List of Mudaliars

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Mudaliar, also spelled as Mudaliyar, Muthaliyar, Mudali, and Moodley, is a surname is generally prevalent among Indian Tamils and Sri Lankan Tamils and the Tamil diaspora, although it is also used in other parts of South India. 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 following is a list of notable personalities with the Mudaliar surname.

Historical personalities[]

Poets[]

• Andaka Kaviviraraghava Mudaliar: A poet of the 16th century

Chieftains and ministers[]

• Vallal Sadaiyappa Mudaliar: 12th Century velir: Lived Puducherry: and : in Tamilnadu. Patron of Tamil Poet Kambar: who created Kamba Ramayanam:
• Sekkizhar:Prime Minister of Thondai Nadu for Koluthunga Chola. He compiled and wrote the Periya Puranam (Great Story or Narrative) in 4253 verses, recounting the life stories of the sixty-three
• Ottakoothar:Tamil court poet to three Later Chola kings, namely Vikrama Chola, Kulotunga II and Rajaraja II.
• Chandramathi Mudaliar: was a 17th-century Tamil chieftain and ruler of south Kongu Nadu (Erode region) who fought many battles against the Telugu Madurai Nayak. Erode Fort was built by him.

• Ariyanatha Mudaliar: Vellala Dalavoy of the Vijayanagar viceroy Viswanatha Nayaka.

Modern personalities[]

Business[]

• A. Kulandaivel Mudaliar, Founder of The Chennai Silks, Sri Kumaran Thangamaligai and SCM Group.^[2][3]
• V.S. Thiruvengadaswamy Mudaliar (1881-1949), Founder VST & Sons, VST Group, Auto Franchisee, Manufacturer VST Tilllers Tractors Ltd.,^[4]

Social leaders, activists[]

• Thiru. V. Kalyanasundaram,Fondly called as Tamil Thendral, Freedom fighter, considered to be one of the three pillars of the Indian National Congress in Tamil Nadu, even becoming the President of the Tamil Nadu Congress Committee in 1926. Trade Unionist.
• Thillaiaadi Valliammai,South African Tamil girl who worked with Mahatma Gandhi in her early years when she developed her nonviolent methods in South Africa fighting its apartheid regime.
• Tiruppur Kumaran, Indian revolutionary and freedom fighter who participated in the Indian independence movement.
• S. P. Ayyaswamy Mudaliar, His house Gandhi Peak in Royapettah,Chennai hosted many INC meetings and Netaji.
• C. Jambulingam Mudaliar, Indian politician and freedom-fighter who served as a civil court judge and member of the Madras Legislative Council
• Muthuranga Mudaliar,Freedom-fighter from Nasarath pettai near Poonamallee in Thiruvallur District. He participated in the Quit India Movement in 1942
• Annai E. V. R. Maniammai,Social activist, Ex President of Dravidar Kazhagam.
• M. B. Nirmal,founder and chairman of Exnora International which is a civic movement in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, which deals with environmental issues.
• Sarojini Varadappan, Indian social worker for women welfare from the state of Tamil Nadu, Former Sheriff of Madras for 1983.Padmashree Awardee.
• Pappammal,Organic farming activist, received Padma Shri for her role in organic farming

Tamil literature[]

• Vedagiri Mudaliar: Tamil scholar, published Tirukkural with commentaries for the first time.
• A. Singaravelu Mudaliar:Compiled a Tamil encyclopedia entitled .
• Makaral Karthikeya Mudaliar: Tamil scholar
• Pa. Subramania Mudaliar: Tamil scholar
• Mahavidwan Vasudeva Mudaliar: Tamil scholar
• T. K. Chidambaranatha Mudaliar: A scholar and author of Kambar tharum Ramayanam.
• Bharathidasan:20th-century Tamil poet and writer rationalist like Subramania Bharati and named himself as Bharathidasan.
• Mu. Varadarajan:Tamil scholar, author and academic from Tamil Nadu,Awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award for Tamil for his novel Agal Vilakku.

Philanthropists[]

• Rao Bahadur M. Jambulingam Mudaliar, Philanthropist from Cuddalore who was donator of 620 acres land to Neyveli lignite corporation.
• Nachimuthu Mudaliar, a philanthropist from Chennimalai. He was the founder of Chentex weavers co-operative society in which thousands of weavers benefited and he was a Padma Shree awardee. He was former president of Senguntha Mahajana Sangam.
• J. Sudhanandhen Mudaliyar:Was an Indian philanthropist, educationalist, and textile merchant. He founded of Erode Sengunthar Engineering College and M.P.Nachimuthu M.Jaganathan Engineering College in Erode district of Tamil Nadu.
• K. A. Shanmuga Mudaliar: ex MLA and Chairman of Tirupattur. Founder of Government Thirumagal Mill's College
• Pachaiyappa Mudaliar: Philanthropist after whom the Pachaiyappa's College, Pachiyappa's Trust Board, Chennai was named.
• Raja Sir Ramaswamy Mudaliar: Philanthropist who endowed a hospital and dispensary in the Native infirmary
• 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.
• V. L. Ethiraj: Vellore Lakshmanaswamy Mudaliar Ethiraj (18 July 1890 – 18 August 1960). Indian lawyer and philanthropist who founded Ethiraj College for Women,Chennai. He was the first Indian to be appointed as Crown Prosecutor by the British Raj. He also served as the President of the Madras Bar Association.

