Sir Chhotu Ram (1881-1945) was one of the most well-known pre-partition politicians in Punjab and an ideologue of the Jat peasantry and a title holder of its interests. He was born on 24 November 1881 in Ghari Sampla in Rohtak district in Jat Gotra Ohlan family. His parents were Chaudhari Sukhiram Ohlan and Sarla Devi. His childhood name was Ramrachhpal.

Chhotu Ram started primary school in Jan 1891. He studied at middle school in Jhajjar, 12 miles from his village. He left Jhajjar to be enrolled in the Christian Mission School in Delhi. He passed his intermediate examination in 1903 and then enrolled in St Stephens College from where he graduated in 1905 with distinction in Sanskrit as his main subject.

He gained his LLB from Agra College in 1910 and began practice as advocate in 1912. He started Jat-Anglo Sanskrit School on 26 March 1913 in Rohtak. He joined National Congress in 1916. Sir Chhotu Ram worked as the president of the Rohtak District Congress Committee from 1916 to 1920. After 1920, Sir Chhotu Ram tried to make a non-sectarian peasant group perception.

He formed the Unionist Party (Zamindara League)in 1923 ; a cross-communal alliance of Hindu Jats and Muslim agriculturists committed to the Land Alienation. The Punjab Alienation of Land Act was passed in 1901 (Sir Chhoturam Act). He created a Unionist Party which won elections in 1935, forming simple government in the capital Lahore. As proceeds minister, he brought in changes in the law to stop the practice of usury (charging interest on interest) Sir Chhotu Ram initially agreed the Bhakhra Dam Scheme .

He got an agreement between the Maharaja of Bilaspur, in whose territory the waters of river Sutlej were to be impounded. And the Punjab Government signed only a few weeks before he died on January 9, 1945. He laid the foundation of the 'Green Revolution' and the socioeconomic prosperity of the region.

He studied Geeta and was very much predisposed by its philosophy. Sir Chottu Ram collected a big amount of funds for the wounded of earth quake of 1934. Earlier in 1933, he had raised funds for the flood wounded of Rohtak town, along pandit Shri Ram Sharma. Any surplus funds available were diverted to Bihar. The enactment of two agrarian laws was partly his contribution. These were the Punjab relief indebtedness Act in 1934 and the Punjab Debtor's Protection Act in 1936.

The Indian Govt. has issued a remembrance stamp on Sir Chhoturam on 9 January 1995. Chhotu Ram State College of Engineering College in Murthal(Sonepat District), Haryana is named after him.