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{{short description|Principalities and dynasties of Koli caste}}
Many parts of [[Western India|Western]] and [[Northern India|Northern]] regions of the Indian subcontinent were ruled as sovereign or [[princely state]]s by various clans of [[Koli people|Kolis]].
[[File:Statue of Maharaja Yashwantrao Martandrao Mukne of Jawhar State.jpg|thumb|[[Maharaja]] [[Yashwantrao Martandrao Mukne|Yashwantraoji Martandraoji]] [[Mukne Dynasty|Mukne]] of the [[Jawhar State|Koli Princely State of Jawhar]]]]

[[File:यशवंतराव मुकने.png|thumb|Yashwantrao Mukne]]

== States and clans ==
[[File:A Coolie Chieftain.jpg|thumb|A Koli chieftain]]

* [[Mukne Dynasty]] of [[Jawhar State]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-06-15|title=Trove of tribal treasures|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/supplements/travel/trove-of-tribal-treasures-740235.html|access-date=2021-01-31|website=Deccan Herald|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Bhangre Kolis|Bhangare]] of [[Devgaon, Ambegaon|Devgaon]]<ref>{{Cite book|last=Hardiman|first=David|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QNA-AQAAIAAJ|title=Histories for the Subordinated|publisher=[[Seagull Books]]|year=2007|isbn=978-1-905422-38-8|location=[[New Delhi]], [[India]]|pages=104|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Shah]] of [[Som Shah of Ramnagar|Ramnagar Kingdom]]<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|last=Sarkar|first=Jadunath|url=|title=Shivaji and His Times|date=1992|publisher=Orient Longman|isbn=978-81-250-1347-1|location=|pages=145|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Pawar (surname)|Pawar Dynasty]] of [[Surgana State]]<ref>{{Cite news|last=Waghmare|first=Abhishek|date=2018-04-14|title=Why Maharashtra farmers walked 170 km and how their strike played out|work=Business Standard India|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/how-the-maharashtra-farmers-strike-played-out-and-why-they-walked-170-km-118041100370_1.html|access-date=2021-01-31}}</ref>
* Negi of [[Koligarh]]<ref>{{Cite book|last=Negī|first=Kuṃvarasiṃha|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Nd1KAQAAIAAJ|title=Gaṛhavāla Maṇḍala kī jānī mānī divaṅgata vibhūtiyam̐|date=2001|publisher=Kuṃvara Siṃha Negī "Karmaṭha"|language=hi}}</ref>
* Mer of [[Dhandhuka]]<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Pfeffer|first1=Georg|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R--XMUsk7sIC&q=Dhan+Mer+Koli&pg=PA199|title=Contemporary Society: Concept of tribal society|last2=Behera|first2=Deepak Kumar|date=1997|publisher=Concept Publishing Company|isbn=978-81-7022-983-4|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Sord Dynasty]] of [[Idar State|Idar]]<ref>{{Cite book|last=Hunter|first=William Wilson|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q4kIAAAAQAAJ&q=edar+state+gazetteer&pg=PA198|title=Dabha to Harduaganj|date=1881|publisher=Trübner|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Chunwalia Kolis|Chunwalia]] of [[Chunwal]]<ref name=":4" />
* Thorat of [[Daman and Diu]]<ref>{{Cite book|last=Verma|first=Balraj|url=|title=The Beautiful India - Daman & Diu|date=2006|publisher=Reference Press|isbn=978-81-8405-022-6|location=|pages=10|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Ram Patil|Patil]] of [[Janjira State|Janjira]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Yimene|first=Ababu Minda|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DigPvwHTqJ4C&q=Ram+Patil&pg=PA92|title=An African Indian Community in Hyderabad: Siddi Identity, Its Maintenance and Change|date=2004|publisher=Cuvillier Verlag|isbn=978-3-86537-206-2|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Patil (title)|Patil]] of [[Guhagar]]<ref name=":2">{{Cite book|last=Cāpekara|first=Nārāyaṇa Govinda|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U2gRAQAAIAAJ|title=Citpāvana|date=1966|publisher=|isbn=|location=|pages=25|language=mr}}</ref>
* [[Nag Nayak of Sinhagad|Nayak]] of Sinhagad<ref>{{Cite book|last=Desāī|first=Rameśa|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=25UyAAAAIAAJ|title=Shivaji, the Last Great Fort Architect|date=1987|publisher=Maharashtra Information Centre, Directorate-General of Information and Public Relations, Government of Maharashtra|isbn=|location=|pages=68|language=en}}</ref>
*Kagadia of [[Umrala]]<ref>{{Cite book|last=Roy|first=Dr. Shivani|title=Koli culture: a profile of culture of talpad vistar|publisher=Cosmo publications|year=1983|isbn=|location=24-B, Ansari Road, Daryaganj, [[New Delhi]] 110002|pages=78}}</ref>
*[[Zalim Jalia|Jalia]] of [[Dahewan]]<ref name=":3">{{Cite book|last1=Williams|first1=Raymond Brady|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rs5JDwAAQBAJ&q=Zalim+Jalia&pg=PT95|title=Swaminarayan Hinduism: Tradition, Adaptation, and Identity|last2=Trivedi|first2=Yogi|date=2016-05-12|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-908959-8|language=en}}</ref>
* Koli of [[Sindkhed Raja|Sindkhed]]<ref>{{Cite book|last=Shrivastavya|first=Vidayanand Swami|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=l7w9AAAAIAAJ|title=Are Rajput-Maratha Marriages Morganatic?|date=1952|publisher=D.K. Shrivastavya Publications|year=1952|location=[[New Delhi]], [[India]]|pages=249 - 250: The Koli chief of Shindkhed who being entangied in feud , was in need of warriors . On learning the encampment of the Jadav brothers in the icinity , he visent his emssary requesting them to help him|language=en|script-title=}}</ref>

