Chhipi

{{Infobox ethnic group

| group = Chhipa

| image = ‘Chipi (or chimba), a cloth printer - Tashrih al-aqvam (1825), f.260v - BL Add. 27255.jpg

| caption = Chhipa, a cloth printer from Tashrih al-aqvam (1825)

| popplace = India and Pakistan

| langs = Gujarati, Kutchi and Marwari

| rels = Hinduism, 15px Islam

| related = Chhapa or Chhapola

}}

Chhipi (alternatively called Chhimpa{{cite book |last1=Kitts |first1=Eustace John |title=A Compendium of the Caste and Tribes Found in India: Comp. from the (1881) Census Reports for the Various Provinces (excluding Burmah) and Native States of the Empire |date=1885 |publisher=Printed at the Education society's Press |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Szc6AQAAMAAJ&dq=chhimpa+caste&pg=PA35 |language=en}}/Chhipa/Chimpa) is a caste of people with ancestral roots tracing back to India. These people are basically Rajputs and used to wear Kshatriya attire.{{cite book |title=People of India: Uttar Pradesh |date=2005 |publisher=Anthropological Survey of India |isbn=978-81-7304-114-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vkkK6SZOo_gC&dq=chhipi+rajput&pg=PA1530 |language=en}} These people were skilled in the art of war, Later people of this caste started doing printing work. They are found in the states of Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh hyderabad telengana, of India.

History

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According to historians, the Chhipa were originally a warrior class or Kshatriya Rajput.{{cite book |last1=Singh |first1=Kumar Suresh |last2=Bhanu |first2=B. V. |last3=India |first3=Anthropological Survey of |title=Maharashtra |date=2004 |publisher=Popular Prakashan |isbn=978-81-7991-100-6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OmBjoAFMfjoC&dq=chhipa+chipa+caste&pg=PA440 |language=en}}{{cite book |last1=Gahlot |first1=Sukhvir Singh |last2=Dhar |first2=Banshi |title=Castes and Tribes of Rajasthan |date=1989 |publisher=Jain Brothers |isbn=978-81-85287-00-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DuAtAAAAMAAJ&q=chhipa%20rajput |language=en}}{{pn|date=October 2023}}{{cite book |last1=Mohammada |first1=Malika |title=The Foundations of the Composite Culture in India |date=2007 |publisher=Aakar Books |isbn=978-81-89833-18-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dwzbYvQszf4C&dq=chhipa+rajput&pg=PA386 |language=en}}{{pn|date=October 2023}} They used to have a similar lifestyle like a Rajput in which

Physical activities such as hunting, and warfare were involved. It is said that once, according to the Hindu epic Mahabharata, Lord Parshuram

While killing all the Kshatriyas to avenge their father, two brothers from the Rajput clan took refuge in a temple.{{cite book |last1=Neuman |first1=Daniel M. |last2=Chaudhuri |first2=Shubha |last3=Kothari |first3=Komal |title=Bards, Ballads and Boundaries: An Ethnographic Atlas of Music Traditions in West Rajasthan |date=2005 |publisher=Seagull |isbn=978-1-905422-07-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b30HAQAAMAAJ&q=chhipa+rajput |language=en}}{{pn|date=October 2023}} one of the presiding deities

hid behind the statue And it got its name from the literal 'hide' for the Hindi verb 'Chhipa'. Later Rajput boy printed cloth

Or adopted the profession of dyer and he was not originally a Kshatriya. The genealogy of this Rajput child is the 'Chhipa's of today.{{cite book |last1=Das |first1=Nava Kishor |title=Culture, Religion, and Philosophy: Critical Studies in Syncretism and Inter-faith Harmony |date=2003 |publisher=Rawat Publications |isbn=978-81-7033-820-8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R5fXAAAAMAAJ&q=chhipa+rajput |language=en}}

Present circumstances

=India=

The community is classified as an OBC caste in the Indian states of Punjab,Haryana, Delhi, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh.[http://haryanascbc.gov.in/information/list-of-backward-classes Haryana OBC list][http://ncbc.nic.in/Writereaddata/cl/delhi.pdf Delhi OBC list][https://sje.rajasthan.gov.in/Default.aspx?PageID=67 Rajasthan OBC list][http://www.bcmbcmw.tn.gov.in/obc/faq/madhyapradesh.pdf Madhya Pradesh Obc list][http://www.ncbc.nic.in/user_panel/GazetteResolution.aspx?Value=mPICjsL1aLvxbegUDuc3MN4eB5E3Ecc1drRPAf1qXQ%2Bl0IqIfhjN1xHrf4i2h5g0 UP OBC list]

=Pakistan=

Chhipa community is settled in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.{{cite book |last1=Billah |first1=Mohd Ma'Sum |title=Islamic Wealth and the SDGs: Global Strategies for Socio-economic Impact |date=21 April 2021 |publisher=Springer Nature |isbn=978-3-030-65313-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3sMqEAAAQBAJ&dq=pakistan+chhipa+caste&pg=PA432 |language=en}}