• Dr. Syed Muneer

This papers deal with Gadee is a mammoth structure built by the feudal lords of the 19th century in Telangana. A number of these Gadees are found in all the districts of Telangana which was ruled by the erstwhile Nizam. The study of these Gadees assumes so much of Political, Socio Economic and cultural importance in the modern history of Telangana. Some understand these structures as security cordons other attach many political, socio-economic and cultural objectives for building these structures. The political power of rule making, rule execution and rule adjudication were done in these Gadees. Gadees in Telangana symbolize the feudalism and domination of land owing classes in the society. They are the residential places of Doras who were appointed to collect agricultural taxes from the small and marginal formers. All taxes pertaining to agriculture and non-agriculture were calculated and levied from these mammoth structures. The land owing classes like Deshmukhs, Deshpandes, Patels, Reddies and Velamaas are the predominant social classes that resided in these structures. The normal social practices like the rigid caste rules, social hierarchal relations, untouchability etc. were practiced in these Gadees. Thus the ideology of Brahmanism was prevailed in all the castes with the upper castes looking at the lower castes with the feelings of inferiority. These Gadees also have cultural significance. They used to uphold the religious practices, value system, traditions, festivals of dominant social order and encouraging the Sanskrit and Telugu literature.

Dora, Deshpande, Deshmukh, Gadee

"Gadee (Fortess) is the Centre for Political, Socio-economic and Cultural Activities of Telangana Rural Areas in 19th and 20th Century", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.144-153, June-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907W23.pdf

"Gadee (Fortess) is the Centre for Political, Socio-economic and Cultural Activities of Telangana Rural Areas in 19th and 20th Century", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp144-153, June-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907W23.pdf