Politics[]

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

• C. Natesa Mudaliar: One of the founders of Justice Party
• C. N. Annadurai Mudaliar: Founder of DMK party and former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.^[5]
• M. Bhaktavatsalam: Former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for 4 years, 18 years minister in Rajaji and Kamaraj cabinet
• P. T. Rajan: Former Chief Minister for Madras Presidency, one who installed current Sabarimala ayyappa idol on request from Pandalam dynasty king after miscreants burnt down ayyappa temple in kerala during 1950s.
• V. R. Nedunchezhiyan: General Secretary and Founder member of DMK, Chairman of AIADMK, Interim chief minister twice, 24 years finance minister in annadurai, kalaignar, mgr and jayalalitha cabinet
• K. Anbazhagan: DMK General Secretary for 9 Terms, Ex Finance Minister, Education Minister of Tamil Nadu
• N. V. Natarajan: Founder Member of DMK, Ex Backward class Minister in Tamil Nadu
• Arcot Ramasamy Mudaliar, Indian lawyer, politician and statesman
• P. Shanmugam alias Panchanatha Mudaliar: Former chief minister of Pondicherry, 33 year Pondicherry congress president.
• C. Gopal Mudaliyar former MLA and MP.
• M. R. Kandasamy Mudaliar first MLA of Veerapandi
• A. Mariappan Mudaliar: freedom Fighter and former MLA
• Srinivasa Mudaliar, Father of Modern Erode.
• C. S. Ratnasabhapathy Mudaliar, Father of Modern Coimbatore
• A. C. Shanmugam, Founder of New Justice Party, Ex MP, Founder Chairman Dr MGR University, Thai mogambikkai Dental College, Rajarajeshwari medical college, ACS medical College
• N. V. N. Somu,Ex Minister of State for Defence.
• S. Muthiah Mudaliar, Minister of Education (1928–1830).
• C. Muttukumarasami Mudaliyar, Indian politician and hereditary zamindar of Chunampet. Member of the Madras Legislative Council 1904-7
• P. U. Shanmugam, Former minister of Tamil Nadu for Internal affairs, Public works, Health.
• 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
• A. M. Ponnuranga Mudaliar: Former MLA of Sholinghur constituency, INC
• 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: textile merchant and Former MLA of Arakkonam and Sholinghur constituency.
• A. Ranganatha Mudaliar: Indian politician and theosophist from Bellary, first Commissioner of the Thirumala-Tirupathi devasthanam board from 1935 to 1939.
• S. C. Sadayappa Mudaliar: textile merchant, freedom fighter and Former Afakkonam MLA.
• S. V. Natesa Mudaliar: Former INC MLA from Kanchipuram, Famous for defeating former chief minister C.N Annadurai.
• A. R. Subbiah Mudaliar: Tamil Nadu politician
• C. P. Subbiah Mudaliar: freedom fighter and former MLA of Coimbatore.
• Muniswamy Mudaliar: Fiji Indian politician
• O. V. Alagesa Mudaliar: freedom fighter and Tamil Nadu politician, India's Ambassador to Ethiopia from 1968 to 1971.
• K. Kamalakannan Mudaliar: Former Mayor of Madras, M.L.C. Indian National Congress politician from Tamil Nadu
• Thambaiyah Mudaliyar Sabaratnam: Ceylon Tamil lawyer, politician and member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon.
• Ponnambalam Ramanathan: Ceylon Tamil lawyer, politician and Solicitor-General of Ceylon.

Civil service and judiciary[]

• S. Muthiah Mudaliar, High Court lawyer and politician, Justice party
• Arcot Ramasamy Mudaliar, Mayor of Madras (1928–30), Vice Chancellor of University of Kerala (1951–61), leader of the Justice Party politician, member of Winston Churchill's war cabinet, first President of ECOSOC and Founder of WHO, founding Chairman of ICICI Bank, Diwan of Mysore; awarded Padma Vibushan
• Diwan Bahadur Conjeevaram Thiruvenkata Mudaliar, ex Chief Commissioner of Coorg Province
• T. V. Rajeswar,Ex Indian Police Service officer, Intelligence Bureau chief and a Governor of Sikkim, West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh. He was awarded the Padma Vibhushan in 2012.
• Ramalingam Sudhakar, Former Chief Justice, Manipur High Court
• Kanakaraya Mudali, Chief dubash and a broker for the French East India Company
• Salem Ramaswami Mudaliar, Indian lawyer, politician and Indian independence activist.

