Chhimba Explained

Chhimba are variously described as a caste community and a Sikh clan of India.^[1]

Their traditional occupation in the Samba district of India was dying and hand-printing calico fabric. It was probably some of these people who moved to areas of Himachal Pradesh, where they created a somewhat different style of printing cloth that was much favoured by the Gaddi people of the region.^{[2] [3]}

Notes and References

1. Book: Singh, Joginder . The Oxford Handbook of Sikh Studies . Pashaura . Singh . Louis E. . Fenech . Oxford University Press . 2014 . 978-0-19100-411-7 . https://books.google.com/books?id=7YwNAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA84 . Sikhs In Independent India . 84.
2. Book: Hāṇḍā, Omacanda . Textiles, Costumes, and Ornaments of the Western Himalaya . Indus Publishing . 1998 . 978-8-17387-076-7 . 132–134.
3. Book: Historical Dictionary of Sikhism . Louis E. . Fenech . W. H. . McLeod . 3rd . Rowman & Littlefield . 2014 . 978-1-44223-601-1 . 82 .