Precisely in parts of present [[Gujarat]], several Koli non-salute [[princely state]]s (generally Hindu) were maintained, enjoying [[indirect rule]] under the [[British raj]], notably under these colonial [[Agencies of British India]] :
* in [[Kathiawar]] :
**[[Shevdivadar]] and [[Vijanones]] (both petty, single village), held by the Khasia family, in [[Gohelwar]] ''[[prant]]''
** [[Jhinjhuvada]], including Rozva, in [[Jhalawar prant]]
* in [[Mahi Kantha]] :
** Hindu Chieftains : [[Amliyara State|Amliyara (Ambliara)]], Bhalusna, [[Chandap]], Dedhrota, [[Deloli]], [[Derol]], [[Gabat State|Gabat]], [[Ghorasar]], [[Hadol State|Hadol]], Hapa, Ijpura, [[Ilol State|Ilol]], [[Kadoli State|Kadoli]], Kasalpura, [[Gokalpura State|Gokalpura]], [[Santhal State|Santhal]], [[Katosan State|Katosan]], Kheravada, [[Likhi State|Likhi]], [[Maguna]], Memadpura (Mahmadpura), Mulji-Na-Pura, [[Mota Kotarna]], [[Palej State|Palej]], [[Prempur]], [[Rampura State|Rampura]], Ranipura, [[Nirmali]], [[Sathamba State|Sathamba]], Satlasna, Jher, Virsoda, [[Tejpura State|Tejpura]], [[Tajpuri State|Tajpuri]], [[Timba State|Timba]], [[Umari State|Umari]], [[Vakhtapur (Mahi Kantha)|Vakhtapur]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V17_019.gif|author=digital south Asia library|language=en|title=Imperial Gazetteer on DSAL - Mahi Kantha}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dLUBAAAAYAAJ&q=prempur+state+koli&pg=PA426|title=Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Cutch, Palanpur, and Mahi Kantha|publisher=government central press|date=1880|language=en}}</ref>
**Bavisi Thana
** Chieftains converted to Islam : [[Dabha State|Dabha]], [[Khadal State|Khadal]], [[Punadra State|Punadra]]<ref>{{cite web|
url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V17_019.gif|author=digital Asia library|title=india Princely States : mahi kantha agency|language=en}}</ref>

* in [[Rewa Kantha]]'s [[Pandu Mehwas]] division : [[Angadh]], largest ''Mehwa'' (single village) of the petty Dorka (e)states and Litter Gothda state<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V21_297.gif|title=indian Princely State|language=en|author=digital south Asia library|work=Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 21, p. 291.}}</ref>
* in [[Palanpur Agency]] : [[Kankrej thana]]<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Lr4IAAAAQAAJ&q=kankrej+koli&pg=PA331|title=Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Cutch, Pálanpur, and Mahi Kántha|publisher=government central press|date=1980|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V19_352.gif|language=en|author=digital south Asia library|title=palanpur agency princely states}}</ref>

