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{{Short description|A series of piracy by Kolis in India}}
The [[Koli people|Koli]] is a native [[Caste system in India|caste]] of [[India]], [[Pakistan]] and [[Nepal]]. But a largest number of [[Koli people|Kolis]] lives in [[Gujarat]] and [[Kathiawar]] of Gujarat has always been famous for its [[List of Koli states and clans|Koli]] [[Piracy]]. In times of unsettled [[British Raj|British]] government, the coasts of [[Kathiawar Agency|Kathiawar]] have swarmed with Koli pirates, who, from the shelter of every creek and [[headland]], took toll on all [[Merchandising|merchandise]] Ships that was carried on the [[Arabian Sea]]. Along the [[South Gujarat|southern]] coast the leading pirates were Shial Koli, [[Baria caste|Baria]] Kolis, while, in the [[Gulf of Kutch|Gulf of Cutch]] and near [[Dwarka]] and [[Porbandar district|Porbandar]], from an early date, Other Kolis made their names a terror to [[Merchant|merchants]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Tambs-Lyche |first=Harald |url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=5ntuAAAAMAAJ |title=Power, Profit, and Poetry: Traditional Society in Kathiawar, Western India |date=1996-12-31 |publisher=Manohar Publishers & Distributors |year=1996 |isbn=978-81-7304-176-1 |location=[[New Delhi]], [[India]] |pages=134 – 136 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Barendse |first=Rene J. |url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=inClDAAAQBAJ&dq=Kathiawar+Koli+Pirate&source=gbs_navlinks_s |title=The Arabian Seas: The Indian Ocean World of the Seventeenth Century: The Indian Ocean World of the Seventeenth Century |date=2016-07-08 |publisher=[[Routledge]] |year=2016 |isbn=978-1-317-45836-4 |location=New Delhi, India |pages=355 – 357 |language=en}}</ref>
== Ghogha and Piram Islands ==
In 1326, [[Ghogha]] and Piram Islands of [[Gujarat]] was stronghold of Koli pirates and they often lavied or attacked the ships of traders passed by nearby sea. But Koli pirates were defeated by the [[Mokhadaji Gohil|Mokhadaji]]. Later in 1340, Mokhadaji was defeated by Sultan Mohammad Bin Tughluq of Delhi Sultanate and Koli pirates raised again and captured a English ship named ”’Morning Star”’ of big cost and loaded with cargo.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Singhji |first=Virbhadra |url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=NYK7ZSpPzkUC&dq=Ghogha+Koli&source=gbs_navlinks_s |title=The Rajputs of Saurashtra |date=1994 |publisher=Popular Prakashan |year=1994 |isbn=978-81-7154-546-9 |location=New Delhi, India |pages=39 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Pfeffer |first=Georg |url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=NEBLAAAAYAAJ |title=Contemporary Society: Concept of tribal society |last2=Behera |first2=Deepak Kumar |date=1997 |publisher=Concept Publishing Company |year=1997 |isbn=978-81-7022-640-6 |location=New Delhi, India |pages=199 |language=en}}</ref>
== Shial bet Island ==
In 1531, Koli [[Piracy|pirates]] of Shial island of South coast of [[Kathiawar]] in [[Gujarat]] captured the Shial [[island]] from [[Portuguese India]] and defeated the [[Portuguese Navy|Portuguese Indian Navy]]. After that [[Chanch, Gujarat|Chanch]] also became the [[stronghold]] of Koli pirates.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Campbell |first=James M. |url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=FAXGpcEdbfUC |title=Hindu Castes and Tribes of Gujurat |date=1988 |publisher=[[Vintage Books]] |year=1988 |location=[[New Delhi]], [[India]] |pages=245 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Wilberforce-Bell |first=Harold |url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=JmZDAAAAYAAJ |title=The History of Kathiawad from the Earliest Times |date=1980 |publisher=Ajay Book Service |year=1980 |location=[[New Delhi]], [[India]] |pages=48 |language=en}}</ref>
== Sultanpur ==
