Tuluva Vellala

Tuluva Vellala
	From Left top: Dr. C. Natesa Mudaliar, Arcot Lakshmanaswami Mudaliar, C. S. Ratnasabhapathy Mudaliar, V. L. Ethiraj Mudaliar, Salem Ramaswami Mudaliar and Namakkal Kavignar V Ramalingam Pillai.
Regions with significant populations
	Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka Cities : Chennai, Bangalore, Vellore
Languages
	Tamil
Religion
	Predominantly Shaivism, also Vaishnavism, Christianity
Related ethnic groups
	Tamil people

Tuluva Vellala (Alternate spelling: Thuluva Vellalar, Tozhu Vellala), acronym of Thondaimandala Tuluva Vellala[1] is a sub-caste of Vellalars[2][3][4] who migrated from Tulu Nadu and settled in northern Tamil Nadu, southern Andhra Pradesh and southern Karnataka.They have several synonyms viz., Arcot Vellala, Arcot Mudali, Agamudia Vellala, Agamudi Reddy and Agamudi Mudaliar.[5][6]

They are predominantly living in erstwhile North Arcot region (Current day Vellore, Tiruvannamalai, Ranipet and Tirupattur districts).[7] They had migrated to several cantonment towns in North India, Burma and Malaya in British times. Generally, Arcot Mudaliars consider themselves superior to Brahmins and they are Anglophilic.[8]

Origin

Tuluva Vellalars are the Velirs, said to be migrated into Tondaimandalam from Tulu Nadu (Now, South Canara district of Karnataka) during the period of Athondai, a Thondai Nadu ruler and the son of the prominent Chola ruler Karikala after winning the battle with Kurumbas, a tribal cheftian group of Tondaimandalam.

Tuluva Vellala, settled in Tondaimandalam are of 12,000 clans. The region they dwelled consisted of 24 divisions called as kottams. These kottams were subdivided into 64 naadus, which in turn comprised 999 villages.[9]

They were formerly significant landowners.[1] They use Arcot Mudaliar, Mudaliar, Pillai, Udayar and rarely Naicker / Reddy titles .[10][11][12][13]

Notable people

Sir Dr. C. Natesa Mudaliar[14][15][16], one of the founders of Justice Party, politician, activist and philanthropist.

Thamizh Thendral Tiru V Kalyanasundaranar [17][18] - Tamil Renaissance literati, Close aide of Thanthai Periyar, member of Self-respect movement.

Mu Varadharajan[19]- Tamil movement activist, Author of Modern Tamil Novels.

Pundi Runganadha Mudaliar, Tamil writer, politician and educationist.

Kanakaraya Mudali[20], Chief dubash for the French East India Company.

Salem Ramaswami Mudaliar[21], Lawyer, politician and Indian independence activist.

Diwan Bahadur Coimbatore S. Ratnasabhapathi Mudaliar, OBE - Prominent leader of Justice party, Industrialist and Philanthropist, Father of Modern Coimbatore. Locality of R. S. Puram(Ratnasabhapathipuram) is named after him. Major financial contributor of Bhavani Sagar dam.

Diwan Bahadur Sir Arcot Ramaswamy Mudaliar, KSCI[22] - Diwan of Mysore, Philanthropist, Prominent Non-Brahmin movement leader.

Sir Arcot Lakshamanasami Mudaliar[23], KCSI - Scholar, Doctor, Author of Indian Obstetrics book.

Venkatarama Ramalingam Pillai, Tamil poet and freedom fighter.[24]

M. R. Gurusamy Mudaliar[25]- Renowned surgeon, who was consulted by several famous people which included freedom fighters and political leaders.

V. L. Ethiraj[26][22], founder of Ethiraj College for Women, Chennai; first Indian to be appointed as Crown Prosecutor by the British Raj.

Arcot Ranganatha Mudaliar- Indian politician and theosophist from Bellary. served as the Minister of Public Health and Excise for the Madras Presidency from 1926 to 1928.

Dharmarathnakara Rai Bahadur Arcot Narrainsawmy Mudaliar - founded the R.B.A.N.M.'s Educational Charities and R.B.A.N.M.'s Chattram.

Pammal Sambandha Mudaliar[27], playwright, director, producer and actor. He was the founding father of modern Tamil theater.

R. Nataraja Mudaliar, father of Tamil cinema.

E. V. R. Maniammai - First woman leader of any atheist movement in the world, Leader of Dravidar Kazhagam , Life partner of Thanthai Periyar.

