Chhokar rajput

CHHAUKAR (Chhokar , Chhonker ) is a clan found among Rajputs who originated from Karauli dynasty of Rajasthan. There are 78 villages of Chhokar Rajputs in Western parts of India including Bulandshahr, Gautambudh Nagar districts of Uttar Pradesh . This belt of Rajput Chhokar villages goes to Palwal , Faridabad, Gurgaon districts of Haryana. There are also 52 villages of Chhokar Rajputs in Aligarh, Hathras, Mathura, Agra districts. Some villages of Chhokar Rajput lie near Karauli, Kama and Bharatpur, Rajasthan. Chhaukar in some villages near Dadri(Ghaziabad) also live with the title of Rawal. Also there are 12 villages of Chhokars in Saharanpur district of UP. Chhaukar Rajputs are generally married in the Raghav, Tomar, Pundir, Chauhan, Solanki, Sikarwar, Gahlot, Parmar ,Shishodia, Bhati, Vais, Somal and Kushwaha rajputs.
Some villages of Jaat Chhaukars are found near Agra Mathura and in Kama and Bharatpur, Rajasthan. Samalkha segment and Panipat district of Haryana is dominated by Chhokars Gurjars. There are 24 villages of Chhokars in this region.Some Sikhs in Punjab are also from Chhokar origin.
Religious Symbols
GOD-Lord Krishna, KUL MATA-Anusuiya, KUL DEVI-Chandi Kelavati, GOTRA-Attri, CLAN-Mardhwani, WEAPON-Khadag, VEDA-Yajurveda, VRIKSHA-Neemdev, HORSE-Shyamvarn(Black), COLOUR-Kesariya( Saffron), FLAG-Panchranga(Penta Coloured)
History
The history of Chhaukar Rajputs was enlightened from Maharaja Attri and his wife Mata Anusuiya. His elder son Maharaja Som ruled over the empire of Pratishthanpur. That's why they belong to Somvansh or Chandravansh. In this stream, there borned a great emperor Maharaja Yayati. His elder son Yadu separated his clan and his descendents were entitled as Yaduvanshi Kshatriyas. Lord Krishna, the great son of Maharaja Vasudev and Maharani Devaki was the 48th king of this yaduvanshi stream and he established the kingdom of Dwarikapuri. His Godly existence on this earth is admitted by all the religions in this world. His son Pradyumna and grandson Aniruddha were next to this empire. After a long passage of time a descendent of this stream Maharaja Karanpal established kingdom of Karauli in Rajasthan and Maharaja Moharpal made Mehrauli in Delhi. In the supervision of Maharaja Karanpal, his great grandsons Helraj and Salwahan ruined the Mevati Muslims around Jewar and conquered whole of the estate in thirteenth century AD. The first village settled by Chhaukars after this battle was Mundreh. Nowadays there are 78 villages of Chhaukar Rajputs around Jewar.
Famous Chhaukars
* Thakur Chhatrapal Singh Chhaukar was the first MLA of Jewar constituency after Independence.
* Prof Ajai Chhaukar, a rajput chhaukar, is two times chosen as the president of Akhil Bhartiya Kshattriya Mahasabha(India). Raised many issues to parliament regarding the history of Rajputs, maligned by some shrewd polititions. Prof.Chhaukar is the National President of Rashtriya Jan Sansad,a registered political party which is struggling against cast reservation, corruption and terrorism. In 1998, he was also elected as General Secretary of Uttar Pradesh (Janta Dal). He has been provided the degree of Doctor of Literature( D.Litt) in Geographical Researches.

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