Talpada Koli
Talapada,[1] or Talpada[2] is a Subcaste of the Koli caste of Gujarat state in India.[3] Talapada Kolis are Agriculturist by profession.[4] they were members of the Gujarat Kshatriya Sabha, an organisation launched by Natwarsinh Solanki who was a Koli elite.[5] 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.[6]
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.[7] the another title of Talapada Kolis are Patel because they are Agriculturist and respected cultivators from old days.[8]
Origin
The Talapada Kolis got their name from Talpad region in Junagadh State of Gujarat.[5] Talapada Kolis means indigenous Koli used in 19th century.[9] They speak Gujarati language of Gujarat.[10] The Talapada Kolis found in South, Central as well as Peninsular Gujarat.[11]
History
In an unpublished paper on Talpada Kolis in south Gujarat, Arjun Patel mentions that a number of Talpada Kolis had participated in the 1926 Non-Cooperation movement, in the 1930 Dandi Satyagraha, and the Quit-India movement of 1942. From the Olpad and Choryasi talukas alone 91 Kolis became freedom fighters. Koli leaders here have been active in bringing about social reforms among their folk. Twenty-three caste associations (gnati sangathano) have been recorded in south Gujarat by Patel. The main objectives of these associations are social reform, promotion of education, and furtherance of the economic interests of Kolis. These associations, like the north Gujarat Koli associations, do not avowedly profess any political objective. Patel (1992) notes that many associations in south Gujarat held joint activities. However, the efforts of the south Gujarat Kolis to unite with Kolis of other regions were unsuccessful.[11]
Kambad, a Talpada Koli from Bhavnagar, Saurashtra, in his book (1981:453, in Gujarati), Samast Koli Samaj (All Koli Association), writes that since 1951 meetings were held nearly every year at different places in Saurashtra to bring about a fellow feeling among Kolis and to promote all-round development among them. According to Roy (1983), this association took formal shape on 20 November 1973, under the title Samast Talpada Koli Samaj (All Talpada Koli Society). Its first convention was held at Chotila (Surendranagar district) where about 7000 Kolis from Saurashtra assembled. During this convention the bandharan (constitution) of the association was framed and approved.[11]
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Classification
The Talapada Kolis are Classified as a Other Backward Class, or OBC caste by Government of Gujarat.[14]
References
- ↑ Patel, Mahendra Lal (1997). Awareness in Weaker Section: Perspective Development and Prospects. New Delhi, India: M.D. Publications Pvt. Ltd. p. 251. ISBN 978-81-7533-029-0.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ↑ Jan 29, TNN / Updated:; 2021; Ist, 07:17. "Gujarat: Rs 5 lakh fine for provocative social media messages | Rajkot News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2022-03-27.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Shah, A. M. (1998). The Family in India: Critical Essays. New Delhi, India: Orient Blackswan. pp. 126–128. ISBN 978-81-250-1306-8.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ↑ Chahel, Paramjot Singh (2015-10-30). Undisclosed Facts of Tribal Life. New Delhi, India: Partridge Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4828-3834-3.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Lal, R. B. (2003). Gujarat History. New Delhi, India: Popular Prakashan. pp. 716–721. ISBN 978-81-7991-104-4.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ↑ Yagnik, Achyut (2005-08-24). Shaping Of Modern Gujarat. New Delhi, India: Penguin UK. ISBN 978-81-8475-185-7.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ↑ Shah, A. M. (2002). Exploring India's Rural Past: A Gujarat Village in the Early Nineteenth Century. New Delhi, India, Asia: Oxford University Press. pp. 82–91. ISBN 978-0-19-565732-6.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ↑ Tambs-Lyche, Harald (1996-12-31). Power, Profit, and Poetry: Traditional Society in Kathiawar, Western India. New Delhi, India: Manohar Publishers & Distributors. pp. 131: Tarabda. ISBN 978-81-7304-176-1.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ↑ Shah, A. M. (2012-12-06). The Structure of Indian Society: Then and Now. New Delhi, India: Routledge. p. 168. ISBN 978-1-136-19770-3.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ↑ Abbi, Anvita (1997). Languages of Tribal and Indigenous Peoples of India: The Ethnic Space. New Delhi, India: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers. p. 55. ISBN 978-81-208-1374-8.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.6 Lobo, Lancy (1995). The Thakors of North Gujarat: A Caste in the Village and the Region. New Delhi, India: Hindustan Publishing Corporation. pp. 162–170. ISBN 978-81-7075-035-2.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ↑ Shah, Ghanshyam (1997). Social Transformation in India: Essays in Honour of Professor I.P. Desai. New Delhi, India: Rawat Publications. p. 338.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ↑ Shah, Ghanshyam (1975). Caste Association and Political Process in Gujarat: A Study of Gujarat Kshatriya Sabha. New Delhi, India, Asia: Popular Prakashan. p. 204.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ↑ Ahmed, Sara (2005-01-13). Flowing Upstream: Empowering Women Through Water Management Initiatives in India. New Delhi, India: Foundation Books. p. 66. ISBN 978-81-7596-262-0.
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