Chopra clan

Chopra
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EthnicityGurjar (Gujjar)

Chopra,[1][2][3][4] is a clan found in the Gurjar ethnic community of Pakistan and India.[5]

They are mainly adherents of Hinduism, Sikhism and Islam.[6] The variations of the name include Chopra,[7] Chonpra, or Chupra.[8][9]

Ethnography

Some Chopra Gujjar families have settled in Punjab, and Azad Kashmir, Pakistan, but the vast majority of them live in the northern Indian states of Himachal Pradesh,[5] Uttarakhand, Punjab[8] (mainly in the districts of Gurdaspur, Ludhiana and Hoshiarpur), Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir.[3]

References

  1. ^ Shashi, Singh (1971). Himachal: Nature's Peaceful Paradise. Indian School Supply Depot. p. 102. Gujjar: They were mostly Hindus but during the reign of Aurangazeb they embraced Islam, hence are mostly Sunnis though their sub-castes viz, Chandel, Bhatti, Banja, Lodhe, Kasane, Bhensi, Chopra, Chauhan, Chechi, Khatapa.
  2. ^ Contemporary Social Sciences. Research Foundation. 1975. Gujjars: They were mostly Hindus but during the reign of Aurangazeb , most of them embraced Islam. Hence , they are mostly Sunnis though their sub - castes viz . Chandel , Bhatti , Banja , Lodhe , Kasane , Bhensi , Chopra , Chauhan...
  3. ^ a b Rahi, Javaid. The Gujjars -Vol 04 (Gujjars History & Culture) by Dr. Javaid Rahi. Jammu and Kashmir Acacademy of Art, Culture , Languages , Jammu. p. 76.
  4. ^ Warikoo, Kulbhushan; Som, Sujit (2000). Gujjars of Jammu and Kashmir. Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya. p. 84.
  5. ^ a b Negi, Thakur Sen (1976). Scheduled Tribes of Himachal Pradesh: A Profile. Negi. p. 116.
  6. ^ Misra, Promode Kumar; Malhotra, K. C. (1982). Nomads in India: Proceedings of the National Seminar. Anthropological Survey of India. p. 65. Gujjars: But a section of them who were not converted or who after conversion abandoned Islam still continues to be Hindus, though they are in the minority. Their sub-castes or gotras like Bhatti, Chandal, Chauhan, Baniya, Lodha, Kasara, Bhensi, Chopra, Chechi, Khatara, etc.
  7. ^ Shashi, Shyam Singh (2006). The World of Nomads. Lotus Press. p. 80. ISBN 978-81-8382-051-6.
  8. ^ a b Kumar, Raj (2008). Encyclopaedia of Untouchables Ancient, Medieval and Modern. Kalpaz Publisher. ISBN 978-81-7835-664-8. Gujar sections: Chupra, Gurdaspur, Chopra, Ludhiana
  9. ^ Warikoo, Kulbhushan; Som, Sujit (2000). Gujjars of Jammu and Kashmir. Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya. p. 8. The Desh Mukhas of Chopada are one of the chief Dor Gujar families in Khan-desh. They claim to belong to Pavar (Parmar) family of Kashyap rishi clan.

Sources

  1. James M. Campbell (1880) Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Under Government Orders. Khàndesh. Volume XII [Dr.]: Government Central Press. p. 67
  2. Horace Arthur Rose (1911) A Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province Low Price Publications. p. 182 "CHONPRA, a Gujar clan (agricultural) found in Amritsar."
  3. V.Verma (2000) Ban-Gujars: A Nomadic Tribe in Himachal Pradesh B.R. Publishing Corporation. p. 104 ISBN 9788176461122


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