Koli Vero

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The Koli Vero was a type of tax collected by Koli chiefs of villages from other caste people for living in Koli village.

System

Here are some important points of Koli vero:
  1. It was collected by Koli chiefs such as Koli Thakurs, Koli Patels, Koli Girasias, Koli Pagis and Koli Kotwals of their villages.
  2. Koli Vero was collected as monthly tax from other caste people.
  3. If anyone resisted or refused to pay Koli Vero, Koli chief often plundered the person's relatives.
  4. Koli vero system was disbanded during the British rule in Gujarat.

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Source

  • Central Gujarat in the Nineteenth Century: The Integration of an Agrarian System by Alice Whitcomb Clark, Pages: 72, 354 & 372

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