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'''Urali Gounder''' is the combinations of the words Ur ("[[land]]") and Al ("[[people]]"), with the word "[[Gounder]]", which means "protector of the country".<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Gounder|first=M Gounder|last2=Hardcastle|first2=TC|last3=Muckart|first3=DJJ|date=2019|title=A review of the complications encountered in a quaternary trauma intensive care unit in South Africa|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2078-5151/2019/v57n1a2733|journal=South African Journal of Surgery|pages=43–48|doi=10.17159/2078-5151/2019/v57n1a2733|issn=0038-2361|doi-access=free}}</ref><br />
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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 [[Tiruchirappalli|Tiruchirapalli]], and also [[Viralimalai]] in [[Pudukkottai district|Pudukottai]], and in [[Dindigul district|Dindigul]], [[Coimbatore district|Coimbatore]], [[Karur district|Karur]], [[Salem, Tamil Nadu|Salem]] districts which makes them a powerful place for them.<ref>{{Citation|title=Manapaarai (state assembly constituency)|date=2021-01-24|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Manapaarai_(state_assembly_constituency)&oldid=1002447381|work=Wikipedia|language=en|access-date=2021-03-07}}</ref><br />
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Urali Gounder is a [[caste]] in the Indian state of [[Tamil Nadu]].<br />
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The Urali Gounder caste where also classified as a [[Forward Caste]] (General class) at the time of [[Partition of India|Indian independence]] but they successfully requested to be reclassified as a [[Backward Class]] in 1975 like the [[Kongu Vellalar]] Caste.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2009-05-08|title=Looking to create a Kongu stronghold|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/Looking-to-create-a-Kongu-stronghold/article16592500.ece|access-date=2020-09-28|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> <br />
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== Notable people ==<br />
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* [[Edappadi K. Palaniswami|Eddapadi.K.Palanisamy]], Honourable CM of Tamil Nadu, belongs to [[Gounder]] community.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Gounder|first=M Gounder|last2=Hardcastle|first2=TC|last3=Muckart|first3=DJJ|date=2019|title=A review of the complications encountered in a quaternary trauma intensive care unit in South Africa|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2078-5151/2019/v57n1a2733|journal=South African Journal of Surgery|pages=43–48|doi=10.17159/2078-5151/2019/v57n1a2733|issn=0038-2361|doi-access=free}}</ref><br />
*[[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]].<ref>{{Citation|title=U.Thaniyarasu|date=2020-12-21|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=U.Thaniyarasu&oldid=995532488|work=Wikipedia|language=en|access-date=2021-03-07}}</ref> <ref>{{Citation|title=Tamil Nadu Kongu Ilaingar Peravai|date=2020-10-19|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tamil_Nadu_Kongu_Ilaingar_Peravai&oldid=984251923|work=Wikipedia|language=en|access-date=2021-03-07}}</ref><br />
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* http://www.tnpsc.gov.in/communities-list.html#dc<br />
* http://www.tnhealth.org/communities.pdf<br />
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