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{{short description|Hindu agrarian caste}}

{{use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{use Indian English|date=September 2019}}
{{infobox caste
| caste_name = Thuluva Vellala
| region = [[Tamil Nadu]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[Karnataka]]
Cities : [[Chennai]], [[Bangalore]], [[Vellore]].
| classification = The Arcot Mudaliar and Arcot Vellala sects are classified as Forward Class<ref name="dailythanthi.com">{{Cite web|date=2019-07-18|title=அரசியல் ரீதியாக அங்கீகாரம் கிடைத்தாலும் 10 சதவீத இட ஒதுக்கீடு நிறைவேறுவதில் சிக்கல்|url=http://www.dailythanthi.com/News/Sirappukatturaigal/2019/07/18125244/Although-politically-recognized10-per-cent-reservation.vpf|access-date=2021-02-06|website=Dailythanthi.com}}</ref> in [[Tamil Nadu]], while the other sects of Thuluva Vellala are classified as [[Other Backward Class]] (OBC) at the Central<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bcmbcmw.tn.gov.in/obc/faq/tamilnadu.pdf|title=CENTRAL LIST OF OBCs FOR THE STATE OF TAMILNADU|website=www.bcmbcmw.tn.gov.in |publisher=Department of Backward Classes and Most Backward Classes and Minorities Welfare, Tamil Nadu |access-date=11 March 2021|page=1|quote= Entry.No 1}}</ref><ref name="bcmbcmw.tn.gov.in">{{cite web |url=http://www.bcmbcmw.tn.gov.in/bclist.htm |title= List of Backward Classes approved by Government of Tamil Nadu |website= |publisher=Department of Backward Classes and Most Backward Classes and Minorities Welfare, Tamil Nadu |access-date=6 March 2021|quote= Sl.No 1}}</ref> and State level<ref name="bcmbcmw.tn.gov.in">{{cite web |url=http://www.bcmbcmw.tn.gov.in/bclist.htm |title= List of Backward Classes approved by Government of Tamil Nadu |website= |publisher=Department of Backward Classes and Most Backward Classes and Minorities Welfare, Tamil Nadu |access-date=6 March 2021|quote= Sl.No 1}}</ref> as serial no.1 Agamudayar including Thuluva Vellala. <br /> where as,
Thuluva Vellalas are classified as Backward Class (D) in [[Andhra Pradesh]] under the ‘Mudhaliar’ title.<ref name="Staff Reporter">{{Cite news|author=Staff Reporter|date=2016-12-12|title=‘Mudaliar’ title added in BC (D) list|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/%E2%80%98Mudaliar%E2%80%99-title-added-in-BC-D-list/article16794750.ece|access-date=2021-02-06|issn=0971-751X}}:”The State government has decided to add the title ‘Mudaliar’ in the first line of Sl. No. 39 of Group D of BC list following a request from the Mudaliar community. This will benefit Agamudimudaliar, Aghamudian, Aghamudiar, Agamudivellalar, and Agamudimudaliar, including Thuluva Vellalas.”</ref>
| languages = [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
| religions = Predominantly [[Vaishnavism]], also [[Shaivism]], [[Jainism]] and [[Christianity]]
| related = [[Tulu People]], [[Tamil people]] & [[Thondaimandala Vellala]]}}

'''Thuluva Vellala''', also known as Tuluva Vellala and Tozhu Vellala, is a [[caste system in India|caste]] in India.

They were originally significant landowners.<ref name="auto3">{{cite book |chapter=Response to John Harriss |first1=S. V. |last1=Rajadurai |first2=V. |last2=Geetha |title=Decentring the Indian Nation |editor1-first=Andrew |editor1-last=Wyatt |editor2-first=John |editor2-last=Zavos |publisher=Routledge |year=2004 |isbn=978-1-13576-169-1 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0L6RAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA115 |page=115}}</ref>

Phobia: Why Do They Hate Us?|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=V-VtAAAAMAAJ&dq=Mudaliar+shudra&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=Mudaliar+shudra |location=New Delhi |publisher=Vitasta Pub|page=35 |isbn=}}:"Most Shudra intellectuals at that time preferred the term Dravida as their new identity in place of Shudras or Tamilians. Dr C. Natesa Mudaliar, a Shudra, had established Chennai Dravida Sangam in November 1912"</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Gauthaman |first1=Raj |last2=Baskaran|first2=S. Theodore|date=1 December 2020|title=Dark Interiors: Essays on Caste and Dalit Culture |url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=txQOEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT142&dq=Mudaliar+shudra&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwittb2H2srwAhUFxzgGHQ6JDxwQ6AEwBXoECAYQAw#v=onepage&q=Mudaliar%20shudra&f=false |location= India|publisher=SAGE Publishing |page= |isbn=}}:"Though all non-Brahmins are considered Shudras, there is a division between higher and lower shudras. Adi-Dravidas are grouped separately. The upper-caste shudras are comfortably pigeon-holed as Mudaliar, Pillai and Reddy."</ref>

==Notable people==

===Politics===
* Sir Dr. [[C. Natesa Mudaliar]],<ref>{{Cite book|last=K|first=Kumaresan|title=Dravida Thalaivar C. Natesanar|year=1984|location=Madras|pages=Introduction, p.4}}</ref>{{qn|date=July 2020}} one of the founders of the [[Justice Party (India)|Justice Party]], politician, activist and philanthropist
* Diwan Bahadur Sir [[Arcot Ramasamy Mudaliar]],<ref>{{Cite book|last=Andrew wyatt, John Zavos|title=Decentring the Indian Nation|pages=115}}</ref> KCSI - Founder Chairman of [[UNESCO]] and the Diwan of Mysore
*[[P. U. Shanmugam|P U Shanmugam]]<ref>{{Cite news|date=2012-08-16|title=ப உ சண்முகம் பிறந்தநாள் விழா|work=Dinamani|url=https://www.dinamani.com/all-editions/edition-vellore/2012/aug/16/1000-%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%87%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%81-%E0%AE%85%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A9%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%A9%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D-542766.html}}</ref> - Former Tamil Nadu minister of Public Works Department

==See also==
*[[Thondaimandala Vellala]]
*[[Vellalar]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Vellalar]]
[[Category:Social groups of Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Indian castes]]

Thuluva Vellala - Revision history

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