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{{About|a title of Koli caste in Maharashtra|Gujarat|Patel}}<br />
The '''Patil'''<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Singh |first1=Kumar Suresh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4bfmnmsBfQ4C&dq=Patil+Koli&pg=PA1884 |title=Maharashtra |last2=Bhanu |first2=B. V. |last3=India |first3=Anthropological Survey of |date=2004 |publisher=Popular Prakashan |isbn=978-81-7991-102-0 |location=[[New Delhi]], [[India]], [[Asia]] |pages=1884 |language=en}}</ref> (also known as '''Gaonpatil''' and '''Sarpatil''')<ref>{{Cite book |last=Punekar |first=Vinaja B. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VOU9AAAAIAAJ |title=The Son Kolis of Bombay |date=1959 |publisher=Popular Book Depot |location=New Delhi, India |pages=301 |language=en}}</ref> is a [[Indian honorifics|title]] used by [[Koli people|Koli]] chiefs of villages in [[Maharashtra]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hardiman |first=David |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QNA-AQAAIAAJ |title=Histories for the Subordinated |date=2007 |publisher=[[Seagull Books]] |isbn=978-1-905422-38-8 |location=New Delhi, India |pages=132–133: A Koli Patil of his own village of Devgaon let him, Bhau Dungar and Khundu Sable hide out in a cattle shed which he kept in the mountains of Baglan, on the border with Khandesh. In September, after the monsoon was over, Raghu |language=en}}</ref><br />
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{{Infobox tribe|name=Koli Patil|type=Honorific title of Koli caste|ethnicity=[[Koli people]]|location=*[[Maharashtra]]<br />
*[[Karnataka]]<br />
*[[Goa]]<br />
*[[Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu]]|varna=[[Agriculturist]]|parent_tribe=*Mahadev Kolis<br />
*Son Kolis<br />
*Malhar Kolis<br />
*Pardeshi Kolis<br />
*Tokre Kolis|demonym=[[Koli people|Koli]]s|branches=*Koli Patil<br />
*Koli Paatil|language=*[[Koli language (disambiguation)|Koli language]]<br />
*[[Marathi language|Marathi]]<br />
*[[Konkani language|Konkani]]<br />
*[[Hindi]]<br />
*[[English language|English]]|religion=[[Hinduism]]}}<br />
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the [[Janjira State|Janjira]] island was built and fortified by Koli chieftain [[Ram Patil]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ali |first=Shanti Sadiq |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-3CPc22nMqIC&dq=Patil+Koli&pg=PA158 |title=The African Dispersal in the Deccan: From Medieval to Modern Times |date=1996 |publisher=[[Orient Blackswan]] |isbn=978-81-250-0485-1 |location=New Delhi, India, Asia |pages=158 |language=en}}</ref> Koli Patils sometimes called as '''Gaonpatil''' which means 'village head' and it is found among both [[Hindus|Hindu]] and [[Koli Christians|Christian Kolis]]. Patil is hereditary title to the Koli families of Maharashtra.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sharma |first=Kalpana |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6RJWYfvHBCQC&dq=Patil+Koli&pg=PA43 |title=Rediscovering Dharavi: Stories from Asia's Largest Slum |date=2000 |publisher=[[Penguin Books India]] |isbn=978-0-14-100023-7 |location=New Delhi, India |pages=43 |language=en}}</ref> In Koli society, there were several types of Patil<ref>{{Cite book |last=Robinson |first=Frederick Bruce |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S9dmbS_n9UEC |title=Adaptation to Colonial Rule by the "wild Tribes" of the Bombay Deccan, 1818-1880: From Political Competition to Social Banditry |date=1978 |publisher=[[University of Minnesota]] |location=New Delhi, India |language=en}}</ref><br />
* Police Patil: Police Patil was a service position in Kolis during [[British Raj]] and [[Maratha Empire|Maratha]] rule. Kolis who were serving as in-charge of police knowns as Police Patil.{{sfn|Sharma|1978|pp=148}}<br />
* Zemidar Patil: the Kolis who were village headman or landlord were known as [[Zamindar|Zemidar]] Patil. They received the grants of villages from rulers for their services in [[Princely state]]s, kingdoms and [[Deccan sultanates|Sultanates]].{{sfn|Sharma|1978|pp=149}}<br />
* Samajik Patil: the Koli people who were responsible to maintain order in Koli society and resolve their problems were called as Samajik Patil.{{sfn|Sharma|1978|pp=317}}<br />
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Kolis of Maharashtra served in Maratha Empire and a Koli Patil who was naval chief in [[Maratha Navy]] named [[Laya Sarpatil|Laya]] was honoured by [[Shivaji]] with the title of [[Patil (surname)|Sarpatil]] and grants of villages for his courageous actions and [[Siddi]]s of [[Murud-Janjira|Janjira]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Khandpekar |first=Neeta M |date=September 2018 |title=India's Maritime History: Sea-faring groups and Maritime Icons |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/327829489 |journal=ResearchGate|via=[[University of Mumbai]]}}</ref><br />
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