Chhokar
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Chhokar
is a clan found among GURJARs .

Location

There are 24 villages of Chhokars (Gurjar) in Samalkha area of Panipat District of haryana.

There are 12 Villages of Chhokars (Gurjar) in Saharanpur district of UP.
There are also some CHHOKAR SIKHS which are found in Punjab .

Famous Chhokar

Baldev Singh Dumna
Baldev Singh
Baldev Singh was an Indian Sikh political leader, he was an Indian independence movement leader and the first Defence Minister of India. Moreover, he represented the Punjabi Sikh community in the processes of negotiations that resulted in the independence of India, as well as the Partition of India...

, the first Defense Minister of India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

, was a GURJAR Chhokar. Baldev Singh was involved in securing India's independence from the British Raj. He died in 1961.
Ch. Yashpal Singh Chhokar, the former Agriculture Minister of India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

 in Rajeev Gandhi Govt., is a GURJAR Chhokar.He was M.P. from Saharanpur parliamentary seat.
Ch. Susheel Chaudhary, the former M.L.A. of Nakur
Nakur
Nakur is a city and a municipal board in Saharanpur district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.-Geography:Nakur is located at . It has an average elevation of 261 metres .It is located 24 km from Saharanpur....

 Constituency seat. Dist.-Saharanpur from Indian National Congress, was a Gurjar Chhokar.
Ch. Bharat Singh Chhokar, is a former M.L.A. from Samalkha
Samalkha
Samalkha is a town/tehsil and a municipal committee in Panipat district in the Indian state of Haryana. Samalkha has been dominated by Gurjars since its inception. There are 24 villages of Chhokars and 27 Villages of Rawals in samalkha. Samalkha is known for its MANDI so known as SAMALKHA MANDI...

 Dist-Panipat, is a Gurjar Chhokar.
Ravi Inder Singh Dumna was prominently involved in Punjab politics. He is the nephew of Baldev Singh.
Chet Singh Chhokar a GURJAR CHHOKAR, was a doctor in the British Army who fought in World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

who was awarded many medals for his bravery in the war including
Member of British Empire and George Cross Medal of those times.
He often used Chet Singh not Chet Singh Chhokar as his last name.
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