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Mudaliar also Mudaliyar, 'Mudali and Moodley is a title used by Tamil castes such as Agamudayars, Vellalars and Sengunthars. It is derived from the honorary title Mudali meaning a person of first rank in the Tamil language which was bestowed upon top-ranking bureaucratic officials and army officers in medieval south India.[1] The surname is generally prevalent among Indian Tamils and the Tamil diaspora though it is also used in other parts of South India.
The following is a list of some notable members of the Mudaliar community.
Historical personalities
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[citation needed]
- Ariyanatha Mudaliar: Vellala Dalavoy of the Vijayanagar viceroy Viswanatha Nayaka.
- Sekkizhar:[2] Minister and a poet
Modern personalities
Social leaders, activists
- S. P. Ayyaswamy Mudaliar
- C. Jambulingam Mudaliar
- OKSR Kumaraswamy Mudaliar aka Tiruppur Kumaran (1904–1932)[3][4][5] a leader died holding the Indian national flag [6][7][8][9][10][11]
- 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[12]
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
Philanthropists
- Pachaiyappa Mudaliar: Philanthropist after whom the Pachaiyappa's College, Chennai was named.[13]
- Raja Sir Ramaswamy Mudaliar: Philanthropist who endowed a hospital and dispensary in the Native infirmary
- W. T. Masilamani Mudaliar, Philanthropist of educational purposes[14]
- Arcot Narrainsawmy Mudaliar, Philanthropist who founded the R.B.A.N.M.'s Educational Charities and R.B.A.N.M.'s Chattram and other Charities.
- Sir Chevalier Dr. R. A. N. Muthusamy Mudaliar, Founder President of Dr.RANM Arts and Science College, Erode, run by The Mudaliar Educational Trust.[15]
- Jambulingam Mudaliar, donated his 600 acres of land voluntarily to the government and made sure the neyveli lignite plant is setup as government enterprise. As a tribute his statue was erected at the first tunnel in Neyveli.[16]
Politics
- C. N. Annadurai: Former chief minister of Tamil Nadu and founder Dravida 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:[18] 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.[19]
- 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
Founders of educational institutions
- V. L. Ethiraj Founder of Ethiraj college for Women
- A. C. Shanmugam Founder, Dr. M.G.R. Educational and Research Institute University
- G. Viswanathan: Founder of VIT University, Vellore
- Isari Ganesh: Founder Vels University, Chennai
Doctors,scientists and academicians
- A. Lakshmanaswami Mudaliar First Indian Principal of the Madras Medical College, Served as Chairman-UNESCO; Vice Chancellor, University of Madras(padma Vibushan)
- Arcot Ramasamy Mudaliar: Justice Party Politician, Member of Winston Churchill's war cabinet, First President of ECOSOC and Founder of WHO, Diwan of Mysore, Vice Chancellor, University of Travancore.
- Mylswamy Annadurai: Indian scientist and Chandrayaan-1 project director
Civil service and judiciary
- S. Muthiah Mudaliar: High court lawyer and politician, Justice party
- Justice S. Natarajan: Son-in Law of Sir P.T Rajan, Chief Minister of Composite Madras. Justice Natarajan was Judge of the High Court of Madras and Judge of the Supreme Court of India[20]
- Arunachalam Mahadeva: Diplomat and Minister of Home affairs, Srilanka
- Rajarathnam Mudaliar: DIG- Madras State after whom the Rajarathnam Stadium in Chennai was named[citation needed]
- Arcot Ramasamy Mudaliar: a senior leader of the Justice Party, Diwan of Mysore, Founding Chairman of ICICI Bank
- T. V. Rajeswar, IPS Officer and Current Governor of Uttar Pradesh
- Rao Sahib Adukkambarai Singaravel Veerasami Mudaliyar: Deputy Assistant Controller of Military Accounts, Burma. He was awarded the title of Rao Sahib by the then Viceroy Lord Wavell on 14 June 1945[citation needed]
- Kanakaraya Mudali - Chief dubash and a broker for the French East India Company.
Sports
- Mithali Raj: Indian Women's Cricket Team Captain
- Thirunavukkarasu Kumaran: Cricket Player, Indian Cricket League
- Vasudevan Baskaran: Former field hockey player and captain
Arts and cinema
- A. R. Rahman: Music director, composer and singer. (Born A. S. Dileep in a Hindu Mudaliar family[21][22])
- 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[23]
- 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[24]
- R. K. Shekhar: Music conductor and composer for Malayalam films
- 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[25]
- M. Night Shyamalan: Indian-born American filmmaker, script writer and actor[26]
Spiritual
- Kirupanandha Variyar: Shaivite spiritual leader
- Vethathiri Maharishi: Founder of the The World Community Service Center, an organization promoting world peace[27]
Business
- Chenniappan: Chairman, Nilgiris
- Sivasankaran: Chairman of Sterling Group
- Kulandivel Mudaliar: Founder of The Chennai Silks, SCM Group.
- V.S. Thiruvegadasamy Mudaliar: Founder VST Motor Group[28].
- Sri Ganapathi Silks: Founder T.M Ganapathy Mudaliar[29]
- Bharathi Travels: Founder A.C. Mudaliyandan Mudaliar[30]
- Ethiraj Mudaliar: Chairman Binny Group.
- BNR Group: Founder B.N. Raju Mudaliar [31]
- M. Nandagopal: MD Mohan Breweries & Distillerier.
- Shri G. Kannappan:Founder Govindrajan Mudaliar & Sons[32]
- Chandra Builders: Founder Shri.N.Munusamy Mudaliar[33]
- PMM India: Founder P.Muthuswamy Mudaliar [34]
- Mcdonald Realty Ltd,Vancouver: Founder Natasha Mudaliar[35]
- PMP & Co, Chennai: Founder Palani Mudaliar[36]
Miscellaneous
- Varadarajan Mudaliar: Known as Vardha Bhai; Tamil movie Nayagan was based on his life story
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- ^ http://www.gmspl.net/index.html
- ^ http://www.chandrabuilders.in/about.php
- ^ http://www.pmmindia.com/main.htm
- ^ http://natashamudaliar.com/contact.html
- ^ http://www.pmp.co.in/index.php