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Koli History - कोली इतिहास और विरासत

Koli Is Caste Of India. It Also Known Kolhi In Pakistan, Koli In Nepal And Koliya In Ancient India. Kolis Mostly Found In Gujarat And Maharashtra States Of India And Sindh State Of Pakistan & Main Sub-Castes Of Kolis In South India Are Kabbaliga Koli, Mudiraj Koli, Mutharaiyar Koli And Araya Kolis. The Famous Folk Dance Of Maharashtra Is Koli Dance. Kolis Primarily Are Hindu, Some Are Christion Koli Living In Maharashtra And A Little Number Of Kolis Are Sikh Living In Punjab And In Sindh State Of Pakistan Kolis Are Hindu But Some Kolhis Converted To Muslim Koli.

A Video Of Maharaja Mandhata's Relly By Kolis Of Gujarat In 14 January 2012.

Kolis Are Descendants Of Maharaja Mandhata. In The Providence Of Harappa, The Stone Was Scripted As Mandhata Koliya. The Descendants Of Maharaja Mandhata Living In Mandhata Village Of Madhya Pradesh. They Saying They Are Patel Koli. The Head Of Mandhata Palace Are Maharaja Rao Pushpendra Sinh Ji Chauhan.

Maharaja Rao Pushpendra Sinh Ji Chauhan
Koli Chief Of Mandhata Palace In 2018
Photo Shooted By Koli Karman Sinh Ji Chauhan During Meeting.

His Highness Maharaja Shrimant Yashwant Rao Martand Rao Ji Mukne
Last Koli Ruler Of Princely State Of Jawhar (Jawhar Kingdom)
Royal House Jai Vilas Palace

Honourable Koli President Of India Shri Ram Nath Kovind With King Jigme Khesar Wangchuk Of Bhutan

President Ram Nath Kovind With His Majesty King Phillipe Of Belgium

*Classification

Kolis Classified As Other Backward Class In The States Of Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu And As Schedule Tribe (आदीवासी) In Maharashtra. In The Himachal Pradesh And Uttarakhand, Kolis Are Classified As Forward Caste. Koli Are Land Helding Caste In Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh And Uttrakhand.

*Languages

Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi, Punjabi, Brij Bhasa, Kannada.
Urdu In Sindh Of Pakistan, Parkari Koli Language In Sindh, Tharadari Koli Language In Pakistan.
Kolis Speaks In Languages Where They Living But Marathi Language, Gujarati Language And Koli Language Are Main.

*Religions

Hindu , Christian, Muslim And Sikh.
Hindu Kolis Are Larger Other Are In Small Numbers.

*Countries

India, Pakistan And Nepal
Click Here To Know Clans Of Koli Community

*History

*Ancient Time

*Kolis Ruled Over Devdaha Kingdom And Ramgram Kingdom During Time Of Lord Buddha. The Family Of Lord Buddha Was Shakya Koli. They Have Relationship Only With Each Other Because Of Purity Of Blood.
The Ruling Families Of Shakya Kolis Of Kapilvastu And Nagwanshi Kolis Of Ramgram , Devdaha Was Became Monks With Prince Lord Budhha.

*In 2nd And 3rd Century, Kolis Ruled Over Kuninda Kingdom.

Silver Coins Of Koli Kingdom Of Kuninda
C. 1st Century B.c.

The Koli Kingdom Of Kuninda Established Before 2nd Century And Disestablished In 3rd Century. Maharaja Amoghbhuti Of Kuninda Was Celebrated Ruler Of Kolis.

*Mushika Kingdom (Ezhimalai Kingdom) Was A Powerfull Koli Kingdom.

Under The Rule Of Koli King Ezhimalai Nannan, The Mushika Kingdom Became Center Of Force. He Was A Able Commander And Ruler. The Ruling Koli Family Of Mushika Kingdom Known As Kolathiri.

*Maharaja Karikala Chola,
He Was Mudiraj Koli Of South India And Koli Ruler Of Chola Kingdom In 190 CE. He Fought Battle Of Venni.

