History
The Cheema tribe was designated by the British as a martial race this being a two-category classification system that administratively separated the physically more developed and active ethnic groups from those of a more sedentary nature. The British recruited heavily from these Martial Races for service in the colonial army. The British described Cheema as a powerful, united and Alexander like qualities, but quarrelsome tribe.
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