Harpal Brar

| birth_place = Muktsar, Punjab Province, British India | death_date = | death_place = Mohali, Punjab, India | party = Communist Party of Great Britain (Marxist-Leninist) | children = Joti Brar (daughter)
Ranjeet Brar (son)
Carlos Martinez (son) | nationality = British-Indian | education = University of Westminster | occupation = Former Chairman of the CPGB-ML, Businessman, University lecturer | known_for = Anti-imperialist activism, CPGB-ML founder, support of Irish republicanism and Palestinian solidarity | notable_works = ''Inquilab Zindabad: India's Liberation Struggle'' (2014) }}

Harpal Brar (5 October 1939 – 25 January 2025) was an Indian communist, politician, writer and businessman, based in the United Kingdom. He was the founder and chairman of the Communist Party of Great Britain (Marxist–Leninist), a role from which he stood down in 2018.

Born in Muktsar, Punjab, British India, Brar lived and worked in Britain from 1962, first as a student, then as a lecturer in law at Harrow College of Higher Education (later merged into the renamed University of Westminster), and later in the textile business. Brar owned buildings in West London which he used for CPGB-ML party activity, and he part-owned an online shop called "Madeleine Trehearne and Harpal Brar" which sells shawls.

Brar was the editor of a left-wing political newspaper ''Lalkar'', the former journal of the Indian Workers' Association. Brar has written multiple books on subjects such as communism, Indian republicanism, imperialism, anti-Zionism, anti-colonialism, and the British General Strike. He was also a co-founder of the Hands off China Campaign. Provided by Wikipedia