The Bhangare, or Bhangre is a clan of Koli caste found in the Indian state of Maharashtra.[1] Bhangare Kolis were granted the villages from Peshwa and served as Patil and Deshmukh.[2] in 1761 for Maratha Empire, Bhangare Kolis along with Pattikar Kolis captured the Trimbak fort from Nizam of Hyderabad state.[3]

Bhangare Koli
भांगरे कोळी
Clan (Gotra) of the Koli caste
EthnicityKoli people
LocationMaharashtra
VarnaWarrior
Parent tribeMahadev Kolis
DemonymKoli
Language
ReligionHindu
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  1. Vidyarthi, Lalita Prasad; Rai, Binay Kumar (1977). The Tribal Culture of India. New Delhi, India: Concept Publishing Company. p. 163.
  2. Gāre, Govinda (1976). Tribals in an Urban Setting: A Study of Socio-economic Impact of Poona City on the Mahadeo Kolis. New Delhi, India: Shubhada Saraswat. pp. 26: A Study of Socio-economic Impact of Poona City on the Mahadeo Kolis Govinda Gāre. to the grant of jahagirs to the three Mahadeo Koli families, Bhangare, Bamble and Bokad and titles of Patil and Deshmukh by Peshwa.
  3. Ghurye, Govind Sadashiv (1957). The Mahadev Kolis. New Delhi, India, Asia: Popular Book Depot. pp. 12: An entry of A.D. 1769-70 in the Diary of Madhav rao I refers to the grant of villages to three Koli families, Bhangare, Bambale and Bokad, as reward. An entry for the year A.D. 1776-77 in Savai Madhavrao's Diary refers to the breaking in of Jiwaji Bambale and bringing him under submission and service to the Peshwa along with prominent kolis Khade, Bhangare and Pichad of Rajur. Of these families those of Bhangare and Khade worked as daring Subedars, along with Pattikar brothers of Koli caste, in the conquest from the Nizam, in A.D. 1761, of the fort of Trimbak for the Peshwa.
  4. Keer, Dhananjay (1997). Mahatma Jotirao Phooley: Father of the Indian Social Revolution. New Delhi, India, Asia: Popular Prakashan. p. 16. ISBN 978-81-7154-066-2.
  5. Sunthankar, B. R. (1988). Nineteenth Century History of Maharashtra: 1818-1857. New Delhi, India: Shubhada-Saraswat Prakashan. pp. In 1844 again the tribes organised a rebellion under the leadership of Raghu Bhangre and Bapu Bhangre, the two sons of a jemadar of the Ahmadnagar police, who was a Koli by caste . Their headquarters were the hilly country north. ISBN 978-81-85239-50-7.