Urali Gounder

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Urali Gounder is the combinations of the words Ur ("land") and Ali ("ruler"), with the word "Gounder", which means "protector of the country".^[1]

The Urali Gounder caste (BC/OBC) is a sub-caste of Gounder community found in the southern and western regions of Tamil Nadu, particularly in Manapparai, in Tiruchirapalli, and also Viralimalai in Pudukottai, and in Dindigul, Coimbatore, Karur, Salem districts which makes them a powerful place for them.^[2]

The Urali Gounder caste where also classified as a Forward Caste (General class) at the time of Indian independence but they successfully requested to be reclassified as a Backward Class in 1975 like the Kongu Vellalar Caste.^[3]

Notable people[]

• Eddapadi.K.Palanisamy, Honourable CM of Tamil Nadu, belongs to Gounder community.^[4]
• U.Thaniyarasu, founder of Tamil Nadu Kongu Ilaingar Peravai, (in the name of Tamil Nadu Goundergal Peravai) is considered for Gounder and Kongu Vellalar based caste outfit party in Tamil Nadu.^{[5] [6]}

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