Traditional Origin and History
According to Horace Rose, the Bahawalpur Chhina genealogy gives them common origin with the Wattu. They claim origin from Chhina, a descendant of Jaypal, the brother of Rajpal, from whom are descended the Wattu. The Muslim Chhina claim that they were converted to Islam by Baba Farid-ud-Din of Pakpattan. This is said to have occurred during the time of Pheru, eighteenth in descent from the eponymous Chhina. They are mentioned as a courageous and hardworking people. Rose also lists an alternate theory of the Chhina being descended from Raja Agarsen Surajbansi. According to the Majha tradition, the Chhina are a Jadubansi clan. The eponym of the clan, Chhina Rao was one of the sixteen sons of Raja Salwan. He held the lands between the Ravi and the Beas. However, Sir Lepel Henry Griffin alludes to Miru, the founder of the Chhina villages in Amritsar district, as a Gill Jat.
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