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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Village in Punjab, India}}<br />
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{{Infobox settlement<br />
| official_name = Chugawan<br />
| other_name = Chogawan<br />
| settlement_type = Village<br />
| translit_lang1 = Cugāvāṁ<br />
| image_skyline = Photograph of a gurdwara located in Chugawan village, Moga district, Punjab, India, April 2023.jpg<br />
| image_caption = Photograph of a gurdwara located in Chugawan village, Moga district, Punjab, India, April 2023<br />
| pushpin_map = India Punjab#India<br />
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Punjab, India<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|30.82917584206751|N|75.26666219660096|E|display=inline,title|format=dms}}<br />
| subdivision_type = Country<br />
| subdivision_name = India<br />
| population_total = 2,420<br />
| population_as_of = 2011<br />
| unit_pref = Metric<br />
| area_total_km2 = 6.27<br />
| demographics_type1 = Languages<br />
| demographics1_title1 = Official<br />
| demographics1_info1 = [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]<ref>{{cite web|title=52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India|url=http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf|website=Nclm.nic.in|publisher=[[Ministry of Minority Affairs]]|access-date=30 August 2019|page=32|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525141614/http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf|archive-date=25 May 2017}}</ref><br />
}}<br />
{{Not to be confused with|Chogawan|Chogawan, Bhulath|text=[[Chogawan]] located in the [[Amritsar district]] or [[Chogawan, Bhulath]] tehsil located in the [[Kapurthala district]]}}<br />
'''Chugawan''', sometimes spelt as '''Chogawan''' or '''Chuganwan''', is a village located in the [[Moga district]] of [[Punjab, India]]. It is located {{cvt|12|km}} east of [[Moga, Punjab|Moga]], the principal city of the [[Moga district]]. The total literacy rate of Chugawan is 79.49%, out of which the individual literacy values by [[sex]] are 85.91% for males and 72.12% for females of the locality.{{when?|date=April 2023}}{{fact|date=April 2023}} There are about 497 houses located in the village.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Census of India 2011 - Punjab - Series 04 - Part XII B - District Census Handbook, Moga |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/1007 |access-date=17 August 2022 |website=Census of India}}</ref><br />
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== History ==<br />
[[File:Chugawan village in Moga tehsil, Survey of India geographical block-map for 44 N NW Ferozepore (1921) (cropped).jpg|thumb|Chugawan village in Moga tehsil, Survey of India geographical block-map for 44 N NW Ferozepore (1921)]]<br />
According to 19th century land-records, the village was founded by [[Sodhi|Sodhis]] and [[Gill (name)|Gill Jats]].<ref name=":1">"India, Punjab, Moga Land Ownership Pedigrees, 1887-1958," images, ''FamilySearch'' (<nowiki>https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939V-YZZP-8?cc=1867929&wc=M6PG-GPD%3A170343101%2C170937802</nowiki> : 20 May 2014), Moga District Office > vol. 161 1887-1888 (Chugawan, HBN 31) (in Urdu)</ref> According to Charles Francis Massy, the Sodhis of Chugawan, Moga, and Sodhiwala in Malwa are descended from Chandsain, the youngest son of [[Prithi Chand]], who was the eldest son of [[Guru Ram Das]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Massy |first=Charles Francis |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=01UoAAAAYAAJ&dq=chuganwan&pg=PA276 |title=Chiefs and Families of Note in the Delhi, Jalandhar, Peshawar and Derajat Divisions of the Panjab |publisher=Pioneer Press |year=1890 |pages=276–277}}</ref> Descendants of Awwal Khair live in Chugawan, they belong to the Wadan ''muhin'' of the Gill ''[[gotra]]'' of [[Jats]].<ref>{{Cite book |title=Punjab District Gazetteers: Hoshiapur |publisher=Controller of Print. and Stationery |year=1983 |pages=72}}</ref> The land-records state that the area was once barren-land.<ref name=":1" /> For the tax-collection, whenever a crop was planted, a portion had to be submitted and there was a fixed amount per area.<ref name=":1" /> In the 19th century, there was a dispute between the Sodhis and Gills against a third-party, however the Sodhis and Gills were re-affirmed to their ownership of the land.<ref name=":1" /><br />
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During World War I, at-least thirty-five local men from Chugawan served in the British Indian Army during the war, with at-least three of them dying and one whose status was not traceable.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Williams |first=George |title=Punjab Registers: Ferozepore District - Chughawan |publisher=University of Greenwich |year=1920}}</ref><br />
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== Land records ==<br />