Sports[]

• Mithali Raj, Indian cricketer and the Test and ODI captain of women's national cricket team, highest run-scorer in women’s international cricket.Padmashri, Arjuna awardee.
• Vasudevan Baskaran,former field hockey player from Tamil Nadu, India. He captained the Indian team, which won the gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. Arjuna awardee.
• C. D. Gopinath, Former Indian Test cricketer, Ex National Selector
• Mangalam Chinnaswamy Mudaliar, Founder Karnataka Cricket Association, President BCCI, M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore is named after him.

Arts and cinema[]

• TR Sundaram Mudaliar: Founder of Salem Modern Theatres Ltd, He produced more than 100 flims.
• PA Perumal Mudaliar: former flim producer and distributor. He introduced Sivaji Ganesan and MR Radha to flim Industry.
• Papanasa Mudaliar, Carnatic music composer
• Meenakshi Chitharanjan,exponent of the Pandanallur style of the classical dance form of Bharatanatyam. Padma Shri,Kalaimamani Awardee.
• Pammal Sambandha Mudaliar, playwright and director of Tamil drama
• R. Nataraja Mudaliar, pioneer in the production of silent films
• Arcot Chengalvaraya Mudaliyar Thirulokachandar:Director, Deiva Magan was the first South Indian film to be submitted by India in contest for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
• M. K. Radha,Received the Padma Shri Award for his contribution to performing arts from President V.V. Giri
• Thengai Srinivasan,Indian actor who appeared in Tamil-language films and plays from the 1960s to the 1980s.
• P. S. Veerappa,Indian actor and a producer of Tamil cinema.
• M. N. Rajam,Indian actress, who works mainly in Tamil cinema
• Tharini Mudaliar, Australian actress.
• Shoba Chandrasekhar, Carnatic Vocal artist and also she is the mother of Tamil actor Vijay.
• K.S. Ravikumar, Famous Indian Director.
• N. Veeraswamy, was Indian film producer and distributor
• Ravichandran (Kannada actor),actor, director, producer, music director, and lyricist in the Kannada film industry.
• Ishari K. Ganesh: Chairman Vels Film International
• Kalaipuli S. Thanu: Producer V Creations
• Viswanathan Ravichandran: Founder and owner Aascar Films pvt ltd.,

Educationists, Doctors, scientists and academicians[]

• Mylswamy Annadurai,popularly known as Moon Man of India, is an Indian scientist working as vice president for Tamil Nadu State Council for Science and Technology (TNSCST), Chairman, Board of Governors, National Design and Research Forum(NDRF).
• A. Lakshmanaswami Mudaliar, first Indian Principal of the Madras Medical College and longest-serving Vice Chancellor of the University of Madras; Chairman of UNESCO; awarded Padma Vibushan for Medicine, 1963
• Guruswami Mudaliar, first Indian to be appointed Professor of Therapeutics at the Madras Medical College, first Dean of Madras Medical college
• C. Tadulinga Mudaliar, Indian botanist, ex mayor of madras
• N. D. Sundaravadivelu: Vice Chancellor of Madras University twice. Earlier he served as educational adviser to the government of Tamil Nadu and was Director of Public Instruction. He was the main architect of the midday meal scheme for schoolchildren during K. Kamaraj's chief ministership. He brought in an "educational revolution" in Tamil Nadu for which he was awarded the Padma Shri.
• G. Viswanathan, Founder-Chancellor of Vellore Institute of Technology
• V. M. Muralidharan, Served as the Chairman of Ethiraj College for Women from 2013 to 2019. First member from the Founder V. L. Ethiraj's family to hold the post.
• Thanikachalam Sadagopan, Leading Cardiologist, Padma Shri Awardee
• Sivapatham Vittal, Father of Surgical Endocrinology, Padma Shri Awardee

Religion[]

• Kirupanandha Variyar, Shaivite spiritual teacher from India. He was a Murugan devotee who helped rebuild and complete the works on many of the temples across the state. He is known for his discourses on various Shaivite legends.
• Maapaana Mudaliyar, Hereditary Trustee Nallur Kandaswamy temple
• Nithyananda, Hindu religious leader. He is the founder of a trust Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam

Miscellaneous[]

• Varadarajan Mudaliar, Bombay based don known as Vardha Bhai; the Tamil movie Nayakan was based on his life story
• Raja Mudaliar, richest trader in Malacca during the early 16th century

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