| Koli Christians | |
|---|---|
| ईसाई कोली | |
 Chapel of Jesus, Worli Koliwada, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Christian Kolis | |
| Abbreviation | CK |
| Jāti | Koli people |
| Classification | Other Backward Class |
| Kuladevta (male) | Sacred Name of Jesus Christ |
| Kuladevi (female) | Mount St Mary |
| Nishan | Christian cross |
| Religions | Christianity |
| Languages | |
| Country | India |
| Original state | |
| Ethnicity | Koli people |
| Population | 9000 (1989) |
| Feudal title |
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| Subdivisions |
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| Related groups | Aagri and Gauda and Kunbi castes |
| Status | Subgroup of Koli caste |
| Reservation (Education) | Yes |
| Reservation (Employment) | Yes |
| Reservation (Other) | Yes |
| Kingdom (original) | Portuguese Bombay, Colaba state etc. |
Koli Christians[1] are subgroup of the Koli people, known as Bombay East Indians, the indigenous people of the Seven Islands of Bombay and the Bombay metro area, which is now also called Mumbai (Bombay).[2] The Koli Christians were of the Son Koli caste, before their conversion by the Portuguese from Brahmanism to Christianity, in the former Bom Bahia of Portuguese India.[3] Christian Kolis are also known as Thankar and Gaonkar Kolis in Maharashtra, where they played an important role in building churches and convents in the northern Konkan division of Maharashtra.[4]
- ^ Tanya, Anisha Rachel Oommen & Aysha. "To learn the secrets of East Indian food, you need to read this rare committee-written recipe book". Scroll.in. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
- ^ James 1977.
- ^ Punekar 1959, p. 17.
- ^ Baptista, Elsie Wilhelmina (1967). The East Indians: Catholic Community of Bombay, Salsette and Bassein. New Delhi: Bombay East Indian Association. p. 44.
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