Lohchab

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Lochav (लोचव] Lohchab (लोचब) Lohchap (लोहचप) Lohchav (लोहचव) Lochhav (लोछव) Lohach (लोहच) or Arh is gotra of Jatts. They were called Lohchav as Panwars had inhabited this area in Rohtak.^[1] They are found in Punjab Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi. The King Arh was in fourth generation of Ardas and is mentioned in many stories of Puranas. He was a brave Warrior. According to Todd's Rajasthan the origin of the Arh dynasty cannot be traced out, but a few gotras of this dynasty are found among the Jatts.

Distribution

Very few Jatts belonging to this gotra are found to day. They have two villages in Haryana -Bupaniya or Bupannia (बुपणियां) village is situated in Jhajjar district and Shahpur, three villages in Delhi - Auchandi , Delhi - Near Narala - Village Katlupur & one in South Delhi-Village Bamnoli, one village In Uttar Pradesh - Some where in Bagpat District. Few families of katlupur are now permanently settled in Gohana- Sonipat district.

And one village in Punjab District sangrur village Issapur near about 70% people of this village belong to Lohchav gotra ,they write Lohchav with [v] not with [B]

Lohchap population is 480 in Patiala district. ^[2]

Notable persons of this gotra

• Shri Vijay Singh Lochav,MLA
• Choudhary Karan Singh Lohchab
• Dr Hari Singh Lohchab
• Mohan Singh Lohchab
• Vivek Lohchab
• Lt Gen O.S. Lohchab

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. 279
2. ↑ History and study of the Jats. By Professor B.S Dhillon. ISBN-10: 1895603021 or ISBN-13: 978-1895603026. p.126

• Ram Swarup Joon: History of the Jats, Rohtak, India (1938, 1967)

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