Koli Mahasabha

The Koli Mahasabha (Hindi: कोली महासभा) or All India Kshatriya Koli Mahasabha (Hindi: अखिल भारतीय क्षत्रिय कोली महासभा) was a social organisation of Koli community formed in Ajmer city of Rajputana (now Rajasthan) in British India to promote the interests of Kolis for seeking social upliftment into Kshatriya varna and to raise awareness about the social and economic problems faced by Kolis. in the November and December 1939, Koli Mahasabha filled the petition to be counted as separated Kshatriya caste by British Indian Government. B. R. Ambedkar was not in support of the ABKKM because of the use of Kshatriya word and opposed the Koli leader by many ways.

Akhil Bhartiya Kshatriya Koli Mahasabha was a social organisation initiated in Ajmer by a group of kolis of Rajasthan in 1927 and spread throughout the Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan. Koli leaders of Mahasabha claimed Kshatriya status because of the Koli Princely states and Jagirs of Kolis in Gujarat, Maharashtra and Himachal Pradesh. At that time, there were 52 princely states of kolis in Gujarat but all of them were minor or petty states, several of koli principlities were in Maharashtra and Kullu state in Himachal. After the Independence of India from British rule in 1947, The leaders of Mahasabha in 1952 invited the Koli Maharaja Yashwantrao Martandrao Mukne of Jawhar state, Maharaja Deshmukh Dhairyashilrao Pawar of Surgana state and the Koli Thakurs of Jagirs in Gujarat to take a meating in Ajmer to discuss for upliftment of Koli society. Maharaja Mukne sent his Prime Minister to the meeting with a grateful thank.

In 1939, The ABKKM published a book named Koli Kshatriya Jaati Ka Sanchhipta Parichay to promote the history of Kolis. this book was written by a Arya Samaji Nand Kumar Shastri and published by Ram Krishna Printing Press.

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Category:Koli people
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