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Battar or Batar is a clan (gotra) of the Gujjar ethnic community. they are mostly located in the Indian states of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Indian-Kashmir and Pakistani areas of Kashmir and Punjab.
Kalsian, Kalsan or Kalsyan is a clan of the Gurjar ethnic community based in India and Pakistan.
Chadri also known as Chad is a clan of the Gurjars of India and Pakistan. They are mainly based in Gujarat, Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab, India and Jammu and Kashmir, but some are also found in Pakistani, Kashmir, Punjab and Himalayan regions divided between Pakistan and India. It is also an offshoot of Laur branch of Gurjars in eastern Rajasthan.
Chopra, is a clan found in the Gurjar ethnic community of Pakistan and India.
Khatana is a major and ancient clan of the Gurjar community of India, Afghanistan and Pakistan. They follow several religions, including Hinduism, Islam, and Sikhism.
Awana also known as Awan is a clan of the Gurjar ethnic community of India and Pakistan.
Chamayan is also referred to as Chamayin, Chamain or Chaim is a clan of the Gurjar ethnic group found in India and Pakistan. They adhere to many religions, including the Hinduism, Sikhism and Islam.
Thikariya or Thikriya is a clan found among the Hindu and Muslim Gurjars. The variations of the clan name include Thikariya, Thikria, Thikaria, Thekaria, or Thekria..
Khubar also known as Kumbar is a clan of the Gujjars. This clan group is extremely based in the north and central Indian states of Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir and Dehli NCR with small pockets of their population their also located in Pakistani side Kashmir as well as in Punjab.
Hakla, some time misspelled as Haklla or Akla is a clan originally affiliated with the Gurjar community of south Asia. They are mostly found among the Hindu and Muslim Gujjars.
Bhumla,, as Bumla or Bhoomla is a Punjabi and Haryanvi speaking clan found among the Hindu and Muslim Gurjars.
Gegi, Gaigi, or Gegian is a clan (subcaste) of the agricultural Punjabi Gujjar community of Punjab. Their main villages are found in Jehlum, Gujjaranwal, and Gujarat districts in the central Punjab. But their also found in Jammu and Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan and Pakistani-administrated-Kashmir.
Lohsar is a clan of Indian and Pakistani Gurjar ethnic community. It is a agricultural Gujjar clan in Punjab, Kashmir and is also a subclan of Khatana Gujjars.
Charr, also known as Char or Chaar is a clan originally found among the Gurjars of India and Pakistan.
Meelu,Melu, Meehlu or Meeloo is a prominent clan of the Indian and Pakistani Gurjar ethnic community.
The Muslim Gujjars or Musalmān Gujjars are the descendants of Gujjars in the northern regions of the Indian subcontinent who are followers of Islam. They converted from Hinduism to Islam from the medieval period onwards. Today, Muslim Gujjars can be found mostly in present-day Northern India and Pakistan. They are further divided into different clans.
The Chandila or Chandella are a clan found among the Gurjar people of India and Pakistan.
The Rathore are a clan (group) of the Gujjar caste. That is found in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, in Indian india and also in Punjab and Kashmir regions of Pakistan side.
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Gujjars have 19 gots : Tunwar , Chokhar , Rawal , Kalsan , Kathana , Kasanah , Kalas , Gorsi , Chechi , Dhedar , Poswal , Lawi , Bijar , Khaindar , Melu , Thakaria , Chauhan , Monan , Bhumla.
- ↑ Sarban Singh, Haryana (India)., Gazetteers Organisation (2001). Haryana State Gazetteer (Volume 1 ed.). Haryana Gazetteers Organisation, Revenue Department. p. 512.
- 1 2 Ghosh, Anandamayee (2007). The Bhotias in Indian Himalayas: A Socio-linguistic Approach. B.R. Publishing Corporation. pp. 109, 113 and 123. ISBN 978-81-7646-569-4.
Gujjars (Muslims and Hindus and of no particular religious identity) Dodhi Gujjars, Banjara Gujjars, Bakerwal Gujjars with minor subgroups like Hakla, Bajjar Kohli Chechi Khatana Badhana Bagdi Goosi and Kalas etc.
- ↑ Ram Parshad Khatana, Tribal Migration in Himalayan Frontiers: Study of Gujjar Bakarwal Transhumance Economy ISBN-10:8185326460, ISBN-13:978-8185326467, publisher: South Asia books, pp.87
- ↑ Adesh Katariya, Yuezhi-Gurjar Migration from Tarim Besin pp.5
- ↑ Ambagudia, Jagannath; Xaxa, Virginius (1 December 2020). Handbook of Tribal Politics in India. SAGE Publishing India. ISBN 978-93-5388-459-8.
- ↑ Sahni, Janmenjay (30 July 2020). Magbook Indian History 2020. Arihant Publications India limited. p. 208. ISBN 978-93-241-9930-0.
Ajmer: It was founded in the late AD 7th century by Ajay Raj Singh Chauhan. Chauhan clan is a branch of Chechi Gujjars. The Chauhan dynasty ruled Ajmer in spite of repeated invasions by Turkic Muslim armies from Central Asia across the North of India.
- 1 2 Kumar, Raj (2008). Encyclopaedia of Untouchables Ancient, Medieval and Modern. Klpas publisher. p. 447. ISBN 978-81-7835-664-8.
Gujjar sections: Chechi, Delhi, Kaithal, Thanesar, Karnal, Ambala, Hoshiarpur, Gurdaspur: Chainchi, Gurgaon Cheji, Ludhiana, Hazara
