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CHHONKER RAJPUT

CHHONKER (Chhokar) 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 Chhonker 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 Chhonker Rajput lie near Karauli, Kama and Bharatpur, Rajasthan. Chhonker in some villages near Dadri (Ghaziabad) also live with the title of Rawal. Also there are 12 villages of Chhonker in Saharanpur district of UP. Chhonker Rajputs are generally married in the Raghav, Tomar, Pundir, Chauhan, Solanki, Sikarwar, Gahlot, Parmar,Sisodia, Bhati, Vais, Somal and Kushwaha rajputs. Some villages of Chhonker are found near Agra Mathura and in Kama and Bharatpur, Rajasthan. Samalkha segment and Panipat district of Haryana is dominated by Chhonker rajputs. There are 24 villages of Chhonker in this region.Some of rajputs also live in Punjab with the title of Chhonker.

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 Chhonker 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. 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 Chhonker after this battle was Mudhrah. Nowadays there are 78 villages of Chhonker Rajputs around Jewar.

Famous Chhonker


 * Thakur Chhatrapal Singh Chhonker was the first MLA of Jewar constituency after Independence.


 * Prof Ajai Chhonker, a rajput chhonker, is two times chosen as the president of Akhil Bhartiya Kshatriya Mahasabha(India). Raised many issues to parliament regarding the history of Rajputs, maligned by some shrewd polititions. Prof.Chhonker 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.