Chaukar
Chaukar (चौकर)[1][2]Chokar (चोकर)[3] is gotra of Jats in Uttar Pradesh. [4]
Origin
This gotra started after Maharaja Chakora (चकोर). [5]
History
H.A. Rose[6] mentions about Chokar (चोकर), Chhokar (छोकर), a Gujar tribe, found in Karnal, where they have long been settled. Immigrating from beyond Muttra they once hold a chaubisi, or group of 24 villages, with Namaunda as their head-quarters.
Distribution in Chhattisgarh
Chokar is Village in Jagdalpur tahsil in Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.
Distribution in Rajasthan
Villages in Tonk district
Chokar Jat Gotra found in village: Niwai Rural (निवाई) in Niwai tahsil in Tonk district of Rajasthan.
Notable persons
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References
- ↑ Dr Ompal Singh Tugania: Jat Samuday ke Pramukh Adhar Bindu, p.38, sn-778.
- ↑ Dr Pema Ram:Rajasthan Ke Jaton Ka Itihas, 2010, p.300
- ↑ Jat History Dalip Singh Ahlawat/Parishisht-I, s.n. च-1
- ↑ Jat History Thakur Deshraj/Chapter VIII,s.n. 97,p-585
- ↑ Mahendra Singh Arya et al.: Adhunik Jat Itihas, Agra 1998, p.242
- ↑ A glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province By H.A. Rose Vol II/C ,p.182
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