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{{Short description|Rajput clan}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}
{{Use Pakistani English|date=June 2023}}
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| jati                   = [[Rajput]]
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| religions              = [[File:Om.svg|15px]] [[Hinduism]], [[File:Star and Crescent.svg|15px]] [[Islam]], [[File:Khanda.svg|15px]] [[Sikhism]]
| languages              = [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]], [[Dogri language|Dogri]]
| country                = [[Pakistan]], [[India]]
| region                 = [[Punjab]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]], [[Himachal Pradesh]]
| ethnicity              =[[Punjabis|Punjabi]], [[Dogras|Dogra]]
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The '''Minhas''' (or '''Manhas''') is a [[Rajputs|Rajput]] clan. They are found in [[Punjab region|Punjab]], [[Himachal Pradesh]] and [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]. These are spread in most of the part of Gagwan and  [[Jhatgali]] of district [[Ramban district|Ramban]]. 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 with this surname, who may or may not have a connection to the clan, include:

* [[Arafat Minhas]], a Pakistani cricketer
* [[Bagicha Singh Minhas]], an Indian economist.
* [[Varinder Singh (soldier)|Varinder Singh Minhas]], Indian Army officer, recipient of Vir Chakra.
* [[Deepak Manhas]], Indian cricketer
* [[Dolly Minhas]], an Indian actor and model.
* [[Fahid Minhas]], Dutch politician
* [[Ishaan Singh Manhas]], an Indian television and film actor.
* [[Khudadad Khan]], the first Indian soldier to receive a Victoria Cross in the First World War.
* [[Manjit Minhas]], a Canadian entrepreneur and television personality.
* [[Masud Minhas]], an Indian field hockey player.
* [[Mithun Manhas]], an Indian first-class cricketer.
* [[Muhammed Akbar Khan]], the seniormost officer of the Pakistan Army.
* [[Mushtaq Minhas]], a Pakistani politician and former television journalist.
* [[Raj Manhas]], American Educationist.
* [[Rana Rashid Minhas]], Pakistani politician
* [[Rashid Minhas]], a Pakistan Air Force officer.
* [[Shamsheer Singh Manhas]], an Indian politician
* [[Shandana Minhas]], Pakistani writer
* [[Zaffar Iqbal Manhas]], an Indian writer, poet, social activist, and [[Pahari people (Kashmir)|Pahari]] politician.

== References==
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{{Rajput Groups of India}}

[[Category:Rajput clans]]

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