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The '''Koli Mahasabha''' ([[Hindi]]: कोली महासभा) or '''''All India Kshatriya Koli Mahasabha''''' ([[Hindi]]: अखिल भारतीय क्षत्रिय कोली महासभा) was a social organisation of [[Koli people|Koli]] community formed in [[Ajmer]] city of [[Rajputana]] (now [[Rajasthan]]) in [[Presidencies and provinces of British India|British India]] to promote the interests of Kolis for seeking social upliftment into [[Kshatriya]] [[Varna (Hinduism)|varna]] and to raise awareness about the social and economic problems faced by Kolis.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sharma |first=Brij Kishore |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tlsPnV87QLoC&q=Koli+Mahasabha |title=Social, Economic and Political Contribution of Caste Associations in Northern India: A Case Study of All India Jat Mahasabha |publisher=Har-Anand Publications |isbn=978-81-241-1412-4 |location=New Delhi, India, Asia |pages=31–33 |language=en}}</ref> in the November and December 1939, Koli Mahasabha filled the petition to be counted as separated Kshatriya [[Caste system in India|caste]] by British Indian Government.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Gould |first=William |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K2oexn_mLPIC&q=Koli+Mahasabha |title=Religion and Conflict in Modern South Asia |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |isbn=978-1-139-49869-2 |location=New Delhi, India, Asia |pages=158 |language=en}}</ref> [[B. R. Ambedkar]] was not in support of the ABKKM because of the use of Kshatriya word and opposed the Koli leader by many ways.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Shyamlal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4jXhAAAAMAAJ |title=Ambedkar and Dalit Movement: Special Reference to Rajasthan |publisher=Rawat Publications |isbn=978-81-316-0203-4 |location=New Delhi, India, Asia |pages=98 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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{{Infobox organization<br />
| name = Koli Mahasabha<br />
| formation = 1927<br />
| full_name = Akhil Bharatiya Kshatriya Koli Mahasabha<br />
| native name = अखिल भारतीय क्षत्रिय कोली महासभा<br />
| native_name_lang = Hi<br />
| abbreviation = ABKKM<br />
| named_after = [[Koli people]]<br />
| founding_location = [[Ajmer]], [[Ajmer-Merwara]], [[British India]]<br />
| type = Non - Profit Social organisation<br />
| status = Social Organisation<br />
| headquarters = Ajmer<br />
| location_country = {{flag|India}}<br />
| services = Social activities<br />
| language = *[[Kachi Koli language|Koli]]<br />
*[[Hindi]]<br />
*[[Himachali language|Himachali]]<br />
*[[Braj Bhasa]]<br />
*[[English language|English]]<br />
| leader_title = President & Vice - President<br />
| leader_name = *[[Pratap Shivram Singh]]<br />
*[[Hukam Chand Kachwai]]<br />
| key_people = *Chandan Singh Mahor of [[Bharatpur]]<br />
*Mohan Kumar Nathu Singh Tanwar<br />
| affiliations = *[[Mahawar Koli]]<br />
*[[Sankhwar|Sankhwar Koli]]<br />
*Ahirwar Kori<br />
*[[Shakya]] Koli<br />
*Shakyawar Kori<br />
*Jaiswar Kori<br />
}}<br />
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Akhil Bhartiya Kshatriya Koli Mahasabha was a social organisation initiated in Ajmer by a group of kolis of Rajasthan in 1927 and spread throughout the [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[Himachal Pradesh]] and [[Rajasthan]]. Koli leaders of Mahasabha claimed Kshatriya status because of the [[List of Koli states and clans|Koli Princely states]] and [[Jagir]]s of Kolis in [[Gujarat]], [[Maharashtra]] and [[Himachal Pradesh]]. At that time, there were 52 [[princely state]]s of kolis in Gujarat but all of them were minor or petty states, several of koli principlities were in Maharashtra and [[Kullu district|Kullu state]] in Himachal. After the [[Indian independence movement|Independence of India]] from [[British Raj|British rule]] in 1947, The leaders of Mahasabha in 1952 invited the [[Koli people|Koli]] [[Maharaja]] [[Yashwantrao Martandrao Mukne]] of [[Jawhar State|Jawhar state]], Maharaja [[Deshmukh#Deshmukh as a title|Deshmukh]] Dhairyashilrao [[Pawar]] of [[Surgana State|Surgana state]] and the Koli [[Thakur (title)|Thakurs]] of Jagirs in Gujarat to take a meating in Ajmer to discuss for upliftment of Koli society. Maharaja Mukne sent his [[Prime minister|Prime Minister]] to the meeting with a grateful thank.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Molund |first=Stefan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8vItAAAAMAAJ |title=First We are People--: The Koris of Kanpur Between Caste and Class |publisher=Department of Social Anthropology, [[University of Stockholm]] |isbn=978-91-7146-701-0 |location=New Delhi, India, Asia |pages=220–245 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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In 1939, The '''ABKKM''' published a book named '''''Koli Kshatriya Jaati Ka Sanchhipta Parichay''''' to promote the history of Kolis.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Gupta |first=Dipankar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bgpEIb4tNjgC&q=Koli+Mahasabha |title=Caste in Question: Identity Or Hierarchy? |publisher=SAGE Publications |isbn=978-0-7619-3324-3 |location=New Delhi, India, Asia |pages=2068 |language=en}}</ref> this book was written by a [[Arya Samaj]]i Nand Kumar Shastri and published by Ram Krishna Printing Press.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Narayan |first=Badri |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9bmGAwAAQBAJ&q=Koli+Mahasabha |title=Fascinating Hindutva: Saffron Politics and Dalit Mobilisation |publisher=SAGE Publications India |isbn=978-81-321-0105-5 |location=New Delhi, India, Asia |pages=25 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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