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'''Cheema''' is a [[Punjabi people|Punjabi]] clan in [[Pakistan]] and India. It is a sub-tribe of the [[Jat people]].Jat are known to people with vast property. They use to bring one girl for number of sons in the family so they property remains in fmaily because all the sons have same son. <ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.dawn.com/news/151945/all-jatt-contest-in-wazirabad |title=All-Jatt contest in Wazirabad |work=Dawn |location=Pakistan |date=12 August 2005 |accessdate=14 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Sikh Women in England: Their Religious and Cultural Beliefs and Social Practices |first=S. K. |last=Rait |publisher=Trentham Books |year=2005 |isbn=978-1-858-56353-4 |url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=hRfkTq1ykSIC&pg=PA25 |page=25 |quote=Sikhs are also instructed not to use their caste as part of their names, but in England many attach their caste, gotra or clan name (such as Channa, Cheema, Sethi) to their given names because the use of a surname is a requirement in the UK.}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Gotras of Jats}}

[[Category:Jat clans of Punjab]]
[[Category:Sikh families]]


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