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Jat Clan: Chhina Distribution Punjab (Pakistan) and Punjab (India) Branches: Chhimba Religion Islam and Sikhism Languages Punjabi Chhina is a Jat clan of India and Pakistan.[1]
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Traditional origin and history
Main article: Jat peopleAccording to Horace Rose, the Bahawalpur Chhina genealogy gives them common origin with the Wattu. They claim origin from Chhina, a descendant of Jaypal, the brother of Rajpal, from whom are descended the Wattu.[2] The Muslim Chhina claim that they were converted to Islam by Baba Farid-ud-Din of Pakpattan. This is said to have occurred during the time of Pheru, eighteenth in descent from the eponymous Chhina. They are mentioned as a courageous and hardworking people.[2] Rose also lists an alternate theory of the Chhina being descended from Raja Agarsen Surajbansi.[3] According to the Majha tradition, the Chhina are a Jadubansi clan. The eponym of the clan, Chhina Rao was one of the sixteen sons of Raja Salwan. He held the lands between the Ravi and the Beas.[4] However, Sir Lepel Henry Griffin alludes to Miru, the founder of the Chhina villages in Amritsar district, as a Gill Jat.[5]
Migrations
Rose mentions that there was a migration of various Jat clans, including the Chhina from Bahawalpur and Multan, in the early 15th century. These clans went up the Indus, gradually occupied the country on the edge of the Mianwali Thal, and then crossed the Indus. The Chhina also held onto large tracts in the Thal.[6] Jamki, near Sialkot, is considered the oldest Chhina settlement in the north of Punjab.[4] It is said to be founded by a Chhina Jat who held the title of Jam.[2] Sir Lepel Henry Griffin dates the founding of the Chhina villages in Amritsar district to around 1600 CE.[7]
Distribution
In Pakistan, the Chhina country lies between the Thal Desert and the part of Chenab, which flows after its confluence with the Jhelum River at Atharan Hazari in Jhang district. Parts of the districts of Bhakkar, Muzaffargarh, Layyah and Kot Addu form this region. In Mianwali, the Chhina lands extend across from Chhina, Behal, Lappi and Notak, on the edge of the Kachha, to Mankera and Haidarabad on the further side of the Thal.[2][8] The Chhina have three landowning septs in Bahawalpur: Tareka, Maharamka and Azamka.[2] The town of Jamki near Sialkot is considered to be the oldest settlement by the northern Chhina.[4][2] There are also a number of Chhina settlements in Rawalpindi District.[citation needed] In India, the Chhina are found mainly in the Amritsar district.[9][page needed] Chhina population is 5838 in Amritsar district.[10]
Prominent Chhinas
Pir Sahari Chhina a Muslim Jatt Pir Who later Converted to Sikhism During the time of Guru Amar Dass and Followed Sikhism all his life.
- Bhai Bidhi Chand Chhina,[11][12][13] renowned Sikh warrior and preacher, famed for the recovery of the horses, Dilbagh and Gulbagh for Guru Hargobind.[14][15]
- Sardar Karam Singh Chhina, of the Bhangi misl.[5][16][17][18][19]
- Sardar Jai Singh Chhina, jagirdar of Chhina, Nagran and Firozki under Maharaja Ranjit Singh[5]
- Achhar Singh Chhina, freedom fighter and political activist.[20][21]
- Jagbir Singh Chhina, freedom fighter.[22]
- Hardev Singh Chhina, former Chief Secretary of the Punjab Government.[23]
- Malik Ghulam Yasin Chhina, Senior Advocate & Chairman, Election Board of Bhakkar Court.[24]
- Prof. Malik Muhammad Yousuf Chhina, Senior Economist and Scholar of Bhakkar, also served as Member, Board of Education, Sargodha.[25]
- Malik Col (R) Kaleem Ullah Chhina, first Ranger Commander in Sindh Rangers.[26]
- Lt. Colonel Engineer Malik Muhammad Waqar Yasin Chhina, first Army Engineer Officer of Bhakkar in the Pakistan Army.[27][28]
- Malik Doctor Yasir Yasin Chhina, first Anaesthesia Specialist of Bhakkar.[24]
- Malik Rizwan Yasin Chhina, Advance Network System Researcher & Scholar.[29][30]
- Malik Muhammad Numan Yasin Chhina, Advocate of High Court.[24]
- Prof. Malik Javed Iqbal Chhina, WAPDA Degree College, Tarbela [31]
- Hasnat Ahmad Chhina, Director Mutual Funds Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan Islamabad[32]
Places bearing the Chhina name in the Subcontinent
- India
- Chhina Bidhi Chand, Harsha Chhina and Chhina Karam Singh in Amritsar district.
- Chhina Bet, Chhina Railway, Chhina Retla and Chhina Viran in Gurdaspur district.
- Pakistan
- Chhina village, near Khankah Dogaran, Shiekhupura district.
- Chhina village, near Bhakkar city.
References
- ^ Khalid Perdesi "Major Jat Cast", page 112. Saraki Press, 1995.
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- ^ a b c Jattan Da Itihas, by Hoshiar Singh Dulhe. 2001, Lokgeet Prakashan (Chandigarh).
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- ^ Dhillon., B. S.. History and study of the Jats. p. 124. ISBN 978-1895603026.
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- ^ a b c "Background of International research paper scholars", Science & Technology Commission Sweden.
- ^ Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Sargodha
- ^ Army Journal "Army Journal by Army Press GHQ Rawalpindi", page 26 Summary of Army officer district vice, 2002.
- ^ Army Journal "Army Journal by Army Press GHQ Rawalpindi", page 2 topic: Top Pakistani officer in United Nation, 2005.
- ^ "United Nation Mission in Brundi (South Africa)", Annual Report page 168 topic: World vide Army Official in the Mission.
- ^ Spider Magazine "Nation vide working on Advance Network System", 2004, page 8.
- ^ "Research paper on Nanotechnoloy by Malik Rizwan Yasin", Science & Technology Commission Sweden
- ^ Comparative study of old and new examination system : Allama Iqbal open university Islamabad
- ^ http://www.secp.gov.pk/organization/mgtdir.asp
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