Chechi (clan) explained

Caste Name:Chechi, Yuechi
Ethnicity:Gurjar
Related:Chauhan

Chechi,[1] [2] [3] sometimes known as Yuechi (Yuezhi)[4] [5], is a major and historic clan of the Gurjar community in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India. That is prevalent among the Hindu, Sikh, and Muslim Gujjars.[6]

Subclans

Distributions

They are mostly inhabit in north Indian States of Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab,India, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Jammu and Kashmir, And Dehli,[8] while in Pakistan they found in all four provinces, Including Sindh, Punjab, Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Hazara, Azad Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan and Islamabad.

Sources

  1. William Crooke (1890) An Ethnographical Hand-book for the N.-W. Provinces and Oudh North-Western provinces and Oudh government Press. p.ii
  2. Henry Samuel Price Davies (1892) Customary Law of the Gujrat District Civil and military gazette Press. p. 2
  3. Sir Denzil Ibbetson, Maclagan (1990) Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North West Frontier Province Asian Educational Services. p. 314,
  4. Sir Denzil Ibbetson, Maclagan (1916) Panjab Castes: Being a Reprint of the Chapter on "The Races, Castes, and Tribes of the People" in the Report on the Census of the Panjab Superintendent, Government Printing, Punjab. p. 188
  5. India. Census Commissioner, Sir William Chichele Plowden (1883) Report on the Census of British India, Taken on the 17th February 1881: Volume 3 Eyre and Spottiswoode. p. Cxxvii
  6. Bakhshish Singh Nijjar (2008) Origins and History of Jats and Other Allied Nomadic Tribes of India 900 B.C.-1947 A.D. Atlantic Publishers & Distributors. p. 207,

Notes and References

  1. Book: Aziz, Khursheed Kamal . Rahmat Ali: A Biography . 1987 . Vanguard . 978-3-515-05051-7 . 32 . en . Gujjars have 19 gots : Tunwar, Chokhar, Rawal, Kalsan, Kathana, Kasanah, Kalas, Gorsi, Chechi, Dhedar, Poswal, Lawi, Bijar, Khaindar, Melu, Thakaria, Chauhan, Monan, Bhumla..
  2. Book: Sarban Singh, Haryana (India)., Gazetteers Organisation . Haryana State Gazetteer . 2001 . Haryana Gazetteers Organisation, Revenue Department . Volume 1 . 512 . en.
  3. Book: Ghosh, Anandamayee . The Bhotias in Indian Himalayas: A Socio-linguistic Approach . 2007 . B.R. Publishing Corporation . 978-81-7646-569-4 . 109, 113 and 123 . en . 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..
  4. [Ram Parshad Khatana]
  5. Adesh Katariya, Yuezhi-Gurjar Migration from Tarim Besin pp.5
  6. Book: Ambagudia . Jagannath . Handbook of Tribal Politics in India . Xaxa . Virginius . 2020-12-01 . SAGE Publishing India . 978-93-5388-459-8 . en.
  7. Book: Sahni, Janmenjay . Magbook Indian History 2020 . 2020-07-30 . Arihant Publications India limited . 978-93-241-9930-0 . 208 . en . 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..
  8. Book: Kumar, Raj . Encyclopaedia of Untouchables Ancient, Medieval and Modern . 2008 . Klpas publisher . 978-81-7835-664-8 . 447 . en . Gujjar sections: Chechi, Delhi, Kaithal, Thanesar, Karnal, Ambala, Hoshiarpur, Gurdaspur: Chainchi, Gurgaon Cheji, Ludhiana, Hazara.

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