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The highest Koli families in the social sense prohibited widow remarriage in imitation of the Rajputs, and the same is true of the Khant Koli and Baria Kolis of the North and of the Patelias or Patelia Kolis of the Panch Mahals and the Rewa Kantha. These high caste Kolis never give their daughters to the lower Kolis such as Pagis, Kotwads and Patanwadias
The Khant Koli and Baria Koli of North Gujarat, the Patelia Koli of Panch Mahals and Reva Kantha have raised their status through such marriages and consider themselves superior
[I]mmigrant Kolis (Pardeshis) from an adjoining area, as in Saurashtra, the Panchmahals, and central and South Gujarat. Here the Talpadas belonging to the same division marry freely among themselves and are known by several names like Baraiya, Dharala, Khant, Kotwal, Patelia, Talpada and Thakor
