Cheema (surname)
Cheema (Punjabi: ਚੀਮਾ (Gurmukhi), چیمہ (Shahmukhi)) is a Punjabi Jat clan of India and Pakistan.[1][2][3]
Pakistan
[edit]- Aizaz Cheema (born 1979), Pakistani international cricketer
- Akmal Cheema, Pakistani nazim (mayor) of Sialkot District, Punjab, Pakistan
- Amir Abdur Rehman Cheema (c.1978 – 2006), Pakistani who assaulted an editor over Muhammad's cartoons
- Anwar Ali Cheema, Member, National Assembly of Pakistan from 1985 to 2013, from Sargodha District[4]
- Azam Cheema, Lashkar-e-Taiba operative
- Chaudhry Aamir Sultan Cheema, Pakistani politician
- Iftikhar Ahmad Cheema, judge and politician
- Mohammad Afzal Cheema (1913–2008), judge and politician, Acting President of Pakistan
- Nisar Ahmed Cheema, politician and member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from NA-79 and former Director General, Health Services, Punjab
- Omer Sarfraz Cheema, Pakistani politician who serves as 38th Governor of Punjab, Pakistan
- Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema (born 1940), Pakistani scholar of international relations and strategic studies
- Rizwan Cheema, Canadian cricketer
- Saif Ullah Cheema, Pakistani military officer and politician
- Shafqat Cheema, Pakistani film actor and director
- Dr. Sultan Ahmed Cheema (1908–1990) (Sitara-i-Khidmat), ophthalmologist who established the Cheema Hospital in Daska, Punjab, Pakistan
- Tariq Bashir Cheema, former Pakistan Peoples Party member from Bahawalpur District[5]
- Umar Cheema, TV and print journalist in Pakistan
India
[edit]- Amrik Singh Cheema
- Amrita Cheema, journalist working in India, Germany, Australia
- Avtar Singh Cheema
- Balli Singh Cheema
- Daljit Singh Cheema
- Jaspinder Cheema
- Navtej Singh Cheema
- Neena Cheema
- Palwinder Singh Cheema
- Paul Cheema Singh
- Sajjan Singh Cheema
- Sarbjit Cheema
- Surinder Pal Singh Cheema
Canada
[edit]- Gulzar Singh Cheema (born 1954), Indian-born doctor, Canadian politician
- Ranjit Cheema, Indian Canadian gangster and drug trader
- Rizwan Cheema (born 1978), Pakistani-born cricketer for Canada
United Kingdom
[edit]- Bobbie Cheema-Grubb, first British Indian and Asian woman to serve as a High Court judge in the United Kingdom
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Journal of Regional History, Volume 2. Department of History, Guru Nanak Dev University - University of Michigan Library (digitized 28 August 2008) via Google Books website. 1981. p. 29.
- ^ Singh, Kumar Suresh (1996). "Appendix B". Communities, Segments, Synonyms, Surnames and Titles. People of India: National series. Vol. 8 (Illustrated ed.). Delhi: Anthropological Survey of India. pp. 1355–1357. ISBN 0-19-563357-1. OCLC 35662663.
- ^ "The People of Jhelum District - Jat Clans". Government of Punjab website. Archived from the original on 5 April 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
- ^ Amjad Mahmood (21 December 2020). "Sargodha's citrus claim to fame". Dawn newspaper. Archived from the original on 23 December 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
With a population of around 4.9m in the district, Jatt is the major tribe whose sub-clans like Noons, Ranjhas, Pirachas, Cheemas, Gondals, Midhianas, Chatthas, Tiwanas and Luks are mostly engaged with farming.
- ^ "Why Cheema ditched PPP (Pakistan Peoples Party)". Dawn newspaper. 11 March 2004. Archived from the original on 22 January 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
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