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| Chauhan | |
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| Clan in Gujarat | |
| Ethnicity | Mer Maher |
| Location | Gujarat |
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| Religion | Hindu |
Chauhan or Chouhan [1] [2] [3] is a clan (gotra) mostly found in the Mer Hindu caste of Gujarat, India. [4]
Patel is an Indian surname or title, predominantly found in the state of Gujarat, representing the community of land-owning farmers and later businessmen, agriculturalists and merchants. Traditionally the title is a status name referring to the village chieftains during medieval times, and was later retained as successive generations stemmed out into communities of landowners. Circa 2015 there are roughly 500,000 Patels outside India, including about 150,000 in the United Kingdom and about 150,000 in the United States. As of the 2000 U.S. Census, yearly 1 in 10 people of Indian origin in the US is a Patel.
Parmar, also known as Panwar is a Rajput clan found in Northern and Central India, especially in Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, and Maharashtra. The Panwar ruled in Ujjain and later in Dhar.
The Jains in India are the last direct representatives of the ancient Shramana tradition. People who practice Jainism, an ancient religion of the Indian subcontinent, are collectively referred to as Jains.
The Chudasama are a Rajput clan found in the state of Gujarat in India. They are offshoot of Samma (tribe) of Sind.
Bhavsar is a caste that originated from warriors. As time passed, the Bhavsar community was made up of community involved in Calico printing business. In Gujarat, Bhavsar are also known as Baniya (Vaniya) as the Bhavsar community has a long history of trading in textile, agriculture and other retail businesses. Subcategories in Bhavsar community are Hindu Bhavsar and Jain Bhavsar which represents diverse religions practices within Bhavsar community.
The Bhadala or Bhodala is a community of seamen and fishermen found in Sindh, Pakistan and Kutch and Saurashtra regions of Gujarat in India. In Pakistan, they are found mainly in Southern Sindh.
The Pateliya, or Patelia or Patel is a landowning Subcaste of Koli caste found in the Indian states of Gujarat. During the British Raj in India, Patelia Kolis served as tax collectors and administrators. The name Patelia comes from a word meaning village chief. Many Patelia Kolis also went into business and commerce during the Raj period. Patelia Kolis are part of Talapada Kolis of Gujarat.
The Manka are a community found in the state of Gujarat in India. There are Hindu and Muslim Mankas.
The Vala, or Wala is a Gujarati clan (Gotra) mostly found among Koli, Rajput and Kathi castes of Gujarat.
The Dafer are a community found in Saurashtra region of Gujarat state in India. They claim to have migrated from Sindh to Saurashtra through Kutch. There are Muslim Dafers and Hindu Dafers as well.
The Machhoya are a Gotra of the Ahir found in the Rajkot, Kutch, Junagadh, Dwarka, Amreli, Bhavnagar, Morbi, Jamnagar districts of Gujarat in India.
The Paratharia Ahir is a clan of the Ahir caste found in the Kutch District of Gujarat state of India. The Paratharia Ahir community consist of a number of clans, the main ones being the Dangar, Bala, Batta, Jatiya, Kerasiya, Chad, Chhanga, Chavada, Gagal, Dheela, Mata and Varchand.
The AhirPancholi are clan of the Ahir caste found in the state of Gujarat, India. They claim to migrated to the Saurashtra region from Panchal area of Gokul mathura along with Krishna.
Raijada or Raizada are one of the Rajput clans .They are off-shoot of Chudasama Rajputs.The name Raijada was adopted by one Bhupatsinh, son of Ra' Mandlik, who was given jagir of Sorath The Raijada, Rana, Sarvaiya and Chudasama consider themselves brothers, they off-shoot branches from Chudasama, so they do not intermarry, as per their Rajput traditions. Until independence of India, they held extensive Jagirs near Keshod and Chorwad in Sorath.
Tippani is form of folk dance originated from the Veraval and Chorwad region of Saurashtra in Gujarat, India.
Mer, Maher or Mehar is a caste from the Saurashtra region of Gujarat in India. They are largely based in the Porbandar district, comprising the Ghēḍ and Barḍā areas, and they speak a dialect of the Gujarati language. The Mers of the Ghēḍ and Barḍā form two groups of the jāti and together they are the main cultivators in the Porbandar.
The Chudasama dynasty, a Samma branch, ruled parts of the present-day Saurashtra region of Gujarat state in India between the 9th and 15th centuries. Their capital was based in Junagadh and Vamanasthali.
The Talapada Koli, or Talpada Koli, is a subcaste of the Koli caste of Gujarat state in India. Talapada Kolis are agriculturists by profession. they were members of the Gujarat Kshatriya Sabha, an organisation launched by Natwarsinh Solanki who was a Koli elite. In 1907, they were classified by the British as a Criminal Tribe, ascribing to them a range of anti-social activities such as highway robbery, murder, and theft of animals, cattle and standing crops. They were also alleged to be blackmailers and hired assassins.
Solanki is a clan of Mer community in northern India. They are particularly found in Gujarat, Maharashtra and Rajasthan.
Chudasama is a Gujarati clan of the Mer ethnic people. They are found in different districts of Gujarat, India. It is one of the most important clan of the fourteen clans in the Mer community.
The Mers of Saurashtra have fourteen lineages. Here the word lineage is used to denote all male and female members descending from founder male ancestor (Trivedi 1961). The lineages are Keshwara, Rajshakha. Oderdara, Sisodia, Parmar, Waghela, Chudasma, Chuahan, Bhatti, Vala, Jadeja, Solanki, Chavada and Vadher.