Koli
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Kolis,
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Koli
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Fiji Rugby Union chief executive Koli Sewabu said playing games overseas would "enable us to invest more into grassroots rugby supporting the continued growth and success of the team".
From Barron's ● Feb. 23, 2026
An audio-visual virtual reality reconstruction of the Devil's Church in Koli is currently underway for research and demonstration purposes.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 27, 2023
On Monday, the Allahabad High Court found Koli innocent in 12 cases in which he had been sentenced to death.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2023
A talented slate of African writers, including the novelists In Koli Jean Bofane and Annie Lulu, offers crucial readings.
From New York Times ● Dec. 15, 2022
Such is the history of the quaint ballad of the English Governor, the Parsi millionaire, and the Koli Patel.
From By-Ways of Bombay by S. M. (Stephen Meredyth) Edwardes
They are coupled with the Bhīls and Kolis in old Hindu accounts.
From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) by R. V. (Robert Vane) Russell
The wide extension of the Savar tribe east and west is favourable to the hypothesis of the identity of the Kols and Kolis, who have a somewhat similar distribution.
From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) by R. V. (Robert Vane) Russell
The Kolis and Bhīls are tribes of the same country and are commonly spoken of together.
From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) by R. V. (Robert Vane) Russell
If this is correct the Kolis would be a Kolarian tribe.
From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II by R. V. (Robert Vane) Russell
The Bhīls are recognised as the oldest inhabitants of southern Rājputāna and parts of Gujarāt, and are usually spoken of in conjunction with the Kolis, who inhabit the adjoining tracts of Gujarāt.
From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II by R. V. (Robert Vane) Russell
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