In 1734, The [[Koli people|Kolis]] infested the Coastle of [[Gujarat]]. from their stronghold at Sultanpur, on the river [[Kurla]] in [[Kathiawar]], they gave much trouble [[British Raj|British]] ships. They were egged on to continue their infamous activities owing to the patronage extended to them by some wealthy [[Koli rebellions|Kolis]] who shared their plunder. The British government despatched [[Royal Indian Navy|British Indian Navy]] under captain Radford Nunn and captain Daniel Inchbird and he captured 5 of their armed vessels and burnt 14 more. To save others from a similar fate, Nunn burnt nearly 50 small ships of Koli pirates. About six months later, 10 more of their boats were set on fire and these measures silenced them for some time. A letter from the [[Bombay Castle (disambiguation)|Bombay Castle]] diary, dated Sunday, the 21st January, 1739, reveals that the Kolis had captured several vessels among which was the ”’Tiger Gallivet”’ (returning from [[Persia]]) in whose seizure the Kolis were chief pirates. A few years later in 1749, their renewed activities came to light once more, when they captured a ”’Bengal Ship”’ carrying rupees 60,000 cash and a [[Cargo]] worth an equivalent amount. To combat against Koli pirates, the [[Dutch India]], joining hands with the [[Presidencies and provinces of British India|British India]] in [[Surat]]. in December, 1750, both navy forced illegal activites of Koli pirates on the Kurla river. In this campaign, 23 of vessels were captured and this attack again compelled the Kolis to be inactive for a longer period.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Saletore |first=Rajaram Narayan |url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=1PVMMoChwY4C&dq=koli+Pirate&source=gbs_navlinks_s |title=Indian Pirates |date=1978 |publisher=Concept Publishing Company |year=1978 |location=[[New Delhi]], [[India]] |pages=80 – 88 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Sorabshah |first=Manekshah |url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=KURuAAAAMAAJ |title=A History of Gujarat: Including a Survey of Its Chief Architectural Monuments and Inscriptions |date=1980 |publisher=[[Longmans]], Green & Company Limited |year=1980 |location=[[New Delhi]], [[India]] |pages=685 |language=en}}</ref>
== Talaja ==
The [[Talaja, Bhavnagar|Talaja]] coast In [[Bhavnagar State]] was infested by the [[Koli people|Koli]] pirates of [[Kathiawar|Kathiawad]] of Gujarat. They captured the trading ships of [[British people|Britishers]] and Bhavnagar State. The British Navy with the help of Bhavnagar ruler Akherajji attacked and defeated the Koli pirates in 1771. But after death of Akherajji, Kolis again started collecting the tax from ships and captured two British and one Bhavnagar ship. In 1807, Wakhatsinji Akherajji [[Gohil]] join hands with [[British Raj|British]] government to suppress the Koli [[piracy]] under ”’Walker Settlement”’ treaty for peace in [[Saurashtra (region)|Saurashtra]] ocean and again defeated the Koli pirates and congrats by [[Bombay Presidency|Bombay government]] for his dare against Kolis.<ref>{{Cite book |last=India) |first=Oriental Institute (Vadodara |url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=NookXlAb2koC |title=Journal of the Oriental Institute, M.S. University of Barida, Baroda |date=1987 |publisher=[[Oriental Institute]], Maharajah Sayajirao Gaekwad University |year=1987 |location=New Delhi, India |pages=157 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Bhadani |first=B. L. |url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=JExuAAAAMAAJ |title=Facets of a Marwar Historian: Aspects of India’s Social and Economic History : a Volume in Honour of Shri Govind "*****"[a]rwal |last2=Tripathi |first2=Dwijendra |date=1996 |publisher=Publication Scheme |year=1996 |isbn=978-81-86782-18-7 |location=New Delhi, India |pages=294 |language=en}}</ref>
== References ==
