Talpada Kolis
The Talapada, or Talpada, is a subcaste of the Koli caste of Gujarat state in India. Talapada Kolis are agriculturists by profession. they were members of the ''Gujarat Kshatriya Sabha'', an organisation launched by Natwarsinh Solanki who was a Koli elite. In 1907, they were classified by the British as a Criminal Tribe, ascribing to them a range of anti-social activities such as highway robbery, murder, and theft of animals, cattle and standing crops. They were also alleged to be blackmailers and hired assassins. The Talpada Kolis used the title of Kotwal because of their high position villages and served to rulers as Kotwal and they were granted the villages or large field and title of Pagi because they were good detective for rulers or any chief. Another title of Talapada Kolis is Patel because they are agriculturists and respected cultivators from old days. Origin The Talapada Kolis got their name from Talpad region in Junagadh State of Gujarat which they ruled. Ta ...
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Koli People
The Koli is an Indian Caste system in India, caste found in Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Karnataka, Odisha and Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), Jammu and Kashmir states in India. Koli is an agriculturist caste of Gujarat but in coastal areas they also work as fishermen along with agriculture. In the beginning of 20th century, the Koli caste was recognised as a Denotified Tribes, denotified tribe under Criminal Tribes Act by the British Raj, Indian Government because of their anti-social activities during World War I. The Koli caste forms the largest caste-Caste system in India, cluster in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh, comprising 24% and 30% of the total population in those states respectively. Distribution * India, The Kolis are distributed all over. The Kolis are mostly found in the States and union territories of India, Indian states of Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh and Maharashtra. Kolis are 24% of the total state population ...
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