*Latter History

The Kolis Have Created A Great History. They Have Important Role In Freedom Movements, They Ruled Over Many Princely States, Kolis Have Many Religious Personality, They Fought For Their Nation.
* Jawhar State (जव्हार रियासत)
Princely State Of Jawhar Ruled By Mahadeo Kolis Of Mukne Dynasty. Jawhar State Founded By Jaydeorao Maharaj Mukne.
He Was Granted The Title Of Raja Shrimant By Emperor Of Delhi.

His Highness Maharaja Shrimant Yashwant Rao Ji Mukne Of Jawhar Kingdom.

Shrimant Raja Vikram Shah Ji Mukne Maintain A Fleet To Check Piracy Of Portuguese. In 1664, Vikram Shah Ji Mukne Join Forces With Chhatrapati Shivaji Raje Bhonsle And Attacked At Surat. Vikram Shah Died In Battle Of Salher Against Moropant Pingle Peshwa.

His Highness Flight Leiutenant Maharaja Sir Yashwant Rao Martand Rao Ji Mukne Of Jawhar Kingdom

In 1857, Prince Deobararao Ji Mukne Rebels Against British In Indian Rebellion (f 1857.
He Commanded The Jawhar State's Army Outside The Jawhar's Territory. He Led Revolution In His Area But He Was Captured By British And Imprisoned In Ahmednagar Fort.

Honourable Lieutenant His Highness Maharaja Martandrao Ji Mukne 18Th Koli Ruler Of Jawhar Placed The Finances Of State On The Sound Footing & Improved The Various Department Of Jawhar State; Member Of The Chamber Of The Princes. He Was Granted A Hereditary 9 Guns Salute.

The Last Koli Maharaja Shrimant Yashwant Rao Martand Rao Ji Mukne Succeed To Seat On 11th December 1927 And Married To Rajkumari Kamlabai Of Brahman Princely State Of Jath.At the outbreak of the Second World War, the Raja immediately volunteered for service and served for four years with the RIAF (Royal Indian Air Force). The Accession Of Jawhar State Place On 10th June 1948.

* Colaba State (कोलाबा रियासत)

Samadhi Of Meharban Shrimant Manaji rao ll Raghuji Rao Angre Of Colaba State.

Princely State Of Colaba Founded By A Mahadeo Koli Kanhoji Angre In 1698 Who Founded The Angre Dynasty And Maratha Navy.

Kanhoji Angre Fought Against British , Dutch, Portuguese Naval Powers. During The Time Of Kanhoji Angre, Colaba Became Center Of Marine Power. The Princely State Of Colaba Was Departed From Satara State Of Bhonsle Dynasty. The Last Ruler Of Colaba State Was Kanhoji Angre ll.

Shrimant Sardar Sarkhel Chandroji Raje Angre
A Descendant Of Koli King Kanhoji Angre

Colaba State Was Annexed In British India In 1840 Because After Death Of Kanhoji Angre ll, There Was No Legal Family Family Member For Succession. Area Was 318 Square Miles. The Revenue Of Colaba State Was 3,00,000 Rupees In 1817 But In 1818 Revenue Was Increased.

*Ramnagar State

Koli King Raja Som Shah Ruled Over Ramnagar State In The Middle Of Sixteenth Century. Raja Som Shah Koli Was Defeated By Shivaji And Ramnagar State Annexed InMaratha Empire. He Started The Chauth System (Protection Fee).

*Koli King Vegda Bhil,
Raja Vegda Bhil Was Ruler Of Dron. He Have Own Currency Of Own Rule In 14Th Century.

When Sultan Mohammed Begda Attacked At Somnath Temple And Forcibly Converting The Hindus. Vegda Bhil Marched Against Mohammed Begda And Lost His Life For Hindus.

*Maharaje Madakari Nayaka,

Madakari Nayaka Was Koli King Of Chitradurga Kingdom. Half Of The Army Of Madakari Nayaka Was Muslims. He Died In 1779.

