The Lonia Chauhan  are a Hindu Rajput caste, found in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India. Lonia  chauhan is a branch of lonia .They were traditionally salt makers, and also known as Nuvra, Sambhri, Sambhri Chauhan and Jhumana Parmar.Originally, the Loniya chauhan  rajput belong to Rajasthan  particularly in Ajmer, Pushkar, Luni, Pulera, Jhuman, Dausa, Bewar and Sambhar Ranthambore, Bundi, Kota and Udaipur . They were soldiers in the time of the Chauhan rulers of Ajmer. This community were migrated due to war between Auragjeb and Dsrashikoh in 1671 the son of  emperor  Shah Jahan . Aurangjeb had won the battle and ordered to beheaded all the Rajput who fight gainst  him.The thirteen Rajput  hide  themselves to save their lives from Mugals and becomes Lonia .Lonia is a occupational name . As  the traditional occupation of the community was making of salt  . They are now engaged in agriculture, and are a community  of  farmers having big & in some places moderate farmland. Some of them are also prosperous business people Their main concentrations are in the districts Lukhnow, Ghazipur, Jaunpur,Mirzapur, Allahabad, Pratapgarh, Varanasi Azamgarh, Mau, Sultanpur, Amethi, Chandauli, Ballia, Gorakhpur, Gonda. Bahraich, basti, Sitapur, khiri, Faijabad,  Apart from Utter Pradesh, Lonia chauhan Rajput caste is also found in Vindhya region of Madhya Pradesh in the district of Rewa, Satna,katani Shahdol ,Sidhi and Gwalior Muraina, Indore . In Punjab they are known as Loniwal, Dhariwal Janjuva,Rajwar, Chauhan,Bais and Lunawat..In India, community are Hindu community a huge population of Lonia chauhan Rajput  still exists in the Uttar Pradesh Districts of India., and worship Kuldevi such as Shakumbhari devi, Assapura devi, They still practice bali pratha (Sacrifice Goat & Bull)  which they offer to their kuldevi. The lonia  rajput have a caste association, the Rajput Maryada Sabha, head quartered in Kanpur. In 1883 people of this community has started Akhil bhartiya Shree Rajput Dharm pracharniya Mahasabha under the leadership of Thakur Lalamathura Prasad Singh and they have found their lost glory after some time they have change the name of this Mahasabha to Shree Rajput Heetkarni Mahasabha.In 1984 Shree Rajput Heetkarni Mahasabha merger in Akhail Bharti Kshtariya Mahasabha at Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh. Now they are known as Chauhan rajput of Eastern Uttar Pradesh.