List of Mudaliars

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

Natesa Mudaliar, Founded Justice Party along with Theagaroya Chetty and Dr. T. M. Nair as part of the Dravidian movement.

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^[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

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
G. Viswanathan: Founder of VIT University, Vellore

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^[19]
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]}

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^[20]^[21])
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^[22]
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^[24]
M. Night Shyamalan: Indian-born American filmmaker, script writer and actor^[25]
Vikram: Film actor^{[citation needed]}

Spiritual

Kirupanandha Variyar: Shaivite spiritual leader
Vethathiri Maharishi: Founder of the The World Community Service Center, an organization promoting world peace^[26]

Business

Chenniappan: Chairman, Nilgiris
Sivasankaran: Chairman of Sterling Group
Kulandivel Mudaliar: Founder of The Chennai Silks

Miscellaneous

Varadarajan Mudaliar: Known as Vardha Bhai; Tamil movie Nayagan was based on his life story

References

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