The Ratnaji Thakor and Rangaji Thakor were two Koli brothers from Tajpur village near Ahmedabad. They were soldiers in the British battalion stationed at the Shahibag cantonment in Ahmedabad. When the 1857 Revolution broke out, the Koli Shri Ratnaji Thakor and the Koli Shri Rangaji Thakor rebelled against the British rule and led the Koli rebellion, but the British declared them rebels. Many Kolis joined the rebellion under the leadership of Ratnaji Thakor and Rangaji Thakor. They returned to their village of Tajpur armed with weapons and began mobilizing the Koli villagers. Seeing the patriotism, zeal, and passion of Ratnaji Thakor and Rangaji Thakor, the British immediately dispatched Captain Palm and Captain Tailor with a British troops to Tajpur, ordering them to suppress the Koli rebellion at all costs. Captain Palm and Captain Taylor surrounded the entire village of Tajpur and arrested Ratnaji Thakor and Rangaji Thakor, demanding they end the Koli rebellion. However, Kolis refused. The British shot both brothers dead. They were martyred for their motherland.
The Khadia History Committee observes Martyrs' Day every year on August 9th in memory of Koli Shri Ratnaji Thakor and Rangaji Thakor.
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