Cheema

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Cheema (चीमा) Chima (चीमा) Chimma (चीमा) Cheena (चीना) Chheena (छीना) Chhina (छीना) is a clan found in Jats of India and Pakistan. They inhabited areas Cheena Lat (चीना लाट) near Sialkot. They were rulers in China. They are descendants of Anu son of Yayati. ^[1]

People belonging to this gotra are found in large numbers as Hindus and Sikhs in the Punjab and as Muslim in Pakistan. They are found in Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh also

The ancestor of the Cheema gotra was one Chanuma in 21st generation of Urdas (Ardas). They have been referred to as being neighbors of Sindhi and Gandhara Kshatriyas. This shows that they hailed from Afghanistan.

In the "Puranas Darada" the Cheema (Clans) sub-tribes have been called Rakshasas (Demons) not having darshan of the Brahmin. They did not follow the Brahminical rituals, because they were the followers of Buddhism and they always drove out the preachers of the Brahminical faith.

Distribution

Chimma population is 3,900 in Patiala district.^[2]

Chimma population is 3,207 in Amritsar district.^[3]

Chimma population is 8,916 in Ludhiana district.^[4]

According to B S Dhillon the population of Chimma clan in Jalandhar district is 2,925.^[5] In Firozpur district the Chimma population is 2,490. ^[6]

Reference

1. ↑ Dr Mahendra Singh Arya, Dharmpal Singh Dudee, Kishan Singh Faujdar & Vijendra Singh Narwar: Ādhunik Jat Itihasa (The modern history of Jats), Agra 1998 p.243
2. ↑ History and study of the Jats. By Professor B.S Dhillon. ISBN-10: 1895603021 or ISBN-13: 978-1895603026. p.126
3. ↑ History and study of the Jats. By Professor B.S Dhillon. ISBN-10: 1895603021 or ISBN-13: 978-1895603026. p.124
4. ↑ History and study of the Jats. By Professor B.S Dhillon. ISBN-10: 1895603021 or ISBN-13: 978-1895603026. p.123
5. ↑ History and study of the Jats. By Professor B.S Dhillon. ISBN-10: 1895603021 or ISBN-13: 978-1895603026. 127
6. ↑ History and study of the Jats. By Professor B.S Dhillon.ISBN-10: 1895603021 or ISBN-13: 978-1895603026. 127

• Ram Swarup Joon: History of the Jats, Rohtak, India,1967

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