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The '''Makwana''', or '''Makawana''' is a [[clan]] ([[Gotra]]) of the [[Koli people|Koli]] and Rajput [[Caste system in India|caste]] found in the [[States and union territories of India|Indian state]] of [[Gujarat]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Roy |first=Dr. Shibani |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o4RJAAAAMAAJ |title=Koli Culture: A Profile of the Culture of Talpad Vistar |date=1983 |publisher=Cosmo Publications|location=New Delhi |page=31 |quote=The Talpada Kolis are divided into two groups, the traditional Kolis or 'sacche Koli' who claim to be [[Kshatriya]] or any other neighbouring group. Amongst them only two clans are recognised: The Mar and Makwana |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gSZqDwAAQBAJ&q=Makwana+Koli&pg=PA34|title=Genealogy, Archive, Image: Interpreting Dynastic History in Western India, c. 1090-2016|last=Jhala|first=Jayasinhji|date=2018-07-19|publisher=Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG|isbn=9783110601299|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NYK7ZSpPzkUC&q=Makwana+Koli&pg=PA37|title=The Rajputs of Saurashtra|last=Singhji|first=Virbhadra|date=1994|publisher=Popular Prakashan|isbn=9788171545469|language=en}}</ref> The Makwana clan is mostly found among Talpada Kolis, Chunvalia Koli, and Ghedia Kolis.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Perez |first=Rosa Maria |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GDRWAglUumEC&q=Makwana+Koli |title=Kings and Untouchables: A Study of the Caste System in Western India |date=2004 |publisher=[[Orient Blackswan]] |isbn=978-81-8028-014-6 |location=New Delhi|page=71|quote=Three Koli Patel subcastes live in the village are Chauhan, Makwana and Rathod |language=en}}</ref>
The '''Makwana''' are a Hindu and Muslim community of Gujarat.


In [[Census in British India|1931 census]] of [[Baroda State|Baroda]] [[Princely state|State]], there were 20,700 Kolis of Makwana clan in the Baroda state's territory.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lobo |first=Lancy |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1DBuAAAAMAAJ |title=The Thakors of North Gujarat: A Caste in the Village and the Region |date=1995 |publisher=Hindustan Publishing Corporation |isbn=978-81-7075-035-2 |location=New Delhi |page=188 |language=en}}</ref>
The Makwana Muslims are now mainly small peasant proprietors found in north [[Gujarat]]. According to their traditions, their ancestor Bapuji, the son of Harpal Makwana, converted to [[Islam]]. He founded to the principality of Lalpur-Mandva, in [[Mahikantha]]. They are [[Sunni]] Muslims and speak [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]].


Makwana Kolis mostly belong to the [[Hinduism|Hindu faith]] but there are members of the community who converted to [[Islam]] during the reign of the invading Mughal power in [[Gujarat]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Gode |first=Parshuram Krishna |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hZotAAAAMAAJ |title=Studies in Indian Cultural History |date=1969 |publisher=Vishveshvaranand Vedic Research Institute |location=New Delhi |page=51 |language=en}}</ref>
Makwana claim descent from the [[Jhala (clan)|Jhala]] clan of Rajputs and Makwana Muslims intermarry with other [[Muslim Rajput]] groups in the neighbourhood, such as the [[Molesalam Rajput|Molesalam]], Nayak and [[Muslim Parmar (Gujarat)|Parmar]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gSZqDwAAQBAJ&q=Makwana+Koli&pg=PA34|title=Genealogy, Archive, Image: Interpreting Dynastic History in Western India, c. 1090-2016|last=Jhala|first=Jayasinhji|date=2018-07-19|publisher=Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG|isbn=9783110601299|language=en|access-date=1 December 2020|archive-date=21 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121012452/https://books.google.com/books?id=gSZqDwAAQBAJ&q=Makwana+Koli&pg=PA34|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NYK7ZSpPzkUC&q=Makwana+Koli&pg=PA37|title=The Rajputs of Saurashtra|last=Singhji|first=Virbhadra|date=1994|publisher=Popular Prakashan|isbn=9788171545469|language=en|access-date=1 December 2020|archive-date=22 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122124220/https://books.google.com/books?id=NYK7ZSpPzkUC&q=Makwana+Koli&pg=PA37|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GDRWAglUumEC&q=Makwana+Koli&pg=PA71|title=Kings and Untouchables: A Study of the Caste System in Western India|last=Perez|first=Rosa Maria|date=2004|publisher=Orient Blackswan|isbn=9788180280146|language=en|access-date=1 December 2020|archive-date=22 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122121222/https://books.google.com/books?id=GDRWAglUumEC&q=Makwana+Koli&pg=PA71|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4Cy_-FXW9BQC&q=Makwana+Koli&pg=PA717|title=Gujarat|date=2003|publisher=Popular Prakashan|isbn=9788179911044|language=en|access-date=1 December 2020|archive-date=22 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122124028/https://books.google.com/books?id=4Cy_-FXW9BQC&q=Makwana+Koli&pg=PA717|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c70MAAAAIAAJ&q=Makvana+Koli&pg=PA140|title=Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency ...|last=State)|first=Bombay (India|date=1884|publisher=Government Central Press|language=en|access-date=1 December 2020|archive-date=22 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122123529/https://books.google.com/books?id=c70MAAAAIAAJ&q=Makvana+Koli&pg=PA140|url-status=dead}}</ref>