[[File:Example_of_a_genealogical_pedigree_(family-tree)_of_a_landowning_family_of_Chugawan_village_in_Moga_district,_Punjab,_1887–1888.jpg|thumb|Example of a genealogical pedigree (family-tree) of a landowning family of Chugawan village in Moga district (formerly part of Ferozepore district), Punjab, 1887–1888]]<br />
''[[Shajra|Shajjra Nasb]]'' (also known as ''Kursee Nama''{{Efn|Kursee Nama is also spelt as 'Kurseenama' or 'Kursinama'.|group=note}}) records of Chugawan village from 1887–1888 and 1953–1954 have been digitized by the [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] via [[FamilySearch]] and are available for online viewing.<ref>"India, Punjab, Moga Land Ownership Pedigrees, 1887-1958," images, ''FamilySearch'' (<nowiki>https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939V-YZZP-8?cc=1867929&wc=M6PG-GPD%3A170343101%2C170937802</nowiki> : 20 May 2014), Moga District Office > vol. 161 1887-1888 (Chugawan, HBN 31) > image 1 of 13; District Offices, Moga.</ref><ref>"India, Punjab, Moga Land Ownership Pedigrees, 1887-1958," images, ''FamilySearch'' (<nowiki>https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939V-YZ84-N?cc=1867929&wc=M6PG-KP8%3A170343101%2C170649701</nowiki> : 20 May 2014), Moga District Office > vol. 35 1953-1954 (Chugawan, HBN 31) > image 1 of 42; District Offices, Moga.</ref> These records detail land ownership pedigrees for families of the village.<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 August 2024 |title=India, Punjab, Moga Land Ownership Pedigrees - FamilySearch Historical Records |url=https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/India,_Punjab,_Moga_Land_Ownership_Pedigrees_-_FamilySearch_Historical_Records |access-date=12 April 2025 |website=FamilySearch}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=18 November 2024 |title=India Land and Property |url=https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/India_Land_and_Property |access-date=12 April 2025 |website=FamilySearch}}</ref><br />
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== Culture ==<br />
The village belongs to the [[Malwa (Punjab)|Malwai culture]] and the [[Malwai dialect]] of Punjabi is spoken by the locals.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Moga |first1=Parminder Singh Grover |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Dy-pOAnlQL0C&q=malwa+punjab&pg=PT16 |title=Discover Punjab: Attractions of Punjab |last2=Singh |first2=Davinderjit |date=20 May 2011 |publisher=Parminder Singh Grover |pages=179 |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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There is a shrine in the village dedicated to a ''[[fakir]]'' named Baba Sayyad Kabir, who is believed to be buried there.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Snehi |first=Yogesh |title=Spatializing Popular Sufi Shrines in Punjab: Dreams, Memories, Territoriality |date=April 24, 2019 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=9780429515637 |chapter=Table 2.2: Fairs and festivals in the 'memory of pirs' held in Ferozepur district of Punjab (including Muktsar and Moga) in the year 1961}}</ref> It is believed that offering salt at the shrine cures warts.<ref name=":0" /> There is a one-day ''[[Melā|mela]]'' festival held in Chugawan during the month of ''[[Chet (month)|Chet]]'' (March-April) dedicated to the saint.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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== Gallery ==<br />
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File:Photograph of a local park located within Chugawan village, Moga district, Punjab, India, April 2023.jpg|Green Park<br />
File:Photograph of a traditional meeting-place under an old tree in Chugawan village, Moga district, Punjab, India, April 2023.jpg|Traditional meeting-place (known as a ''sath'') under an old tree<br />
File:Photograph of an Udasi-affiliated religious compound located in Chugawan village, Moga district, Punjab, India, April 2023.jpg|[[Udasi]]-affiliated religious compound<br />
File:Photograph of the Dargah of Baba Sayyad Kabir located in Chugawan village, Moga district, Punjab, India, April 2023.jpg|Dargah of Baba Sayyad Kabir<br />
File:Photograph of the grave of Baba Sayyad Kabir within his dargah located in Chugawan village, Moga district, Punjab, India, April 2023.jpg|Grave of Baba Sayyad Kabir within his dargah<br />
File:Photograph of a Punjabi folk religion shrine located on the outskirts of Chugawan village, Moga district, Punjab, India, April 2023.jpg|[[Punjabi folk religion]] shrine of Baba Buta located on the outskirts of Chugawan village<br />
File:Photograph of a Punjabi folk religion shrine in Chugawan village, Moga district, Punjab, India, April 2023.jpg|Punjabi folk religion shrine of Baba Sidh in Chugawan village<br />
File:Photograph of an idol located within a Punjabi folk religion shrine in Chugawan village, Moga district, Punjab, India, April 2023.jpg|Idol of Baba Sidh located within a Punjabi folk religion shrine in Chugawan village<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
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