [[Dolly Minhas]], an Indian actor and model.
* [[Dolly Minhas]], an Indian actor and model.
* [[Fahid Minhas]], a Dutch politician.
* [[Manjit Minhas]], a Canadian entrepreneur and television personality.
* [[Manjit Minhas]], a Canadian entrepreneur and television personality.
* [[Masud Minhas]], an Indian field hockey player.
* [[Masud Minhas]], an Indian field hockey player.
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* [[Rashid Minhas]], a Pakistan Air Force officer.
* [[Rashid Minhas]], a Pakistan Air Force officer.
* [[Zaffar Iqbal Manhas]], an Indian writer, poet, social activist, and [[Pahari people (Kashmir)|Pahari]] politician.
* [[Zaffar Iqbal Manhas]], an Indian writer, poet, social activist, and [[Pahari people (Kashmir)|Pahari]] politician.
* [[Muhammed Akbar Khan]], the seniormost officer of the Pakistan Army.
* General [[Muhammed Akbar Khan]], the senior most officer of the Pakistan Army.
*Dr. Laique Ahmad Minhas, a noted homeopathic practitioner in Pakistan.
* Major General Muhammed [[Iftikhar Khan]], the second most senior officer of Pakistan Army.


== References==
== References==
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[[Category:Jat clans of India]]
[[Category:Jat clans of Pakistan]]
[[Category:Rajput clans]]
[[Category:Rajput clans]]


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