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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.

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History

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 in Punjab

Villages in Patiala district

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

Villages in Amritsar district

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

Villages in Ludhiana district

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

Villages in Jalandhar district

Cheema Kalan, Cheema Kalan, Cheema Khurd, Cheema Khurd are villages in Phillaur tahsil in Jalandhar district in Punjab, India.

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

Villages in Firozpur district

In Firozpur district the Chimma population is 2,490. [6]

Villages in Hoshiarpur district


Villages in Gurdaspur district

Cheema, Chima Kallar and Chima named Villages in Batala tahsil in Gurdaspur district in Punjab.

Villages in Sangrur district

Distribution in Uttar Pradesh

Villages in Ghaziabad district

Simbhaoli,


Villages in Moga district

Notable persons from this clan

  • Ch. Fazal Elahi Cheema ( Late) - Former Chief Justice and Care taker President

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

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