Chopra clan

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

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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. 1 2 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. 1 2 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. 1 2 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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