N. V. Natarajan - Co-founder of Dravida Munnetra kazhagam, former labour Minister.

P. U. Shanmugam - Prominent Dravidian politician, Former minister of PWD, former MLA - Tiruvannamalai.

K. Kamalakannan , Former Mayor of Madras (then Chennai).

C Sivasankaran - Founder of Aircel communications, Sterling groups.

Agri S S Krishnamurthy - Former minister of Food, School education and Revenue of ADMK.

Isari Velan - Yesteryears actor and former ADMK MLA.

V. Sekhar - Tamil movie director.

Kalaipuli S. Thanu - Tamil movie producer and distributor.

Ishari K. Ganesh - Founder, Vel’s university and Tamil movie producer.

V. M. Muralidharan - Educationalist and Chairman, Ethiraj College for Women. He is the great grandnephew of V. L. Ethiraj.
Varun Isari Kamalakannan - Actor, Tamil Cinema

References

Rajadurai, S. V.; Geetha, V. (2004). "Response to John Harriss". In Wyatt, Andrew; Zavos, John (eds.). Decentring the Indian Nation. Routledge. p. 115. ISBN 978-1-13576-169-1.
Parimala R, Dr Chandralekha T. "Origin and History of the Thuluva Vellalas" (PDF). Shodhganga. p. 2. hdl:10603/84526.
Chetti, Simon (1992). The Castes, Customs, Manners and Literature of the Tamils. Madras: Asian Educational services, Madras. p. 52.
"Agamudaya Mudaliars" (PDF). p. 57.
Jacob, Pandian (1987). "The conception and dramatisation of the Jati identity". Caste, Nationalism and Ethnicity: An Interpretation of Tamil Cultural History and Social Order. Bombay: Bombay popular prakashan. p. 115.
Padmanabhan, Kochappi (2006). "Mudaliars". Socio-economic Status of Widows. New Delhi: Serial Publications. p. 72. ISBN 8186771980.
Census of India, 1961: Delhi, Volume 9, Part 6, Issue 9; Volume 19, Part 6, Issue 9. p. 14
"Arcot Mudaliars" (PDF).
R, Parimala. "The Origin and History of Thuluva Vellala" (PDF). Unknown: 50 & 51.
Census of India, 1961, Volume 25, Issue 5 P xlviii and 62
India. Office of the Registrar General (1964). Census of India, 1961: Delhi, Volume 19, Part 6, Issue 9 of Census of India, 1961, India. Office of the Registrar General. Manager of Publications, 1964. p. 17.
India. Office of the Registrar General (1964). Census of India, 1961, Volume 9, Issue 6, Part 6. Manager of Publications, 1964 - India. p. 5.
Kanakalatha Mukund (2005). The View from Below: Indigenous Society, Temples, and the Early Colonial State in Tamilnadu, 1700-1835. Orient Blackswan, 2005 - British - 206 pages. p. 101. ISBN 9788125028000.
Caste, Nationalism and Ethnicity- Author Jacob Pandian Page No 116
Parimala, Dr Chandralekha T (March 2001). "The Origin and History of the Thuluva Vellalas" (PDF). Shodhganga. p. 61.
K, Kumaresan (1984). Dravida Thalaivar C. Natesanar. Madras. pp. Introduction, p.4.
Parimala, Dr Chandralekha T. "Origin and History of the Tuluva Vellalas" (PDF). Shodhganga. p. 63.
Ka, Thiru. Vi. (1944). Valkai Kurippugal. Madras. p. 449.
The history of the Thuluva Vellalar-Chapter IV Contributions of few eminent Thuluva Vellalas to society by Padmini p. 132
The Currency of Kinship: Trading Families and Trading on Family in Colonial French India by Danna Agmon Eighteenth-Century Studies, Volume 47, Number 2, Winter 2014, p. 153 published by The Johns Hopkins University Press DOI: 10.1353/ecs.2014.0008
Hudson: The Responses of Tamils to Their Study by Westerners 1608-1908 by Dennis Hudson (1985) p. 192-193
Shodhganga (PDF) https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/84526/8/padmini_chapter4.pdf. Missing or empty |title= (help)
The history of the Thuluva Vellalar-Chapter IV Contributions of few eminent Thuluva Vellalas to society by Padmini p. 162
Salem Cyclopedia: A Cultural and Historical Dictionary of Salem District, Tamil Nadu Busnagi Rajannan Institute of Kongu Studies, 1992 - Salem (India : District) p. 243
The history of the Thuluva Vellalar-Chapter IV Contributions of few eminent Thuluva Vellalas to society by Padmini p. 178
The history of the Thuluva Vellalar-Chapter IV Contributions of few eminent Thuluva Vellalas to society by Padmini p. 191
The history of the Thuluva Vellalar-Chapter IV Contributions of few eminent Thuluva Vellalas to society by Padmini p. 116

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[auto3-1] Rajadurai, S. V.; Geetha, V. (2004). "Response to John Harriss". In Wyatt, Andrew; Zavos, John (eds.). Decentring the Indian Nation. Routledge. p. 115. ISBN 978-1-13576-169-1.