*Military

Deccan Koli Corps - Koli Militia

Deccan Koli Corps Was Special Irregular Force Established In 1857 By British Government Under General Nuttall To Control The Disturbance And Disorders In Deccan By Kolis And Bhils. Strength Of Deccan Koli Corps Was 600 Koli Soldiers. It Was Disbanded In March 1861 Because Some Of Soldiers Revolted Against British.

*Maratha Empire

Kolis Of Maharashtra Paid Great Role In Maratha Empire's Army And Navy. The Navy Of Maratha Empire Was Totally Controlled By Kolis.
The Grand Admiral Of Maratha Navy Was Kanhoji Angre (Sarkhel). Kanhoji Was A Mahadeo Koli Of Maharashtra. He Was Founder Of Colaba State And Angre Dynasty. Kanhoji Angre Also Known As Founder Of Maratha Navy. He Fought Against British Dutch Portuguese Naval Powers.

Sambhaji Angre (Colaba King) Was Also Admiral Of Maratha Navy And King Of Colaba State. Sambhaji Filmed In Pirates Of Caribbean, At World's End As Pirate Lord Of Indian Ocean & Terror Of Arabian Sea.

Tulaji Angre (Angria) Was Admiral Of Maratha Navy And King Of Colaba. He Fought Against Combined Forces Of East India Company And Nana Saheb Peshwa In The Battle Of Vijaydurg. Tulaji Was Terror For English, Dutch, And Portuguese.

Sekhoji Angre (Great) Was Admiral Of Maratha And Colaba King. Sekhoji Killed Ghazi Khan And Destroyed The Rajkot Of Muslims.

Manaji Angre (Dada Saheb) Was Admiral Of Maratha Navy And King Of Colaba.
The Koli Family Of Angre Dynasty Was Admiral Of Maratha Navy . Most Of Sailers In Navy Was Kolis.

Laya Patil Also A Well Known Leader In Maratha Navy Son Koli Who Is Known For Laying Ladders On Janjira Fort.

+Kondaji Ramji Shellar (Shelar Mama)
Shelar Mama Was A Mahadev Koli. He Was Commander In Maratha Army Of Shivaji. He Known For Battle Of Sinhagad.

+Sardar Suryaji Rao Malusare
Suryaji Malusare Was Brother Of Tanaji Malusare And Commander In Maratha Army.

+Tanaji Malusare
Tanaji Malusare Was Commander Of Maratha Army. He Was A Mahadeo Koli By Caste. He Was King (Deshmukh) Of Mahabaleshwar State Containing 40 Villages. He Is Famous For Battle Of Sinhagadh.

+Yesaji Kank
Yesaji Kank Was Commander-In-Chief Of Maratha Army. He Is Famous For Battle Against Drunken Elephant Of Qutb Shah. Yesaji Was Mahadev Koli By Caste. He Was Koli Deshmukh (King) Of Bhutonde.

*Chempil Arayan
Chempil Arayan Was Admiral Of Travancore Navy. He Was A Arayan (Arayar) Koli. He Fought Many Battles. He Fought Against British Rule For Freedom. He Is First Freedom Fighter Of Travancore Kingdom.

*Kasim Yakut Khan
Yakut Khan Was Admiral Of Mughal Empire. He Firstly Served Under Bijapure Sultanate And Later Mughal Empire. He Was Mahadev Koli Of Guhagar Village. He Was A Hindu But Became Muslim By The Passage Of Time.
His Father Was A Hindu Koli And Koli Patil (Minor King Or Chief) Of Guhagar Village. When Yakut Was A Infant Child He Was Taken To The Jail And Then He Didn't Return To Home . He Grew Up In A Muslim Siddi Family. The He Got His Name As Kasim Khan. He Served In Bijapure And Then Mughal Empire. He Was Granted The Title Of Yakut Khan By Aurangzeb And Granted The Janjira Fort As Jagir. He Attacked The Bombay Of British And Destroyed Many Forts Of British. Yakut Khan Was Requested By British And Received 1,50,000 Rupees From British To Stop Attacks.

