The History of Mudhaliyars Karikala Cholan divided Thondaimandalam into 24 Kottams and parcelled it out to the Vellalar Chiefs, awarding them the title Mudali or Mudaliyar literally meaning The first citizens or first ones after his son Athondai had won the battle against Kurumbars. Some of the Mudali clans of Thondaimandalam migrated to Sri Lanka during the period of medieval poet Kambar. For example, some of the Tamils in Ceylon trace their lineage to this group some of whom had become saints called Nayanars. The book: The Tamils in Early Ceylon By C. Sivaratnam traces some of the Mudaliyars in Ceylon to Thaninayaka Mudaliyar (among other), a rich Saiva Velalar who emigrated to Ceylon from Tondaimandalam Maanadukanda Mudali, a Vellala king of Thondai Nadu had shed over kamban a shower of gold for his work of Erezhupatu, a literary work praising agriculture. Taninayaga, a Vellala of Seyur was made the chief of Neduntiva. Rajah of Cochin was also awarded Mudali title according to the book Jews in India by Thomas A. Timberg. Castes such as Agamudayars also had used Mudali title from historical times as they had served in the regiments. The usage of the title is prevalent, though to a lesser extent, among Desigar, Chozhia Vellalar and Karaiyar Gatti Mudaliar The Gatti Mudaliars were in charge of the most dangerously exposed province of the Nayak Kingdom with Kaveripuram on the right bank of the Cauvery as their strategic capital commencing one of the principal passes to the Mysore Plateau. The centre of their power seems, however, to have been Taramangalam where they have built a grant edifice of a temple. It is said their domination extended as far as Talaivasal to the east, Dharapuram in Erode district in the west and Karur district in the south. The forts of greatest strategic importance held by the Gatti Mudaliars were Omalur and Attur. By about 1635 A.D., the Muslim Sultans of Bijapur and Golkonda made inroads into the south when the power of Tirumalai Nayak had wanted palacode area came under Bijapur. Meanwhile Kantirava narasa Raja of Serangapatnam took several places in Coimbatore from Gatti Mudaliars in 1641 A.D. Mudaliar title is used by various castes. Some of the castes using the Mudaliar title are: Mudaliars of Bangalore Mudaliars constitute a significant percentage of the population in South Bangalore (surrounding Ulsoor Lake, MG Road, High grounds). Many well-known buildings on MG Road & surrounding were once owned by Mudaliars (e.g. - Gangarams, Plaza Cinema). The famous Attara Kachheri or the red court house that stands opposite of Vidhana Sauda was built by a famous Mudaliar contractor. Palatial homes surrounding Windsor Manor (5 star hotel) are even today owned & inhabited by affluent Mudaliar families. The Bangalore Exhibition is usually conducted on the RBANMS grounds in Ulsoor which owned by Rai Bahadur Arcot Narayansamy Mudaliar trust. The trust has several schools and colleges affiliated to it. The famous quizmaster Avinash Mudaliar is another extremely well known Mudaliar. Sandalwood Hero Crazy Star Ravichandran is also a Mudaliar Famous Mudaliars of Banglore Dr. T.V. Arumugam Mudaliar Mudaliar was the doctor to the King of Mysore Sri. Jayachamaraja Wadiar and was given the title Rajasevasaktha and was recognised by the Viceroy of India. The family resided in Basavangudi near Arumugam Circle which was named after him. T. V. A. Iswaran Mudaliar Iswaran, son of T.V. Arumugam Mudaliar was Chief of Police in Bangalore and was then appointed the Trade Commissioner for Mysore in London in the 1930s. Dr. T. Seshachalam Mudaliar Seshachalam Mudaliar was professor of Surgery in Bangalore Medical College and discovered the recurrent artery of the appendix (Artery of Seshacahalam described in Grays Textbook of Anatomy). Dharma Rathnakara Rai Bahadur Arcot Narainaswamy Mudaliar Narainaswamy Mudaliar was the founder of RBANM Educational Institutions, Bangalore Mudaliars of Hyderabad Mudaliars live in significant numbers in the areas of Boiguda, Padma Rao Nagar, Maredpalli in Secunderabad. They are Ahamudaiyar tulu vellal Mudaliar community. They run a popular girls school called Keys Highs School in addition to some colleges. Mudaliars started developing the Secunderabad Cantonment commercially. Otherwise, Secunderabad had only large number of tents housing the troops of the British army as told by Mr. Luther in book Lashkar - 200 Years Of Secunderabad]. The Mudaliars, who were camp followers of the British, made immense contributions for the growth of education and health care and explained the growth of the Secunderabad Club from a public room. Telugu actor Dr. Rajasekhar (actor) belong to the community. Notable Persons in Mudhaliyars: Poets Ottakoothar: Poet in Chola dynasty and author of Thakayagaparani and Saraswathi Andhadhi Andhaka Kavi Vira Raghava Mudaliar: A poet of the 16th century Sekkizhar Kings and lords Vallal Sadaiyappa Mudaliar: A landlord and patron of Tamil Poet Kambar who created Kamba Ramayanam Ministers Ambi Aramvalartha Mudaliar: Reputed minister during the reign of Krishnadevaraya Ariyanatha Mudaliar: Vellala Dalavoy of the Vijayanagar viceroy Viswanatha Nayaka. Sekkizhar : Minister and a poet Social leaders, activists S. P. Ayyaswamy