Koli King Raja Som Shah (राजा सोम साह)

Raja Som Shah (राजा सोम साह) Was Koli King Of Ramnagar State (रामनगर रियासत) In The Middle Of Sixteenth Century. Ramnagar State Was Only Sixty Miles South Of Surat. It Was An Independent Koli Kingdom (कोली राज्य). Raja Som Shah Started The Chauth System. Chauth Was A Protection Fee. Som Shah Was Recieving Chauth From Portuguese Of Dadra And Nagar Haveli Region Was In Ramnagar State Territory And Was Providing Protection To Portuguese. Portuguese Called Him As Chauthia Raja (Protecter King). The Peoples Of Daman Paid 1/8 Share Of Totle Revenue Of Daman. In 1670, Captain Of Daman Fernao De Miranda (फरनाउ डे मिरांढा) Entered Into A Agreement With Koli King Vikram Shah Ji Mukne (विक्रम साह जी मुकणे) Of Jawhar State. Vikram Shah Ji Mukne Revolted Against The Koli King Som Shah Of Ramnagar State And Demanded The Chauth From Portuguese. Raja Vikram Shah Ji Mukne Of Jawhar State Destroyed The Some Of The Territory Of Ramnagar State Of Som Shah But Raja Som Shah Was Failed To Check The Vikram Shah Ji Mukne. Portuguese Agreed To Pay The Chauth To Jawhar State. The Captain Of Daman, Fernao De Miranda Sent A Secret Letter To Shivaji To Their Rescue And Crush The Koli King. King Som Shah Was Came Under The Sway Of Chhatrapati Shivaji Raje Bhonsle And Shivaji Also Demanded The Chauth (Protection Fee) From Portuguese Which Was The Regular Practice Followed By Raja Som Shah. The Portuguese Didn't Deny To Pay The Chauth To Shivaji But They Doing Delay In Payment And After Some Time Portuguese Refused To Pay Chauth With An Excuse That You Have Not Defeated The Koli Raja Of Ramnagar So We Have To Pay Only Ramnagar King.  On 5 June 1672 , Shivaji Sent His Prime Minister Moropant Pingle Peshwa (मोरोपंत पींगले पेशवा) To Capture The Ramnagar From Som Shah. Shivaji Defeated The Raja Som Shah On 19th June 1672 But Moropant Pingle Peshwa Retreated His Army From Ramnagar State Because Dilir Khan (दिलेर खान) Collecting An Army In Support Of Raja Som Shah But After Some Time Moropant Pingle Peshwa Raised An Army Of 15000 Men And In First Weak Of July 1672 Pingle Captured Ramnagar State From Som Shah  And Claims The Chauth From Portuguese