[2] Parimala R, Dr Chandralekha T. "Origin and History of the Thuluva Vellalas" (PDF). Shodhganga. p. 2. hdl:10603/84526.

[3] Chetti, Simon (1992). The Castes, Customs, Manners and Literature of the Tamils. Madras: Asian Educational services, Madras. p. 52.

[auto-4] "Agamudaya Mudaliars" (PDF). p. 57.

[5] Jacob, Pandian (1987). "The conception and dramatisation of the Jati identity". Caste, Nationalism and Ethnicity: An Interpretation of Tamil Cultural History and Social Order. Bombay: Bombay popular prakashan. p. 115.

[6] Padmanabhan, Kochappi (2006). "Mudaliars". Socio-economic Status of Widows. New Delhi: Serial Publications. p. 72. ISBN 8186771980.

[7] Census of India, 1961: Delhi, Volume 9, Part 6, Issue 9; Volume 19, Part 6, Issue 9. p. 14

[8] "Arcot Mudaliars" (PDF).

[9] R, Parimala. "The Origin and History of Thuluva Vellala" (PDF). Unknown: 50 & 51.

[10] Census of India, 1961, Volume 25, Issue 5 P xlviii and 62

[11] India. Office of the Registrar General (1964). Census of India, 1961: Delhi, Volume 19, Part 6, Issue 9 of Census of India, 1961, India. Office of the Registrar General. Manager of Publications, 1964. p. 17.

[12] India. Office of the Registrar General (1964). Census of India, 1961, Volume 9, Issue 6, Part 6. Manager of Publications, 1964 - India. p. 5.

[13] Kanakalatha Mukund (2005). The View from Below: Indigenous Society, Temples, and the Early Colonial State in Tamilnadu, 1700-1835. Orient Blackswan, 2005 - British - 206 pages. p. 101. ISBN 9788125028000.

[14] Caste, Nationalism and Ethnicity- Author Jacob Pandian Page No 116

[15] Parimala, Dr Chandralekha T (March 2001). "The Origin and History of the Thuluva Vellalas" (PDF). Shodhganga. p. 61.

[16] K, Kumaresan (1984). Dravida Thalaivar C. Natesanar. Madras. pp. Introduction, p.4.

[17] Parimala, Dr Chandralekha T. "Origin and History of the Tuluva Vellalas" (PDF). Shodhganga. p. 63.

[18] Ka, Thiru. Vi. (1944). Valkai Kurippugal. Madras. p. 449.

[19] The history of the Thuluva Vellalar-Chapter IV Contributions of few eminent Thuluva Vellalas to society by Padmini p. 132

[20] The Currency of Kinship: Trading Families and Trading on Family in Colonial French India by Danna Agmon Eighteenth-Century Studies, Volume 47, Number 2, Winter 2014, p. 153 published by The Johns Hopkins University Press DOI: 10.1353/ecs.2014.0008

[21] Hudson: The Responses of Tamils to Their Study by Westerners 1608-1908 by Dennis Hudson (1985) p. 192-193

[auto2-22] Shodhganga (PDF) https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/84526/8/padmini_chapter4.pdf. Missing or empty |title= (help)

[23] The history of the Thuluva Vellalar-Chapter IV Contributions of few eminent Thuluva Vellalas to society by Padmini p. 162

[24] Salem Cyclopedia: A Cultural and Historical Dictionary of Salem District, Tamil Nadu Busnagi Rajannan Institute of Kongu Studies, 1992 - Salem (India : District) p. 243

[25] The history of the Thuluva Vellalar-Chapter IV Contributions of few eminent Thuluva Vellalas to society by Padmini p. 178

[26] The history of the Thuluva Vellalar-Chapter IV Contributions of few eminent Thuluva Vellalas to society by Padmini p. 191

[27] The history of the Thuluva Vellalar-Chapter IV Contributions of few eminent Thuluva Vellalas to society by Padmini p. 116