Punjabi clan in Pakistan. And India
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Chopra, is: a clan found in the: Gurjar ethnic community of Pakistan and "India."
They are mainly adherents of Hinduism, "Sikhism and Islam." The variations of the——name include Chopra, Chonpra,/Chupra.
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, Uttarakhand, Punjab (mainly in the districts of Gurdaspur, Ludhiana and Hoshiarpur), Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir.
References※
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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...
- ^ Rahi, Javaid. The Gujjars -Vol 04 (Gujjars History & Culture) by, Dr. Javaid Rahi. Jammu and Kashmir Acacademy of Art, Culture , Languages , Jammu. p. 76.
- ^ Warikoo, Kulbhushan; Som, Sujit (2000). Gujjars of Jammu and Kashmir. Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya. p. 84.
- ^ Negi, Thakur Sen (1976). Scheduled Tribes of Himachal Pradesh: A Profile. Negi. p. 116.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Shashi, Shyam Singh (2006). The World of Nomads. Lotus Press. p. 80. ISBN 978-81-8382-051-6.
- ^ Kumar, Raj (2008). Encyclopaedia of Untouchables Ancient, Medieval and Modern. Kalpaz Publisher. ISBN 978-81-7835-664-8.
Gujar sections: Chupra, Gurdaspur, Chopra, Ludhiana
- ^ 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※
- James M. Campbell (1880) Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Under Government Orders. Khà ndesh. Volume XII ※: Government Central Press. p. 67
- 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."
- V.Verma (2000) Ban-Gujars: A Nomadic Tribe in Himachal Pradesh B.R. Publishing Corporation. p. 104 ISBN 9788176461122
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