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Nedungadi is a

Nairs.[1]

Nedungadi identify themselves as a Nair sub-cast with Kshatriya Varna. There are many references recorded in various historical documents. They are noted as Kings/Nadivazis(നാടുവാഴി).

Samanthans were the erstwhile rulers of small Nadus (Places) under the

Malappuram District
of Kerala. In all these places, there are still Samanathan Nair families with "Nedungadi" in their names.

In medieval times, Nedunganadu was a small territorial unit within the

Kozhikode
who conquered and ruled this territory.

Nedungadi is the term generally used to describe the men of the caste, and the women are known by name Kovilamma / kovilpad.

In addition, one of the authors of "Kundalatha," one of the first Malayalam novels, was from this family: T.M. Appu Nedungadi. The first scholar who did research on the evolution of the Malayalam language was one Kovunni Nedungadi[3] belonging to this community. Nedungadi contributed to CV Raman's optics research.[4]

Nedungadi Bank was also a famous bank in India until 2003, when it was bought by Punjab National Bank.

References

  1. ISBN 9781113132260
    . Retrieved 2017-01-09.
  2. ISBN 978-93-5254-284-0
    .
  3. ISBN 9788126011940
    . Retrieved 2017-01-09.
  4. ISBN 9780444530233
    . Retrieved 2017-01-09.
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