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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Rajput clan found in Gujarat, India}}<br />
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{{Infobox tribe|local name=વાળા|type=[[Gotra]] in [[Koli people|Koli]]s, [[Rajput]]s and [[Kathi people|Kathi]]s|name=Vala|ethnicity=*[[Koli people|Koli]]s<br />
*[[Rajput]]s<br />
*[[Kathi people|Kathi]]s|location=*[[Gujarat]]<br />
*[[Daman and Diu]]|varna= [[Kshatriya]]|religion=*[[Hinduism|Hindu]]|language=*[[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]<br />
*[[Kachi Koli language|Koli]]<br />
*[[Hindi]]<br />
*[[English language|English]]|demonym=[[Gujarati people]]}}<br />
The '''Vala''', or '''Wala''' is a [[Gujarati people|Gujarati]] [[clan]] ([[Gotra]]) mostly found among the [[Koli people|Koli]],<ref>{{Cite book |last=Kumar |first=Satinder |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qtkjAQAAIAAJ |title=Encyclopaedia of South-Asian Tribes: The Kinnaura - The Korwa |date=2000 |publisher=Anmol Publications |isbn=978-81-261-0517-5 |location=[[New Delhi]], [[India]] |page=1557 |quote=The Talapada Koli are divided into exogamous clans, Four of those clans, Merh, [[Chauhan dynasty|Chauhan]], [[Makwana (clan)|Makwana]] and Bhaliya are considered superior and the rest clans namely [[Rathod (surname)|Rathod]], Vala, Heera and [[Solanki (clan)|Solanki]] are placed below them |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Singh |first=K. S. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aRdOAQAAMAAJ |title=The Scheduled Castes |date=1995 |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |isbn=978-0-19-563742-7 |location=[[New Delhi]], [[India]], [[India]] |page=576 |quote=The Talapada Koli are divided into exogamous clans. Four of those clans, Merh, [[Chauhan dynasty|Chauhan]], [[Makwana (clan)|Makwana]] and Bhaliya are considered superior and the rest clans namely [[Rathod (surname)|Rathod]], Vala, Heera and [[Solanki (clan)|Solanki]] are placed below them |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Jain |first1=Jyotindra |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nuPWAAAAMAAJ |title=Folk Art and Culture of Gujarat: Guide to the Collection of the Shreyas Folk Museum of Gujarat |last2=Gujarat |first2=Shreyas Folk Museum of |date=1980 |publisher=Shreyas Prakashan |location=[[New Delhi]] |page=6 |quote=It has been noted that the famous Koli Dhanmer whose descendants became known as Vala Koli |language=en}}</ref> [[Rajput]]<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Jain |first1=Jyotindra |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nuPWAAAAMAAJ |title=Folk Art and Culture of Gujarat: Guide to the Collection of the Shreyas Folk Museum of Gujarat |last2=Gujarat |first2=Shreyas Folk Museum of |date=1980 |publisher=Shreyas Prakashan |location=New Delhi, India, Asia |pages=3: Varavalji who awas a Vala Rajput married to the daughter of a Kathi |language=en}}</ref> and [[Kathi people|Kathi]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Singhji |first=Virbhadra |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NYK7ZSpPzkUC |title=The Rajputs of Saurashtra |date=1994 |publisher=Popular Prakashan |isbn=978-81-7154-546-9 |location=New Delhi, India, Asia |pages=54: A Vala Rajput of Dhanak fell in love of a Kathi girl and his marriage with Kathi girl started a lineage of Vala Kathis |language=en}}</ref> [[Caste system in India|castes]] of [[Gujarat]].<br />
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