The Jat Mahasabha is the premier organization of Jats in Chandigarh/Haryana. Its aim is to raise awareness about the social and economic problems faced by Jats. Many of its officers are politically active and influential.The Jat Mahasabha is a nonpolitical organization in nature. It is a social organisation. It is organised by a community for its uplift, for social reconstruction. The Jat Mahasabha has been functioning from 1993 for social causes.
Sir Chhotu Ram
Sir Chhotu Ram(1881-1945) was one of the most prominent pre-partition politicians in Punjab and an ideologue of the Jat peasantry and a champion of its interests. He was born on 24 November 1881 in Ghari Sampla in Rohtak district in Jat Gotra Ohlan family. He was associated with organizations representing peasant interests like the Zamindar League and the Unionist Party (after resigning from the Congress in 1920). He was one of the founders of the Unionist Party (along with Sir Sikander Hyat Khan). The Unionists ruled Punjab for its first two decades of (limited) democracy.