00822pab a2200133 454500008004000000100002100040245004200061260000900103300001400112362001100126520049600137650002100633773003400654180718b2015 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d aTeltumbde, Anand aPathapally: Mahad of the 21st century c2015 ap. 12-15. a22 Aug aIn 1927, an iconic struggle of the Dalits in Mahad, in modern day Maharashtra, had to take a step back in spite of overwhelming enthusiasm of the community. Nearly nine decades later, in Pathapally in India's youngest state, Telangana, a more than three-month-long struggle of the Madigas, a Dalit community, forced the administration to accept its demands. This article traces the events and developments of the Pathapally movement and compares it with its iconic predecessor. - Reproduced. aBackward classes aEconomic and Political Weekly