Koli Christians
| Koli Christians | |
|---|---|
| ईसाई कोली | |
Chapel of Jesus, Worli Koliwada, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Christian Kolis | |
| Abbreviation | CK |
| Jāti | Koli people |
| Classification | Other Backward Class |
| Kuladevta (male) | Sacred Name of Jesus Christ |
| Kuladevi (female) | Mount St Mary |
| Nishan | Christian cross |
| Religions | Christianity |
| Languages | |
| Country | India |
| Original state | |
| Ethnicity | Koli people |
| Population | 9000 (1989) |
| Feudal title |
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| Subdivisions |
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| Related groups | Aagri and Gauda and Kunbi castes |
| Status | Subgroup of Koli caste |
| Reservation (Education) | Yes |
| Reservation (Employment) | Yes |
| Reservation (Other) | Yes |
| Kingdom (original) | Portuguese Bombay, Colaba state etc. |
Koli Christians are Koli people who profess Christianity in India, they are also a subgroup of the Bombay East Indians, who are the indigenous people of the Seven Islands of Bombay and the Bombay metropolitan area, which is now also called Mumbai (Bombay). The Koli Christians were of the Son Koli subcaste, before their conversion by the Portuguese from Brahmanism to Christianity, in the former Bom Bahia of Portuguese India. Christian Kolis are also known as Thalkar and Gaonkar Kolis, they played an important role in building churches & convents in the northern Konkan division of present-day Maharashtra.