==References==
== Estates ==
Here are list of [[Princely State]]s ruled by Makwana Kolis,
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* [[Katosan State]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Chakrabarti |first=Jadab Chandra |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rpA2AAAAMAAJ&dq=makwana+Koli&pg=PA128 |title=The Native States of India |date=1895 |publisher=Elm Press |location=Calcutta |page=128 |language=en}}</ref>
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* [[Gabat State|Gabat]]{{sfn|Gode|1969|p=51}}
* [[Punadra]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Department |first=India Foreign and Political |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-80NAAAAIAAJ&dq=makawan+Koli&pg=RA1-PA334 |title=A Collection of Treaties, Engagements, and Sanads Relating to India and Neighbouring Countries |date=1892 |publisher=Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, India |location=New Delhi |page=334 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Hadol State]]<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3sEqCW4p2VgC |title=The Hind Rajasthan, Or, The Annals of the Native States of India |date=1985 |publisher=Usha Publications |location=New Delhi, India, Asia |pages=122–123|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Khadal State]]


== Notable==
[[Category:Muslim communities of Gujarat]]
* [[Savshibhai Makwana]]
[[Category:Rajput clans of Gujarat]]

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== References ==
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[[Category:Koli clans]]

Revision as of 04:48, 23 September 2023

The Makwana, or Makawana is a clan (Gotra) of the Koli and Rajput caste found in the Indian state of Gujarat.[1][2][3] The Makwana clan is mostly found among Talpada Kolis, Chunvalia Koli, and Ghedia Kolis.[4]

In 1931 census of Baroda State, there were 20,700 Kolis of Makwana clan in the Baroda state's territory.[5]

Makwana Kolis mostly belong to the Hindu faith but there are members of the community who converted to Islam during the reign of the invading Mughal power in Gujarat.[6]

Estates

Here are list of Princely States ruled by Makwana Kolis,

Notable

References

  1. ^ Roy, Dr. Shibani (1983). Koli Culture: A Profile of the Culture of Talpad Vistar. New Delhi: Cosmo Publications. p. 31. The Talpada Kolis are divided into two groups, the traditional Kolis or 'sacche Koli' who claim to be Kshatriya or any other neighbouring group. Amongst them only two clans are recognised: The Mar and Makwana
  2. ^ Jhala, Jayasinhji (19 July 2018). Genealogy, Archive, Image: Interpreting Dynastic History in Western India, c. 1090-2016. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. ISBN 9783110601299.
  3. ^ Singhji, Virbhadra (1994). The Rajputs of Saurashtra. Popular Prakashan. ISBN 9788171545469.
  4. ^ Perez, Rosa Maria (2004). Kings and Untouchables: A Study of the Caste System in Western India. New Delhi: Orient Blackswan. p. 71. ISBN 978-81-8028-014-6. Three Koli Patel subcastes live in the village are Chauhan, Makwana and Rathod
  5. ^ Lobo, Lancy (1995). The Thakors of North Gujarat: A Caste in the Village and the Region. New Delhi: Hindustan Publishing Corporation. p. 188. ISBN 978-81-7075-035-2.
  6. ^ Gode, Parshuram Krishna (1969). Studies in Indian Cultural History. New Delhi: Vishveshvaranand Vedic Research Institute. p. 51.
  7. ^ Chakrabarti, Jadab Chandra (1895). The Native States of India. Calcutta: Elm Press. p. 128.
  8. ^ Gode 1969, p. 51.
  9. ^ Department, India Foreign and Political (1892). A Collection of Treaties, Engagements, and Sanads Relating to India and Neighbouring Countries. New Delhi: Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, India. p. 334.
  10. ^ The Hind Rajasthan, Or, The Annals of the Native States of India. New Delhi, India, Asia: Usha Publications. 1985. pp. 122–123.