*Baburav Angre
Baburao Angre Was A Grandson Of Koli King Kanhoji Angre. Baburav Angre Was Commander-In-Chief (प्रधान सेनापति) Of Princely State Of Gwalior (Gwalior Kingdom).

*The Mahawar/Mahaur Kolis Of Rajasthan Was Served In The Army Of Prithviraj Chauhan And Maharana Pratap.

*Uprising Of Kolis Against British And Mughals

The Kolis Fought Against British And Mughal.
In 1613, Kolis Of Gujarat Raised Against Sultan Jahangir. In This War Between Jahangir And Kolis, 169 Koli Chiefs (Koli Thakors) Was Died By Jahangir.

In 1650, The Kolis Of Maharashtra Raised Against Sultan Aurangzeb Under Kheni Naik A Koli. There Was A Black War Between Kolis And Aurangzeb. Hundreds Of Koli's Heads Was Cutt Off By Aurangzeb In Akola And On The Heads Of Kolis, Aurangzeb Made A Chabutra Called Koli Chabutra.

In 1857, When British Deployed The Army In Lunawada. The Kolis Of Khanpur Took Up Arms Against British Under Thakor Jivabhai Koli King Of Khanpur.In response to this, the British sent Captain Buckle with the army and attacked the Kolis. the British made a fierce assault on the Kolis Of Khanpur city and burnt Khanpur . In this attack, many Koli rebels were martyred. After this, Anand Nagar's Patel got together with Thakor Jivabhai and again Thakor Jivabhai Made An Army Of 2000 Kolis & Bhils. The Gaekwad king of Baroda was with the British, and the British did not delay this time, sending their troops from the region of baroda and dispersed the Kolis & buried the Koli Rebellion. Koli King. Jivabhai Thakor Was Hanged. Thakore Jivabhai was the only king among all of the small & big kings in the Lunawada area who first rebelled against the British in 1857.

In 1857, Kolis Of Princely State Of Peint Uprised Against British Rule Under Koli Ruler Bhargav Rao Of Peint State. In Peint State, Kolis Kidnapped The Mamlatadar (Complicated Matter Officer) Of British With Officer's Police Men. After That British Authority Sent Leiutenant Genral Glasspool To Control Kolis But He Was Cruelty Beaten By Koli Rebels. British Authority Was Fired And Called Bhargav Rao In Court And There Rao Was Found Master Mind Of Koli Revolt And Rao Was Hanged So Kolis Destroyed Court And Killed British Police.

In 1857, The Kolis Of North West Gujarat Armed Against British Rule. The Koli Thakors And Koli Zamidars Armed Against British And Looted The Offices Of British Authority. The Kings Of Baroda State And Idar Idar State Faced Koli Revolt Because They Was Helping British. In The End Of 1857, Combined Forces Of Baroda, Idar And British Burnt Down The Whole Of The Two Koli Villages. But After Some Time , Koli Thakores Collected Army Of 2000 Kolis And Continued Fighting Till The End Of 1858.

In 1858, During The British Rule, Kolis Of Chandap Raised Against British Hukumat.Chandap (Chandap State) Was A Princely State Controlled By Kshatriya Koli Family Held The Title Of Thakor.There Was A Great Revolt By Kolis, The Kolis Of Chandap Killed Ten (10) Commanders Of British Government One By One. So British Government Totally Fired With Kolis. The British Wanted To Control The Kolis However. But Kolis Was Out Of Control Of British Rule. To Put Down The Kolis, The British Officials Surrounded The Chandap Town By Mortals (तोफ) & Attacked At Chandap. In This Mortal Attack, 900 Koli Rebellions Was Killed . The Chandap Town Was Totally Burnt (जल गया था) . It Was 17 October 1858.
Now This Day Celebrated As Chandap Koli Hatyakand & Koli Saheed Diwas.

