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'''Bhawpal''' or sometime pronounced Bhopal, are a [[Rajput]] clan that form part of group of tribes that form the Chibhali community. They are found mainly in a region known as [[Chibhal]], that lies on the southern slopes of the [[Siwalik Hills|Shivalik]] hills between the [[Chenab]] and [[Jhelum]] rivers, in the [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]] State.<ref name="ReferenceA">People of India Jammu & Kashmir Volume XXV edited by K. S Singh</ref>

==History and origin==

[[Baba Shadi Shaheed|Dharam Chand]] Chib, the [[Hindu]] Raja of the area converted to [[Islam]] in the 15th Century. As a result of his conversion, many other Rajput clans converted to Islam. The Bhawpal, like other Chibhali claims descent from the [[Katoch]] [[Rajputs]] of [[Kangra, Himachal Pradesh|Kangra]], in what is now [[Himachal Pradesh]], India.<ref name="ReferenceA" />

==Distribution==

In Pakistani Kashmir, they are found mainly in [[Kotli District]] and [[Bagh District]], in villages near the [[line of control]]. In Indian administered [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu & Kashmir]], they are found in [[Rajauri]], Nawshera and [[Jammu]] tehsils.
They are also Sikh Bhopals found in the Punjab region, mainly in the Jalandhar district

==See also==
*[[Muslim Rajput]]
*[[Ethnic groups of Azad Kashmir]]

==References==

{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Rajput clans]]
[[Category:Social groups of Jammu and Kashmir]]

Bhawpal - Revision history

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