Paper I · 14 Society, Culture, Heritage, Arts & Literature of Telangana · TGPSC MPSO / ASO
14.1 Society and social conditions notes
2 notes, in reading order.
- 14.1.1Social structure of Telangana: castes, communities and the Deccani composite culture
Telangana is a Hindu-majority, caste-layered society (SCs 15.45%, STs 9.08% in Census 2011; BCs over half the people by the state's 2024 survey, as announced) that grew for five centuries under Muslim rulers in the Deccan, which gave it the shared Hindu–Muslim, Telugu–Urdu way of life known as the Deccani or Ganga-Jamuni culture.
Standard · 17 min · Read here - 14.1.2Social evils and reform: vetti, jogini and devadasi customs, child marriage and their abolition
Under the Nizams, Telangana's poor and Dalit families bore forced labour (vetti), debt bondage (bhagela), the dedication of girls as joginis, child marriage and dowry; reformers such as Bhagya Reddy Varma and the Andhra Mahasabha fought them, the Constitution and national laws banned them, and the Andhra Pradesh Devadasis (Prohibition of Dedication) Act, 1988, still in force in Telangana, made jogini dedication a crime.
Standard · 18 min · Read here
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