*Freedom Fighters

(1) Virangna Jhalkari Bai Koli
Jhalkari Bai Was Commander Of Woman Army Of Jhansi State. She Fought Against British Rule. She Led The Rebellion Of 1857 In Up. SHe Saved The Life Of Queen Laxmibai Many Times. She Was Slso A Prominent Adviser Of Laxmibai.

2) Raghoji Bhangre
He Was Mahadeo Koli. He Led The Rebellion In Maharashtra Against British Rule. His Father Also Was A Freedom Fighter Named Ramji Bhangre & Ramji Bhangre's Uncle Was Name Balji Bhangre Also Fought Against British Rule.

3) Honya Kengle
British Government Rewards 1000 Rupees To Catch Honya Kengle Died Or Alive.
He Known As Robin Hood Of Bombay.

(4) Govindas Ramdas
Govindas Ramdas Captured The British Districts Thasra & Kaira & Break Down British Government For 4 Years.
He Proclaimed Himself As Deshmukh Of Thasra. He Hanged By British.

(5) Rama Kirva
Rama Kirva Is Maharashtrian Freedom Fighter
He Fought Against British Regiments.

(6) Govindrao Khari (Govind Rao Khare)
GovindRao Khare Was Commander Of Ratangad Fort Under Government Of Peshwa.
He Fought Against British Hukumat In Freedom Movement.

(7) Sardar Udham Singh
Udham Singh Killed General Dyer In His Home. He Avenged The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre. He Was Koli Of Kamboj Clan. He Known As Shaheed-I-Azam Sardar Udham Singh Kamboj.

(8) Bhagwan Das Mahaur (Madhya Pradesh)

(9) Chempil Arayan (Admiral Of Travancore Navy)
Chempil Arayan Was Admiral (Admiral- Highest Rank In Navy) Of Travancore Navy.
Chempil Arayan Waged Many Wars Against British Hukumat.
Chempil Arayan Became First Freedom Fighter Of Travancore Kingdom.

(10) Rooplo Kolhi (Rupaji Gohil)
Rooplo Was Pakistani Koli Freedom Fighter From Sindh, Pakistan.
He Commanded The 8000 Koli Warriors Against British Hukumat.
He Waved The British Government.

(11) Ratnaji Thakor And Rangaji Thakor - Koli Freedom Fighters From Gujarat
They Were Brothers And Fought Against British Rule.

(12) Krishna Sable (Krishna Sabla)
He Was Policy Constable In British Police But He Left British Police Job And Revolted Against British Rule.

Religious Personality
(1) Mata Manikeshwari (Amma)
A Koli Saint Of Karnataka. Mutturasu Koli By Caste.

(2) Mata Amritanandamayi (Amma)
A Arayar Koli Of South India. She Is Founder Of Mata Amritanandamayi Math. She Is Celebrated Saint Of koli from South.

(3) Purandara Dasa (Saint)
He Is Naik Koli Of Karnataka Originated From Maharashtra.He Is Founder Of Carnatic Music And Father Of Carnatic Music.

(4) Valya Koli (Valmiki)
Valya Koli Valmiki A Celebrated Sage Among Maharashtrian Kolis. He Creator Of Epic Ramayan. Formerly He Was Valya Koli As Decoit Latter He Became Sage Valmiki.

(5) Bapu Velnath Thakor
Velnath Is A Celebrated Saint Of Gujarat Kolis. He Is Thakor Chunvaliya Koli Of Gujarat.

(6) Kanua Bawa
Kanua Bawa Is Celebrated Saint Of Uttar Pradesh And Haryanvi Kolis. He Was Mahaur Koli Of Mathura. His Biggest Mela Took Place Every Year At Potra Kund In Msthura By Kanua Bawa Samiti.

*Devadatta (Koli Prince And Monk),
Devadatta Was Son Of Maharaja Suppabuddha Koliya And Grandson Of Maharaja Anjana Koliya. He Became Monk With Lord Buddha His Brother.

