Vengalil family - Revision history

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	Closely affiliated with the [[Dewan]]ship of [[Travancore]] and related to the royal families of [[Kingdom of Cochin\|Cochin]] and Travancore, the Vengalil family were among India's greatest landowners until the rise of the [[communist]] government in Kerala, with estates in Malabar comprising some 200,000 acres,<ref name=autogenerated1>[https://dsal.uchicago.edu/books/socialscientist/pager.html?objectid=HN681.S597_56_007.gif "Organised Struggles of Malabar Peasantry 1934–1940"]</ref> and encompassing thousands of acres of prized hardwood forest, including the hydroelectric power center of [[Kuttiyadi]]. The family originated through the marriage of [[Raman Menon]], Dewan of Travancore (1815–1817) serving Maharani [[Gowri Parvati Bayi]] and his wife, [[Narayani Amma]].		Closely affiliated with the [[Dewan]]ship of [[Travancore]] and related to the royal families of [[Kingdom of Cochin\|Cochin]] and Travancore, the Vengalil family were among India's greatest landowners until the rise of the [[communist]] government in Kerala, with estates in Malabar comprising some 200,000 acres,<ref name=autogenerated1>[https://dsal.uchicago.edu/books/socialscientist/pager.html?objectid=HN681.S597_56_007.gif "Organised Struggles of Malabar Peasantry 1934–1940"]</ref> and encompassing thousands of acres of prized hardwood forest, including the hydroelectric power center of [[Kuttiyadi]]. The family originated through the marriage of [[Raman Menon]], Dewan of Travancore (1815–1817) serving Maharani [[Gowri Parvati Bayi]] and his wife, [[Narayani Amma]].

	Influential members include politician [[V. K. Krishna Menon]] and author [[Janaki Ram]], athelete [[P.T.Usha]] [[Vengyalil Anil Menon]], as well as [[C. P. Ramaswami Aiyar]] by marriage . Numerous members of the Vengalil family held titles equivalent to that of [[Thakur (Indian title)\|Thakur]] or [[Raja]] in north India.		Influential members include politician [[V. K. Krishna Menon]] and author [[Janaki Ram]], athelete [[P.T.Usha]], [[Vengyalil Anil Menon]], as well as [[C. P. Ramaswami Aiyar]] by marriage . Numerous members of the Vengalil family held titles equivalent to that of [[Thakur (Indian title)\|Thakur]] or [[Raja]] in north India.

	==References==		==References==

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	Closely affiliated with the [[Dewan]]ship of [[Travancore]] and related to the royal families of [[Kingdom of Cochin\|Cochin]] and Travancore, the Vengalil family were among India's greatest landowners until the rise of the [[communist]] government in Kerala, with estates in Malabar comprising some 200,000 acres,<ref name=autogenerated1>[https://dsal.uchicago.edu/books/socialscientist/pager.html?objectid=HN681.S597_56_007.gif "Organised Struggles of Malabar Peasantry 1934–1940"]</ref> and encompassing thousands of acres of prized hardwood forest, including the hydroelectric power center of [[Kuttiyadi]]. The family originated through the marriage of [[Raman Menon]], Dewan of Travancore (1815–1817) serving Maharani [[Gowri Parvati Bayi]] and his wife, [[Narayani Amma]].		Closely affiliated with the [[Dewan]]ship of [[Travancore]] and related to the royal families of [[Kingdom of Cochin\|Cochin]] and Travancore, the Vengalil family were among India's greatest landowners until the rise of the [[communist]] government in Kerala, with estates in Malabar comprising some 200,000 acres,<ref name=autogenerated1>[https://dsal.uchicago.edu/books/socialscientist/pager.html?objectid=HN681.S597_56_007.gif "Organised Struggles of Malabar Peasantry 1934–1940"]</ref> and encompassing thousands of acres of prized hardwood forest, including the hydroelectric power center of [[Kuttiyadi]]. The family originated through the marriage of [[Raman Menon]], Dewan of Travancore (1815–1817) serving Maharani [[Gowri Parvati Bayi]] and his wife, [[Narayani Amma]].

