Kadus

Kadus
Village
Kadus Location in Maharashtra, India Kadus Kadus (India)
Coordinates: 18°53′N 73°49′E
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
District	Pune district
Government
• Type	Public
• Body	Gram panchayat
Population
• Total	20 000+
Languages
• Official	Marathi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	412404
Telephone code	02135
Vehicle registration	MH-14
Nearest city	Rajgurunagar
Lok Sabha constituency	Shirur
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Khed-Alandi
Website	pune.nic.in

Kadus is a village in Khed taluka in Pune district of state of Maharashtra, India.

Kadus is situated in the Chakan–Khed region of present-day Pune district, an area that has historically connected the Deccan with routes towards the Konkan. Its importance increased during the Maratha period because of its proximity to Chakan, Khed and the routes across the Sahyadris.

Kadus is particularly associated with the Battle of Khed, fought on 12 October 1707 during the conflict between Chhatrapati Shahu and the forces supporting Maharani Tarabai. Shahu's forces advanced towards the Khed–Kadus area, where they confronted Tarabai's army under Dhanaji Jadhav. The victory established Shahu's position and became an important turning point in the subsequent political consolidation of the Maratha state. [1][2]

The surrounding region subsequently became part of the political and administrative landscape of the early Peshwa period. Local traditions associate Kadus with old watan-holding families, including Deshmukh families whose responsibilities were connected with local revenue administration. The Deshmukh was historically a hereditary district-level office associated with revenue collection and local administration in the Deccan. [3]

One such family tradition connects a branch of the Oak family with the Kadus Deshmukh tradition. Oak family histories trace different branches to places in the Konkan, including Kolthare, Malan, Velamb, Borav, Narvan and Hedvi, and record the designation “Velambkar Deshmukh Oak.” The same family tradition connects the Oak lineage with Trimbakeshwar, regarded as its kuldaivat (family deity). [4] The specific connection between a branch of the Oak family and the Deshmukh tradition at Kadus remains primarily a family-history tradition and would benefit from further documentary research.

The Oak family is also recorded in the history of the Peshwa period through Anandibai Peshwa. Born into the Oak family in the Konkan, she was the daughter of Raghu Mahadev Oak and later married Raghunathrao Peshwa. Accounts of her early life associate her family with the Guhagar–Malan area, while Raghu Mahadev Oak is described in family and regional accounts as having served as a karकून and shiledar. [5][6] Anandibai subsequently became a prominent figure in the political events surrounding the death of Peshwa Narayanrao in 1773.

Kadus therefore forms part of the wider historical landscape linking the Konkan, the Chakan–Khed region and the Deccan. Its history reflects the military movements, political changes and local administrative institutions that developed in the region during the transition from the late Maratha period to the Peshwa era.

References

[1] Maharashtra Gazetteers Department, History of Modern Maharashtra, Government of Maharashtra. The Maharashtra Gazetteers are compiled using archival material, government records, old newspapers and other historical sources. Maharashtra Gazetteers Department

[2] Jaswant Lal Mehta, Advanced Study in the History of Modern India, 1707–1813, Sterling Publishers, 2005; see also the historical account of the Battle of Khed.

[3] Dictionary of American Family Names, entry for “Deshmukh,” describing the Marathi term deshmukh as a former hereditary district-level office.

[4] Oak Kul Mandal, Oak Gharanyacha Itihaas (History of Oak Family), digitised family-history volumes. The Oak Kul Mandal identifies the work as a history of the Oak family and makes the volumes available digitally.

[5] Anandibai, biographical account identifying Anandibai's birth family as Oak and her father as Raghu Mahadev Oak.

[6] Anandibai Oak – Peshwe, regional account of the Oak family of Malan and Raghu Mahadev Oak's role as a karकून and shiledar.

See also

• Khed taluka