Notable Personalities

Actors

Krishna Kondke,

Kondke Also Known As Dada Kondke. He Was Marathi Actor, Director, Producer And Writer. He Was Famous For Comedy.

Politicians

*H.H Yashwant Rao Martand Rao Mukne,
Was Member Of 14Th Loksabha From Dahanu Constituency Of Maharashtra Of Indian National Congress. He Was Last Koli Ruler Of Jawhar Kingdom As His Highness Maharaja Flight Leiutenant Shrimant Sir Yashwant Rao Ji Martand Rao Ji Mukne Of Jawhar.

*Raja Maheshwar Singh Rai Saheb,
Singh was a member of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly from the Kullu Constituency in Kullu District. He is also the owner of Lord Raghunath Temple at Kullu as a scion of earstwhile Kullu princely state. Present Kshatriya Koli King Of Kullu State Of Suryawanshi Dynasty.

*Honourable Ram Nath Kovind,

14Th President Of India. Kovind Are Mahaur Koli Of Kanpur City, Uttar Pradesh. Previously He Had Served As The Governor Of Bihar from 2015 to 2017 and was a Member Of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from 1994 to 2006.

*Etela Rajendra Mudiraj

The First Finance Minister Of Telangana State.

*Purshottam Solanki (Bhai),

He Is Fishery Minister Of Gujarat. He Is Founder Of Koli Sena Gujarat.

*Kunvarji Bavaliya,
Minister Of Water Supply, Animal Husbandry And Rural Housing (Cabinet Minister) In Government Of Gujarat.

*Rajaram Pandurang Mukne (R.P Mukne),

Secretary Of Maharashtra State Nationalist Congress Party And Family Member Of Royal Koli Family Of Princely State Of Jawhar (Jawhar Kingdom).

*Alpesh Thakor,
Alpesh Thakor Is Politician Of Gujarat. He Belong To Chunvaliya Koli (Thakor) Community Of Gujarat. He Founded Kshatriya Thakor Sena Gujarat And OBC, ST And SC Ekta Munch.

*Anant Tare,
Former Mayor Of Thane Municipal Corporation And Leader Of Shiv Sena From Thane.

*Pramodh Madhvaraj,
In June 2016 Madhvaraj was inducted into the Siddaramaiah led government of Karnataka as a cabinet minister with Independent Charge.Madhvaraj holds the Youth Services Department, Fisheries from Animal Husbandry and Fisheries Department portfolio in the Government of Karnataka.Madhvaraj is the 10th richest minister in India to be sworn into the Karnataka Cabinet.

*Baburao Chinchansur,
Minister for Textiles
Ports & Inland Transport in the Government of Karnataka
Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly

*Manorama Madhwaraj,
She Was First Woman Cabinet Minister Of India.

*Krishna Kumari Kolhi,
Krishna Kolhi Is First Hindu Woman Senator Of Pakistan (Upper House Of Pakistan's Parliament) . Krishna Is Grand Grand Daughter Of Great Koli Freedom Fighter Rooplo Kolhi.

Sports

*Prabhat Raju Koli

Open Water Swimmer Of India.

*Sathish Sivalingam,

Weight Lifter Of India. Gold Medalist In Common Wealth Games 2014 And 2018.

Others

*Arjan Koli And Hari Koli,

Arjan And Hari Both Brothers Saved The Life Of Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad 3rd Of Baroda State. They Granted Title Of Brave Hunting Boy Of Dhari, Amreli And Statues Was Established In Kamati Baug Of Both Brothers By Maharaja.
*जगदेई कोलिण,
She Saved The Life Of Thousands Of The Garhwali Peoples From Gorkha Army In The Starting Of Nineteenth Century 1804.
*Prajakta Koli,
Famous Indian Youtuber,Vlogger,Actress,Rapper,Comedian & Her Website Is Www.mostlysane.in .