| 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 Koli people who profess Christianity in India, they are also a subgroup of the Bombay East Indians, who are the indigenous people of the Seven Islands of Bombay and the Bombay metropolitan area, which is now also called Mumbai (Bombay).[2] The Koli Christians were of the Son Koli subcaste, 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, they played an important role in building churches & convents in the northern Konkan division of present-day Maharashtra.[4]
- ^ Tanya, Anisha Rachel Oommen & Aysha (16 March 2018). "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.