Chauhan (Gurjar clan)
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The Chauhan[1][2][3][4][5] or Chohan[6][7] are a Gurjar clan found mainly in the Indian states of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab and Rajasthan, and the Rajauri district, Poonch district, and Jammu division of Jammu and Kashmir, India.
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They are a branch of Chechi Gujars, and both groups claim a common origin and have some common customs and rituals. Chauhan Gujjar also have some minor subcastes including the Kalsian/Kalsiyan.[8]
Several Chauhan villages exist in Punjab and Kashmir; the majority of residents are Sunni Muslims, but some are Hindus.[9] Hindu Chauhan Gurjars intermarry with neighbouring clans such as the Charak, Chandial and Kanaria, and Manhas. The Hindu Chauhan Gujjars have a temple to their prominent deity, Satiyan, in Garota, a village in Bisalpur district. Hindu Chauhan Gujar take an annual pilgrimage to the temple, coming from Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi.[2][10]
One famous village of Chauhan Gujjars, named Kankhare Panchayat, is located in the Saloha tehsil Naina devi district in the Saloha region.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ Magray, Mohammed Bashir (2003). Tribal Geography of India Jammu and Kashmir. Oberoi Book Service. p. 58.
In Jammu and Kashmir important castes and Gotars of Gujjars in the district are Kassana, Charr, Khari, Bajarr , Bajran , Ladi , Checki , Doi , Tass , Bhatti , Tienda , Kataria , Poswal , Chauhan , Gorsi , Lassana , Khatana , etc.
- ^ a b c Sansthan, India (2015). "Migration and Settlement Pattern of Gujjars in the 19 th Century Himachal Pradesh". Global Journal of Engineering, Science & Social Science Studies. 01 (4): 71. ISSN 2394-3084 – via Bindu Sahni Research Scholar, IGNOU.
The Gujjars of Village Kankhare Panchayat Saloha Tehsil Sri Naina Devi district Bilaspur are from the Chauhan clan. They say that their forefather have come here from Dehli.
- ^ Singh, K. S. (1998). The Rajasthan (part II). Popular Prakashan. p. 406. ISBN 978-81-7154-766-1.
- ^ Haryana State Gazetteer. Haryana Gazetteers Organisation, Revenue Department. 2001. p. 512.
Gujjar is a martial community which struggled for the preservation of their freedom for centuries. Gujar or Gurjar gotras are numerous in Karnal. A few of them in general are listed below : - 1. Cheehi 2. Poswal 3. Bhadana 4. Chhokar 5. Bhumla 6. Bhatti 7. Meelu 8. Gighar 9. Kepar 10. Chauhan 11. Chaudhry 12. Kataria 13. Pratiharas 14.Parmars 15.Chalukas (Chaluk).
- ^ Weekes, Richard V. (1984). Muslim Peoples: Acehnese. Greenwood Press. p. 300. ISBN 978-0-313-24639-5.
Gujars speak Gujari, considered to be a dialect of Rajasthani, an Indic language (of the Indo-Iranian sector of the Indo-European family) similar to most languages of northern India. Their gots (clans) are Bhumbla, Chauhan, Chandela, Lodhe, Katarya , Poswal , Kasave , Rawal and Tomar.
- ^ Shashi, Shyam Singh (2006). The World of Nomads. Lotus Press. p. 87. ISBN 978-81-8382-051-6.
- ^ Singh, K. S. (1996). Communities, Segments, Synonyms, Surnames and Titles. Anthropological Survey of India. p. 1320. ISBN 978-0-19-563357-3.
- ^ Bharadwaj, A. N. (1994). History and Culture of Himalayan Gujjars. Jay Kay Book House. p. 72.
Kalsian Gujjars the Baharwal , Kalsian, Rawal Gujjars also claim to be Chandervansi and The Kalsian being Chouhan.
- ^ Shashi, Shyam Singh (2006). The World of Nomads. Lotus Press. p. 80. ISBN 978-81-8382-051-6.
- ^ Sansthan, India (2015). "Migration and Settlement Pattern of Gujjars in the 19 th Century Himachal Pradesh". Global Journal of Engineering, Science & Social Science Studies. 01 (4): 72. ISSN 2394-3084 – via Bindu Sahni Research Scholar, IGNOU.
The Chauhan Gujjar of this village has their deity at village Garota in Bilaspur District and they say that Hindu Gujjars from Chauhan clan visited this deity to whom they called satiyan every year and Gujjars Chauhan from Delhi, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh pay visits every year. This suggests that they are basically migrated from Delhi or Rajasthan.