Khanpur is a town in the

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Geography

Khanpur is located at . This is located near

Lunavada Lunavada (also transliterated as Lunawada) is a municipality in the Mahisagar district, formerly in the northern part of Gujarat state of India. Lunawada is the administrative headquarters of the Mahisagar district and one of most developing to ...

and is 10km from

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. Major business point of their area around villages.

Koli rebellion

In 1857, British Government stationed his army in

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under Captain Calling to control this area because of

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Kolis The Koli is an Indian caste found in Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Karnataka, Odisha and Jammu and Kashmir states in India. Koli is an agriculturist caste of Gujarat but in coastal areas they ...

of Khanpur in

raised against

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under their

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chief Jivabhai Thakor. The british government sent his army under Captain Buckle and attacked and burnt the Khanpur village. Jivabhai Thakor was first ruler in his area who assumed the leadership of revolt. After that Jivabhai Thakor again collected an army of kolis but british subsequently sent his army from

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and put down the koli rebellion and Jivabhai Thakor was hanged.{{Cite journal, last=Sabnis, first=Maitree, title=PROTESTING COLONIAL RULE: MOVEMENTS IN NINETEENTH CENTURY GUJARAT, url=https://www.academia.edu/8341618, language=en

References

Cities and towns in Mahisagar district Villages in Khanpur Taluka