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{{Short description|A series of piracy by Kolis in India}}
The [[Koli people|Koli]] is a native [[Caste system in India|caste]] of [[India]], [[Pakistan]] and [[Nepal]]. But a largest number of [[Koli people|Kolis]] lives in [[Gujarat]] and [[Kathiawar]] of Gujarat has always been famous for its [[List of Koli states and clans|Koli]] [[Piracy]]. In times of unsettled [[British Raj|British]] government, the coasts of [[Kathiawar Agency|Kathiawar]] have swarmed with Koli pirates, who, from the shelter of every creek and [[headland]], took toll on all [[Merchandising|merchandise]] Ships that was carried on the [[Arabian Sea]]. Along the [[South Gujarat|southern]] coast the leading pirates were Shial Koli, [[Baria caste|Baria]] Kolis, while, in the [[Gulf of Kutch|Gulf of Cutch]] and near [[Dwarka]] and [[Porbandar district|Porbandar]], from an early date, Other Kolis made their names a terror to [[Merchant|merchants]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Tambs-Lyche |first=Harald |url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=5ntuAAAAMAAJ |title=Power, Profit, and Poetry: Traditional Society in Kathiawar, Western India |date=1996-12-31 |publisher=Manohar Publishers & Distributors |year=1996 |isbn=978-81-7304-176-1 |location=[[New Delhi]], [[India]] |pages=134 – 136 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Barendse |first=Rene J. |url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=inClDAAAQBAJ&dq=Kathiawar+Koli+Pirate&source=gbs_navlinks_s |title=The Arabian Seas: The Indian Ocean World of the Seventeenth Century: The Indian Ocean World of the Seventeenth Century |date=2016-07-08 |publisher=[[Routledge]] |year=2016 |isbn=978-1-317-45836-4 |location=New Delhi, India |pages=355 – 357 |language=en}}</ref>
== Ghogha and Piram Islands ==
In 1326, [[Ghogha]] and Piram Islands of [[Gujarat]] was stronghold of Koli pirates and they often lavied or attacked the ships of traders passed by nearby sea. But Koli pirates were defeated by the [[Mokhadaji Gohil|Mokhadaji]]. Later in 1340, Mokhadaji was defeated by Sultan Mohammad Bin Tughluq of Delhi Sultanate and Koli pirates raised again and captured a English ship named ”’Morning Star”’ of big cost and loaded with cargo.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Singhji |first=Virbhadra |url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=NYK7ZSpPzkUC&dq=Ghogha+Koli&source=gbs_navlinks_s |title=The Rajputs of Saurashtra |date=1994 |publisher=Popular Prakashan |year=1994 |isbn=978-81-7154-546-9 |location=New Delhi, India |pages=39 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Pfeffer |first=Georg |url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=NEBLAAAAYAAJ |title=Contemporary Society: Concept of tribal society |last2=Behera |first2=Deepak Kumar |date=1997 |publisher=Concept Publishing Company |year=1997 |isbn=978-81-7022-640-6 |location=New Delhi, India |pages=199 |language=en}}</ref>
== Shial bet Island ==
In 1531, Koli [[Piracy|pirates]] of Shial island of South coast of [[Kathiawar]] in [[Gujarat]] captured the Shial [[island]] from [[Portuguese India]] and defeated the [[Portuguese Navy|Portuguese Indian Navy]]. After that [[Chanch, Gujarat|Chanch]] also became the [[stronghold]] of Koli pirates.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Campbell |first=James M. |url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=FAXGpcEdbfUC |title=Hindu Castes and Tribes of Gujurat |date=1988 |publisher=[[Vintage Books]] |year=1988 |location=[[New Delhi]], [[India]] |pages=245 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Wilberforce-Bell |first=Harold |url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=JmZDAAAAYAAJ |title=The History of Kathiawad from the Earliest Times |date=1980 |publisher=Ajay Book Service |year=1980 |location=[[New Delhi]], [[India]] |pages=48 |language=en}}</ref>
== Sultanpur ==
