Kathiawar is a peninsula,near the far north of India's west coast,of about 61,000 km2 (23,500 sq mi) bordering the Arabian Sea. It is bounded by the Gulf of Kutch in the northwest and by the Gulf of Khambhat in the east. In the northeast,it is connected to the rest of Gujarat and borders on the low,fertile hinterland of Ahmedabad. It is crossed by two belts of hill country and is drained radially by nine rivers which have little natural flow aside from in monsoon months,thus dams have been built on some of these. Kathiawar ports have been flourishing centres of trade and commerce since at least the 16th century.
Bhavnagar is a city and the headquarters of Bhavnagar district in the Indian state of Gujarat. It was founded in 1723 by Bhavsinhji Gohil. It was the capital of Bhavnagar State,which was a princely state before it was merged into the Indian Union in February 1948.
Balwantrai Mehta was an Indian politician who served as the second Chief Minister of Gujarat state,India. He participated in Indian independence movement and later held various public offices. He is considered as the 'Architect of Panchayati Raj ' due to his contributions towards democratic decentralisation.
Asoka Mehta was an Indian freedom fighter and socialist politician. He helped organize the socialist wing Congress Socialist Party of the Indian National Congress,along with Rambriksh Benipuri,Jaya Prakash Narayan,and was heavily involved in the politics and government of the city of Bombay.
Ahmedbhai Muhamedbhai Patel,also known as Ahmed Patel,was an Indian politician and Member of Parliament from the Indian National Congress. He was the political secretary to Congress President Sonia Gandhi.
Bhavnagar State was a princely state with 13 Gun Salutes during the British Raj. It was part of Kathiawar Agency in Saurashtra. The hereditary Kotwals of the royal palace of Bhavnagar were Talpada Kolis of Radhavanaj village of Kheda district.
The Gujarat Legislative Assembly or Gujarat Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Gujarat,in the state capital Gandhinagar. Presently,182 members of the Legislative Assembly are directly elected from single-member constituencies (seats). It has a term of 5 years unless it is dissolved sooner. 13 constituencies are reserved for scheduled castes and 27 constituencies for scheduled tribes. From its majority party group or by way of a grand coalition cabinet of its prominent members,the state's Executive namely the Government of Gujarat is formed.
Shaktisinh Harishchandrasinhji Gohil is an Indian politician. He is a Member of Parliament and a member of the Indian National Congress. He was appointed president of the Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee in June 2023,in run up to 2024 general election.
Manubhai Shah was an Indian politician who played an important political and developmental role in independent India for over half a century. He was the inugural minister of Ministry of Heavy Industries.
Bharti Dhirubhai Shiyal is an Indian politician. She was elected to the Lok Sabha,the lower house of the Parliament of India from Bhavnagar,Gujarat as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. She was earlier elected to the Gujarat Legislative Assembly in 2012 from Talaja in Bhavnagar district. She is consulting Ayurvedic practitioner by profession. She belongs to Koli community of Gujarat. She is a National Vice President of the BJP.
Sanat Mehta was an Indian politician and social activist from Gujarat,India. He was associated with Indian National Congress. He served as labour and finance minister of the state. Mehta was elected to Lok Sabha from Surendranagar in 1996.
Ajitsinh Dabhi was an Indian politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha,lower house of the Parliament of India from Kheda,Gujarat as a member of the Indian National Congress. he is son of Fulsinhji Dabhi a Koli by caste and a prominent leader of Gujarat Kshatriya Sabha.
Prasannbhai Mehta is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha,lower house of the Parliament of India from Bhavnagar in Gujarat as a member of the Janata Party.
Mohanbhai Laljibhai Patel was an Indian politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha,the lower house of the Parliament of India from Junagadh,Gujarat. He was founder of Patel Kelvani Mandal in Junagadh. He belong to Koli caste of Gujarat.
Shashibhai Mavajibhai Jamod was an Indian politician,social worker,lawyer,engineer and businessmen and a Koli by caste of Gujarat. He was elected to the Lok Sabha,the lower house of the Parliament of India from Bhavnagar in Gujarat as a member of the Indian National Congress.
Jashvant Mehta is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha,the lower house of the Parliament of India from Bhavnagar in Gujarat as a member of the Praja Socialist Party.
Pratap Shivram Singh was an Indian politician,social worker and British Indian Army soldier as Junior commissioned officer. He was elected as Member of Parliament of Third,Fourth loksabha and 5th Lok Sabha from Shimla constituency. Shimla Lok Sabha was formerly known as Sirmur lok sabha and reserved for Scheduled castes. He was also president of Koli Mahasabha.
Pravinbhai Jinabhai Rathod is an Indian politician and former Member of legislative assembly from Palitana and belonging to Indian National Congress party. In 2014,he won the Congress primaries for Bhavnagar Lok Sabha constituency by 303 votes. Rathod belongs to the Koli caste of Gujarat,India.
Nimuben Jayantibhai Bambhaniya is an Indian politician,social worker and incumbent Member of Parliament in Lok Sabha for the Bhavnagar Lok Sabha constituency and Minister of State in government of India as a member of Bharatiya Janata Party. In the 2024 Indian general elections,she defeated Umeshbhai Makwana of Aam Aadmi Party by 455,289 votes. Nimuben Bambhaniya belong to the Koli caste of Gujarat.