Mudaliar C. Jambulingam Mudaliar OKSR Kumaraswamy Mudaliar aka Tiruppur Kumaran (1904–1932) a leader died holding the Indian national flag Muthuranga Mudaliar Sarojini Varadappan M.B.Nirmal: Founder and chairman of Exnora International Thillaiaadi Valliammai, a South African Tamil woman who fought the apartheid regime along with Mahatma Gandhi. Tamil literature Paventhar Bharathidasan: Tamil poet also known as Puratchi Kavignar Kalyanasundara Mudaliar: Tamil writer,Thiru Vi Ka Makaral Karthikeya Mudaliar: Tamil scholar Pa. Subramania Mudaliar: Tamil scholar Varadarasanar: Tamil novelist, Mu.Va Mahavidwan Vasudeva Mudaliar: Tamil scholar T. K. Chidambaranatha Mudaliar: A scholar and author of Kambar tharum Ramayanam; hailed from Athur Mopothiyar Gothram of Tenkasi Erode Tamilanban, noted poet Solomon Pappaiah, Tamil scholar and debate judge Dr. Mayilswami Annadurai, the scientist @ ISRO! Politics C. N. Annadurai: Former chief minister of Tamil Naduand founderDravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK). C. Natesa Mudaliar: Founded Justice Party V. R. Nedunchezhiyan: Former Finance Minister of Tamil Nadu and former interim chief minister of Tamil Nadu. N. V. Natarajan: Founding member of DMK and former minister of Labour and Backward Classes in the Tamil Nadu government during 1967-75 C. S. Ratnasabhapathy Mudaliar, Father of Modern Coimbatore C. Muttukumarasami Mudaliyar, Indian politician and hereditary zamindar of Chunampet. Member of the Madras Legislative Council 1904-7 O. V. Alagesan[17]: Former union minister of India K. Anbazhagan: Former Finance Minister of Tamil Nadu and DMK General secretary from 1977 to till date. Pulavar K. Govindan: Former speaker, TN legislative assembly M. Bhakthavatchalam: Former chief minister of Tamil Nadu and Congress leader.[18] P. T. R. Palanivel Rajan: (1932–2006) Formerly speaker of Tamil Nadu Assembly,Endowment Minister R. N. Arogyasamy Mudaliar: an Indian civil engineer and politician who served as the Minister of Development in the Madras Presidency from 1926 to 1928 Jayanthi Natarajan: Former MP from Indian National Congress party Muniswamy Mudaliar: a Fiji Indian politician & a member of the Legislative Council of Fiji from 1932 to 1937 Muthu Coomaraswamy: Member of Legislative council, Srilanka Thambaiyah Mudaliyar Sabaratnam: Member of Legislative Council, Srilanka Ponnambalam Arunachalam: Tamil political leader in Ceylon and a member of the Executive Council and the Legislative Council. Ponnambalam Ramanathan: Former Solicitor-General and Tamil political leader in Sri Lanka. A. M. Ponnuranga Mudaliar: Former MLA of Sholinghur constituency, INC Sir P. T. Rajan: Former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Leader Justice Party. C. Ramaswamy Mudaliar (1905–1997), Indian politician from Indian National Congress. Member of Lok Sabha for Kumbakonam from 1951 to 1957. S. J. Ramaswamy Mudali: Former DMK MLA A. Ranganatha Mudaliar: Indian politician and theosophist from Bellary S. C. Sadayappa Mudaliar: Former INC MLA S. V. Natesa Mudaliar: Former INC MLA from Kanchipuram, Famous for defeating former chief minister C.N Annadurai. Era Sezhiyan: Former MP A. C. Shanmugam: Founder New Justice Party, ex-MLA, MP P. Shanmugam: Former Chief Minister of Pondicherry State and present State Congress Chief. N. V. N. Somu: Former MP A. R. Subbiah Mudaliar: Tamil Nadu politician C. P. Subbiah Mudaliar: Tamil Nadu politician C. N. Visvanathan: Former MP, Lok Sabha T. M. Anbarasan: Ex Labour Minister Of Tamil Nadu Arts and cinema A. R. Rahman: Music director, composer and singer. (Born as A. S. Dileep in a Hindu Mudaliar family[) Anandaraj: Tamil film actor Kalaipuli S.Dhanu: Tamil film producer Nataraja Mudaliar: Producer of the first South Indian feature film[citation needed] T. R. Sundaram: Tamil film producer, Modern Theatres Na. Muthukumar: Tamil lyricist Papanasa Mudaliar (1650–1725): an early Carnatic music composer G. V. Prakash Kumar: Tamil film music director Prashanth Thyagarajan: Tamil film actor M. K. Radha: cinema actor & recipient of the Padma Shri Award V. Ravichandran: Kannada film actor and director K. S. Ravikumar: Tamil film director and actor Pammal Sambandha Mudaliar: Playwright and director of Tamil drama R. K. Selvamani: Tamil film director[23] R. K. Shekhar: Music conductor and composer for Malayalam films S. Shankar: Tamil film director Thengai Srinivasan: Tamil film actor Tharini Mudaliar: Australian actress P. S. Veerappa: Tamil film Actor. Thyagarajan: Tamil actor, stunt man, director and producer Pa. Vijay: Tamil lyricist and actor Pandiarajan: Tamil film Director and actor Vijaya Bhaskar: Kannada film Music Director Vijayalakshmi Navaneethakrishnan : legendary Tamil folk artist Persons with Mudaliar ancestry Joseph Vijay: Tamil film actor M. Night Shyamalan: Indian-born American filmmaker, script writer and actor Vikram: Film actor Spiritual Kirupanandha Variyar: Shaivite spiritual leader Vethathiri Maharishi: Founder of the The World Community Service Center, an organization promoting world peace Business Chenniappan: Chairman, Nilgiris Sivasankaran: Chairman of Sterling Group Kulandivel Mudaliar: Founder of The Chennai Silks
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