Kotwal (Koli title)
Kotwal is a respectable title of Kolis in Gujarat. Among members of the Koli caste, Kotwal is a title, derived from the occupation of fort-keepers or protectors of forts and village leader.[1][2] Even when a Koli man retired as a kotwal, he and his descendants would use "Kotwal" as a surname as it signified prestige.[3] Kolis were Kotwal from the times of Mughal rule in Gujarat[4] and were hereditary Kotwal of the royal palaces of Rajkot, Morvi and Bhavnagar Princely states.[5] Kolis of Maharashtra also served as Kotwal in Ahmadnagar Sultanate and controlled the forts.[6]
References
change- ↑ Somanaboina, Simhadri; Ramagoud, Akhileshwari (2021-11-15). The Routledge Handbook of the Other Backward Classes in India: Thought, Movements and Development. New Delhi, India: Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-000-46280-7.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ↑ Rao, B. S. S. (1992). Television for Rural Development. New Delhi, India, Asia: Concept Publishing Company. p. 161. ISBN 978-81-7022-377-1.
- ↑ Shah, A. M. (2002). Exploring India's Rural Past: A Gujarat Village in the Early Nineteenth Century. New Delhi, India: Oxford University Press. pp. 82–91. ISBN 978-0-19-565732-6.
- ↑ Khān, ʻAlī Muḥammad (1965). Mirat-i-Ahmadi: A Persian History of Gujarat. New Delhi, India, Asia: Oriental Institute. p. 831.
- ↑ Vanyajāti. New Delhi, India, Asia: Bharatiya Adimjati Sevak Sangh. 1989. p. 26.
- ↑ Shyam, Radhey (1966). The Kingdom of Ahmadnagar. New Delhi, India, Asia: Motilal Banarsidass Publications. p. 376. ISBN 978-81-208-2651-9.