In 1734, The [[Koli people|Kolis]] infested the Coastle of [[Gujarat]]. from their stronghold at Sultanpur, on the river [[Kurla]] in [[Kathiawar]], they gave much trouble [[British Raj|British]] ships. They were egged on to continue their infamous activities owing to the patronage extended to them by some wealthy [[Koli rebellions|Kolis]] who shared their plunder. The British government despatched [[Royal Indian Navy|British Indian Navy]] under captain Radford Nunn and captain Daniel Inchbird and he captured 5 of their armed vessels and burnt 14 more. To save others from a similar fate, Nunn burnt nearly 50 small ships of Koli pirates. About six months later, 10 more of their boats were set on fire and these measures silenced them for some time. A letter from the [[Bombay Castle (disambiguation)|Bombay Castle]] diary, dated Sunday, the 21st January, 1739, reveals that the Kolis had captured several vessels among which was the ”’Tiger Gallivet”’ (returning from [[Persia]]) in whose seizure the Kolis were chief pirates. A few years later in 1749, their renewed activities came to light once more, when they captured a ”’Bengal Ship”’ carrying rupees 60,000 cash and a [[Cargo]] worth an equivalent amount. To combat against Koli pirates, the [[Dutch India]], joining hands with the [[Presidencies and provinces of British India|British India]] in [[Surat]]. in December, 1750, both navy forced illegal activites of Koli pirates on the Kurla river. In this campaign, 23 of vessels were captured and this attack again compelled the Kolis to be inactive for a longer period.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Saletore |first=Rajaram Narayan |url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=1PVMMoChwY4C&dq=koli+Pirate&source=gbs_navlinks_s |title=Indian Pirates |date=1978 |publisher=Concept Publishing Company |year=1978 |location=[[New Delhi]], [[India]] |pages=80 – 88 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Sorabshah |first=Manekshah |url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=KURuAAAAMAAJ |title=A History of Gujarat: Including a Survey of Its Chief Architectural Monuments and Inscriptions |date=1980 |publisher=[[Longmans]], Green & Company Limited |year=1980 |location=[[New Delhi]], [[India]] |pages=685 |language=en}}</ref>
== Talaja ==
The [[Talaja, Bhavnagar|Talaja]] coast In [[Bhavnagar State]] was infested by the [[Koli people|Koli]] pirates of [[Kathiawar|Kathiawad]] of Gujarat. They captured the trading ships of [[British people|Britishers]] and Bhavnagar State. The British Navy with the help of Bhavnagar ruler Akherajji attacked and defeated the Koli pirates in 1771. But after death of Akherajji, Kolis again started collecting the tax from ships and captured two British and one Bhavnagar ship. In 1807, Wakhatsinji Akherajji [[Gohil]] join hands with [[British Raj|British]] government to suppress the Koli [[piracy]] under ”’Walker Settlement”’ treaty for peace in [[Saurashtra (region)|Saurashtra]] ocean and again defeated the Koli pirates and congrats by [[Bombay Presidency|Bombay government]] for his dare against Kolis.<ref>{{Cite book |last=India) |first=Oriental Institute (Vadodara |url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=NookXlAb2koC |title=Journal of the Oriental Institute, M.S. University of Barida, Baroda |date=1987 |publisher=[[Oriental Institute]], Maharajah Sayajirao Gaekwad University |year=1987 |location=New Delhi, India |pages=157 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Bhadani |first=B. L. |url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=JExuAAAAMAAJ |title=Facets of a Marwar Historian: Aspects of India’s Social and Economic History : a Volume in Honour of Shri Govind "*****"[a]rwal |last2=Tripathi |first2=Dwijendra |date=1996 |publisher=Publication Scheme |year=1996 |isbn=978-81-86782-18-7 |location=New Delhi, India |pages=294 |language=en}}</ref>
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT
iracy, Koli}}Okumaya devam et...