Dar facts for kids

Dar or Dhar is the name of a Kashmiri tribe. People with the surname Dar are living in different regions in the world, especially in Kashmir, Pakistan, India, and also outside South Asia.

Notable people

• Farooq Ahmed Dar,JKLF leader
• Abdul Majeed Dar, Hizbul Mujahideen Commander
• Meeraji (born Mohammed Sanaullah Dar), Urdu poet-scholar, considered one of the fathers of modernism in Urdu literature
• Aneek Dhar, Indian singer
• Anuj Dhar, Indian author and journalist
• Birbal Dhar, leader of Kashmiri resistance to Afghan rule
• Divya Dhar
• Durga Prasad Dhar, ambassador of India to the Soviet Union
• Kiran Kumar, Indian actor
• Mirza Pandit Dhar
• Muhammad Ahsan Dar, founder and former Hizbul Mujahideen commander
• Muhammad Nasir Dar, PAF Shaheed
• P. N. Dhar, Principal Secretary to Indira Gandhi
• Sandeepa Dhar, Bollywood actress
• Sheila Dhar, Kashmiri Indian author and singer
• Sudhir Dar (b. 1934), cartoonist
• Ratan Nath Dhar Sarshar, Urdu novelist
• Rumeli Dhar, Indian cricketer
• KSHMR (real name Niles Hollowell-Dhar), Indo-American EDM artist
• Angira Dhar, Indian actress

Pakistani sportspeople

• Aleem Dar, Pakistani cricket umpire
• Haroon Rasheed, former Pakistani test cricketer and manager
• Nida Dar, female Pakistani test cricketer
• Tabarak Dar, Bangkok cricketer
• Munir Ahmed Dar, field hockey
• Tanvir Dar, field hockey
• Asif Dar, boxer

Pakistani politicians

• Ishaq Dar, Pakistani Finance Minister
• Sh Rohail Asghar Dar, Pakistani Member of Parliament
• Kiran Imran Dar, politician and MNA for women from Punjab