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{{short description|Indian freedom fighter from Maharashtra}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2022}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2022}}
{{Infobox military person
| honorific_prefix = [[Sardar]], [[Subedar]]
| name = Naik Govind Rao Khare
| honorific_suffix = Bandkari
| native_name = नाईक गोविंद राव खरे
| native_name_lang = MR
| image = Hanuman Darwaja at Ratangad (6714400539).jpg
| caption = Entrance of Ratangad fort
| birth_date =
| death_date = 1830
| birth_place = Koligarh, Ratangarh, Maratha Empire
| death_place = Ahmednagar Central Jail, [[Ahmednagar]], [[British India]]
| allegiance = [[Maratha Empire]]
| branch = [[Maratha Army]]
| rank = Subedar of Ratangad fort
| unit = [[Mavala]]
| laterwork = [[Indian independence movement]]
}}
'''Naik Govind Rao Khare''' ([[Hindi|HI]]: नाईक गोविंद राव खरे) was the [[Subedar]] of the hill fort [[Ratangad|Ratangarh]] under [[Peshwa]] government in the [[Maratha Empire]]. He was born in a farmer [[Koli people|Koli]] family of [[Maharashtra]]. Khare was a [[revolutionary]] of the [[Indian independence movement]] who took up arms against the [[British Raj|British rule]] in Maharashtra and declared the end of British rule.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Chandra|first1=Bipan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0q7xH06NrFkC&q=marathi+freedom+fighter|title=India's Struggle for Independence|last2=Mukherjee|first2=Mridula|last3=Mukherjee|first3=Aditya|last4=Panikkar|first4=K. N.|last5=Mahajan|first5=Sucheta|date=2016-08-09|publisher=Penguin UK|isbn=978-81-8475-183-3|language=en}}</ref> he was chief of the Kolis of Khare (Khade) clan and belong to the Mahadev koli family and led the rebellion from 1819 to 1830.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Mishra|first1=Jai Prakash|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hARuAAAAMAAJ|title=Aspects of Indian History: Professor Ram Mohan Sinha Commemoration Volume|last2=Sinha|first2=Ram Mohan|date=1991|publisher=Agam Kala Prakashan|year=1991|location=[[Delhi]], [[India]]|pages=90|language=en}}</ref> his family was chief of the four villages and was tributary to peshwa and enjoying the [[Deshmukh|Deshmukhi]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fmdp8jfdofQC|title=Itihas|date=1973|publisher=Director of State Archives, Government of Andhra Pradesh.|year=1973|location=[[Andra Pradesh]], [[India]]|pages=137|language=en}}</ref>

In 1818, there was a war between the Maratha Empire and the [[East India Company|British]] Government ([[Mahar Regiment]] ), in which the Maratha Empire was defeated, even after this Khare remained loyal to the Peshwa. After that, Khare received a proposal from the British government for the position of Subedar, but Khare declined to the proposal. After this, the government snatched the land of 12 relatives of Khare, on which they had been claiming rights since the time of [[Shivaji]], as well as the British were doing the same with other local people, due to the reason Khare and 12 [[Koli people|Kolis]] united other Kolis and joined the Khare and [[Rebellion|rebelled]] against government.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Nand|first=Brahma|url=|title=Fields and Farmers in Western India, 1850-1950|date=2003|publisher=Bibliomatrix|year=2003|isbn=978-81-901964-0-6|location=[[New Delhi]], [[India]]|pages=87–88|language=en}}</ref>

== Freedom movement ==
After announce of the revolt of Khare, he formed his [[Revolutionary Army|revolutionary army]] and made a center in the hilly areas. A lot of Kolis were associated with Khare as well as Ramji Bhangre who was father of [[Raghoji Bhangare]] and came from [[Konkan]], also joined Khare and attacked the government's treasury in the very first attempt. The British government sent [[Captain]] Mackintosh with the [[Bombay Army]] to capture the rebels, but Mackintosh was not able to fight against Khare, so he planned to gather complete information about the rebels. Mackintosh engaged the army in the [[Western Ghats]] to gather information. All the people were on the side of the revolutionaries, so no one supported the British, but some [[Chitpavan]] [[Brahmin|Brahmins]] gave a lot of information to the British officials.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Divekar|first=V. D.|url=|title=South India in 1857 War of Independence|date=1993|publisher=Lokmanya Tilak Smarak Trust|year=1993|location=[[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], India|pages=113–115|language=en}}</ref>

In 1830, Captain Mackintosh sent an army from the [[Akola]] hills, where many British soldiers were killed in encounter between the Revolutionary Army and the British Army, but Captain Mackintosh was far from success. Khare and Ramji Bhangre escaped easily. But after some time there was an encounter again where Khare was taken in [[Ahmednagar]] Central Jail and sentenced to death.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Gāre|first=Govinda|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vZciAAAAMAAJ|title=Tribals in an Urban Setting: A Study of Socio-economic Impact of Poona City on the Mahadeo Kolis|date=1976|publisher=Shubhada Saraswat|year=1976|location=Mumbai, Maharashtra, India|pages=26|language=en}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[List of Marathi people]]
* [[List of Koli people]]
* [[List of Koli states and clans]]l

== References ==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Koli people]]
[[Category:Warriors of the Maratha Empire]]
[[Category:Maratha Light Infantry officers]]
[[Category:Indian independence movement]]
[[Category:Indian Independence League]]
[[Category:Indian independence activists from Gujarat]]
[[Category:Shivaji]]

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