List of Nairs
This list of Nairs contains some notable members of the Nair community of southern India.
Spiritual leaders
- Swami Chinmayananda – (previous name Balakrishna Menon) Modern day Hindu guru and founder of Chinmaya Mission
- Chattampi Swamikal[1] – Hindu sage, social reformer
- Tapovan Maharaj [2]
Freedom fighters
- Velu Thampi Dalawa[3] – Dalawa of erstwhile Travancore Kingdom and a freedom fighter
- K. Kelappan – a.k.a. Kerala Gandhi, freedom fighter, founder of the Nair Service Society
- Lakshmi Sahgal[4] - Female freedom fighter of the Azad Hind Army, and aid of Jawarlahal Nehru.
Dynasties
- Zamorin of Calicut [5]
- Travancore royal family [6][7]
- Kingdom of Cochin [8]
- Chirakkal Raja [9]
- Kadathanadu [10]
- Kingdom of Kottayam[11]
Policy makers/administrators
- M. G. Ramachandran [12]
- K. P. Karunakara Menon – Ex President of Nair Service Society
- K. M. Panikkar, historian, novelist, diplomat[13]
- C. Sankaran Nair [14]
- V.K. Krishna Menon [15]
- K. P. S. Menon (senior) [16]
- C. Madhavan Nair [17]
- V. P. Menon [18]
- M. K. Narayanan [19]
- Shashi Tharoor [20]
- Raja Kesavadas [21]
Military personnel
- Lt General K P Candeth.[22] – Lieutenant General in the Indian Army during Indo-Pak war.
Arts
- Kavalappara Narayanan Nair – prominent Kathakali exponent
- Madavoor Vasudevan Nair – prominent Kathakali exponent
- Vallathol Narayana Menon [23]
- Thunchaththu Ezhuthachan [24]
- Kamala Das- writer, born to a Nair family [25]
- C. V. Raman Pillai [26]
See also
References
- ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=mnM-Oiul2KcC&pg=PA45&dq=famous+members+of+the+Nair+caste&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwimstnZoJbKAhXL6CYKHTiwDKE4FBDoAQgzMAU#v=onepage&q=famous%20members%20of%20the%20Nair%20caste&f=false>
- ↑ Chinmayananda. Journey Of A Master. p. 79.
- ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=SLkABAAAQBAJ&pg=PA159&dq=Pazhassi+Raja++Nair+caste&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjs6tjzzpPKAhUCaT4KHWfvDJYQ6AEIHDAA#v=onepage&q=Veluthampi&f=false>
- ↑ http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/a-matriarchal-home-to-many-illustrious-daughters-of-india/989510/
- ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=xu-O9eNmQXMC&pg=PT162&dq=himself+of+the+Nair+caste&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiBpd7V7ZDKAhUKzmMKHcjiD3Y4HhDoAQg_MAY#v=onepage&q=himself%20of%20the%20Nair%20caste&f=false
- ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=ro8SLhyAc9AC&pg=PA174&dq=Travancore+Nair+origin&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjw0d2L8ZDKAhVBT2MKHS_AD6cQ6AEILDAD#v=onepage&q=Travancore%20Nair%20origin&f=false
- ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=vbNCo99qp48C&pg=PA130&dq=Nayar+origin+Travancore&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiq2djD8ZDKAhUP4WMKHSjcB8EQ6AEIKDAC#v=onepage&q=Nayar%20origin%20Travancore&f=false
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- ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=hkbJ6xA1_jEC&pg=PA140&dq=Raja+of+Chirakkal+Nair&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjWoeidv5bKAhVCYiYKHaHaA2gQ6AEIPzAD#v=onepage&q=Raja%20of%20Chirakkal%20Nair&f=false
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- ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=hkbJ6xA1_jEC&pg=PA140&dq=Raja+of+Chirakkal+Nair&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjWoeidv5bKAhVCYiYKHaHaA2gQ6AEIPzAD#v=onepage&q=Raja%20of%20Chirakkal%20Nair&f=false
- ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=cpzzxxCgpbcC&pg=PT38&dq=himself+of+the+Nair+caste&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjNzoj07ZDKAhVJxWMKHRG5BqA4KBDoAQgrMAM#v=onepage&q=Nair&f=false
- ↑ Lewandowski, Susan (February 1979). "Review: An Autobiography. by K. M. Panikkar, K. Krishnamurthy". The Journal of Asian Studies 38 (2): 396–397. doi:10.2307/2053469. JSTOR 2053469. (subscription required (help)).
- ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=WpIOAQAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA76&lpg=RA1-PA76&dq=C.+Sankaran+Nair+Nayar+caste&source=bl&ots=8cS7mTQeSF&sig=vY7o3WfxJyT-IyyZlXJT2Fex39M&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj7hPbK6pDKAhUE3GMKHecaA2cQ6AEIKTAC#v=onepage&q=C.%20Sankaran%20Nair%20Nayar%20caste&f=false
- ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=hQ8p4XTRZgEC&pg=PT80&dq=himself+of+the+Nair+caste&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj_1cTD7JDKAhVX32MKHY63AW04FBDoAQgbMAA#v=onepage&q=Nair&f=false
- ↑ http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-sundaymagazine/some-places-are-unique/article1436898.ece
- ↑ http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-sundaymagazine/some-places-are-unique/article1436898.ece
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- ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=fRSC_uTGhZ8C&pg=PA73&lpg=PA73&dq=Shashi+Tharoor+veetu+peru&source=bl&ots=XH2lrXlmhb&sig=sv2JWqqTIqersE1mtXRsBTD2hU8&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwib3pqS85DKAhVX6mMKHRX0B9EQ6AEIHTAA#v=onepage&q=Shashi%20Tharoor%20veetu%20peru&f=false
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- ↑ http://thebiography.us/en/vallathol
- ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=B9SUyI-3tRwC&pg=PA134&dq=famous+Nayars&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwinq_q-9ZjKAhUIQiYKHaYSCSQQ6AEIPDAG#v=onepage&q=famous%20Nayars&f=false
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