History
The Chatha tribe were originally settled Gujranwala District, in which district they hold 184 villages. They claim to be descended from Chattha, a grandson of Prithi Rai Chauhan, the Chauhan King of Delhi, and brother (from a different mother) of the ancestor of the Cheema. In the 10th from Chattha, as otherwise stated, some 500 years ago, Dahru came from Sambhal in Moradabad, where the bards of the Karnal Chauhans still live, to the banks of the Chenab and married among the Jat tribes of Gujranwala. They were converted to Islam about 1600 AD. They rose to considerable political importance under the Sikhs.
The Chatha tribe under the warlord Pir Mohd Khan of Rasulnagar and Alipur Chatha held considerable tracts of land under his control until he lost these lands to Ranjit Singh of Sukerchakia Sikhs, who later became Maharaja of Punjab. Under the rule of Ranjit Singh, the Chathas rose to considerable political importance. Chaudhary Khuda Buksh Chattha and Chaudhary Nawab Khan Chattha were generals in the army of Ranjit Singh.
Maha Singh was a chief of the Chatha tribe and leader of the Sukerchakia Misl who's son Ranjit Singh became the Maharajah of Punjab.
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