== Rulers ==
[[File:महाराजा यशवंतराव मुकने बाल अवस्था.jpg|thumb|Yashwantrao Mukne in childhood]]

* [[Yashwantrao Martandrao Mukne]], [[Maharaja]] of Jawhar state<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Burman|first=J.J. Roy|date=1996|title=A comparison of sacred groves among the Mahadeo Kolis and Kunbis of Maharashtra|journal=Indian Anthropologist|volume=26|issue=1|pages=37–45|issn=0970-0927|jstor=41919791}}</ref>
*[[Nemshah Mukne]], ruler of Jawhar state<ref>{{Cite book|last=Elison|first=William|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fOF0DwAAQBAJ&q=nemshah&pg=PA169|title=The Neighborhood of Gods: The Sacred and the Visible at the Margins of Mumbai|date=2018|publisher=University of Chicago Press|isbn=978-0-226-49490-6|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Vikramshah Mukne]], [[Raja]] of Jawhar state<ref>{{Cite book|last=Sarkar|first=Jadunath|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WYFrgILWbIgC&q=Som+Shah+Ramnagar|title=Shivaji and His Times|date=1992|publisher=Orient Longman|isbn=978-81-250-1347-1|pages=145–47|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Som Shah of Ramnagar|Som Shah]], Maharaja of Ramnagar Kingdom and founder of [[Chauth|Chauth system]]<ref name=":1" />
*[[Jayaba Mukne]], founder of Jawhar state and Mukne dynasty<ref>{{Cite book|last=Nairne|first=Alexander Kyd|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nzPCcILP-XwC&q=Jayab+Mukne&pg=PA30|title=History of the Konkan|date=1988|publisher=Asian Educational Services|isbn=978-81-206-0275-5|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Kanji Koli]], ruler of Chhaniar in Chunwal region of Gujarat<ref name=":4">{{Cite book|last1=Khān|first1=Muḥammad Hāshim Khāfī|url=|title=[[Muntakhab-al Lubab|Muntakhab-ul Lubab]]|last2=Elliot|first2=Sir Henry Miers|last3=Dowson|first3=John|publisher=[[Sang-e-Meel Publications]]|year=2006|isbn=978-969-35-1882-5|location=[[Lahore]], [[Pakistan]]|pages=44|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Sonang Mer]], [[Thakor]] of [[Dhandhuka]]<ref>{{Cite book|last=Lobo|first=Lancy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1DBuAAAAMAAJ|title=The Thakors of North Gujarat: A Caste in the Village and the Region|date=1995|publisher=Hindustan Publishing Corporation|isbn=978-81-7075-035-2|location=|pages=87|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last1=Williams|first1=Raymond Brady|url=|title=Swaminarayan Hinduism: Tradition, Adaptation, and Identity|last2=Trivedi|first2=Yogi|date=2016-05-12|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-908959-8|location=|pages=|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Ram Patil|Ramrao Patil]], first ruler of [[Murud-Janjira]]<ref name=":0" />
*[[Dhan Mer of Dhandhuka|Dhan Mer]], founder of [[Khant (caste)|Khant Dynasty]], ruler of Dhandhuka, [[Dhandhalpur]]<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Pfeffer|first1=Georg|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R--XMUsk7sIC&q=Dhan+Mer+Koli|title=Contemporary Society: Concept of tribal society|last2=Behera|first2=Deepak Kumar|date=1997|publisher=Concept Publishing Company|isbn=978-81-7022-983-4|pages=199|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Zalim Jalia]], [[Thakor]] of Dahewan<ref name=":3" />
*[[Nag Nayak of Sinhagad|Nag Nayak]], [[Rana (title)|Rana]] of [[Sinhagad]]<ref>{{Cite book|last=Sharma|first=Shripad Rama|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oAUdAAAAMAAJ|title=The Making of Modern India: From A. D. 1526 to the Present Day|date=1951|publisher=Orient Longmans|pages=197|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Yakut Khan|Qasim Yakut Khan]], Patil of Guhagar, Administrator of [[Janjira State|Janjira]] and admiral of [[Mughal Navy]]<ref name=":2" />

== References ==
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>Rajeev Chowdhary at 14:26, 23 October 2021