	Influential members include politician [[V. K. Krishna Menon]] and author [[Janaki Ram]], [[Vengyalil Anil Menon]], as well as [[C. P. Ramaswami Aiyar]] by marriage . Numerous members of the Vengalil family held titles equivalent to that of [[Thakur (Indian title)\|Thakur]] or [[Raja]] in north India.		Influential members include politician [[V. K. Krishna Menon]] and author [[Janaki Ram]], athelete [[P.T.Usha]] [[Vengyalil Anil Menon]], as well as [[C. P. Ramaswami Aiyar]] by marriage . Numerous members of the Vengalil family held titles equivalent to that of [[Thakur (Indian title)\|Thakur]] or [[Raja]] in north India.

	==References==		==References==

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	Closely affiliated with the [[Dewan]]ship of [[Travancore]] and related to the royal families of [[Kingdom of Cochin\|Cochin]] and Travancore, the Vengalil family were among India's greatest landowners until the rise of the [[communist]] government in Kerala, with estates in Malabar comprising some 200,000 acres,<ref name=autogenerated1>[https://dsal.uchicago.edu/books/socialscientist/pager.html?objectid=HN681.S597_56_007.gif "Organised Struggles of Malabar Peasantry 1934–1940"]</ref> and encompassing thousands of acres of prized hardwood forest, including the hydroelectric power center of [[Kuttiyadi]]. The family originated through the marriage of [[Raman Menon]], Dewan of Travancore (1815–1817) serving Maharani [[Gowri Parvati Bayi]] and his wife, [[Narayani Amma]].		Closely affiliated with the [[Dewan]]ship of [[Travancore]] and related to the royal families of [[Kingdom of Cochin\|Cochin]] and Travancore, the Vengalil family were among India's greatest landowners until the rise of the [[communist]] government in Kerala, with estates in Malabar comprising some 200,000 acres,<ref name=autogenerated1>[https://dsal.uchicago.edu/books/socialscientist/pager.html?objectid=HN681.S597_56_007.gif "Organised Struggles of Malabar Peasantry 1934–1940"]</ref> and encompassing thousands of acres of prized hardwood forest, including the hydroelectric power center of [[Kuttiyadi]]. The family originated through the marriage of [[Raman Menon]], Dewan of Travancore (1815–1817) serving Maharani [[Gowri Parvati Bayi]] and his wife, [[Narayani Amma]].

	Influential members include politician [[V. K. Krishna Menon]] and author [[Janaki Ram]], [[V Anil Menon]], as well as [[C. P. Ramaswami Aiyar]] by marriage . Numerous members of the Vengalil family held titles equivalent to that of [[Thakur (Indian title)\|Thakur]] or [[Raja]] in north India.		Influential members include politician [[V. K. Krishna Menon]] and author [[Janaki Ram]], [[Vengyalil Anil Menon]], as well as [[C. P. Ramaswami Aiyar]] by marriage . Numerous members of the Vengalil family held titles equivalent to that of [[Thakur (Indian title)\|Thakur]] or [[Raja]] in north India.

	==References==		==References==

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	Closely affiliated with the [[Dewan]]ship of [[Travancore]] and related to the royal families of [[Kingdom of Cochin\|Cochin]] and Travancore, the Vengalil family were among India's greatest landowners until the rise of the [[communist]] government in Kerala, with estates in Malabar comprising some 200,000 acres,<ref name=autogenerated1>[https://dsal.uchicago.edu/books/socialscientist/pager.html?objectid=HN681.S597_56_007.gif "Organised Struggles of Malabar Peasantry 1934–1940"]</ref> and encompassing thousands of acres of prized hardwood forest, including the hydroelectric power center of [[Kuttiyadi]]. The family originated through the marriage of [[Raman Menon]], Dewan of Travancore (1815–1817) serving Maharani [[Gowri Parvati Bayi]] and his wife, [[Narayani Amma]].		Closely affiliated with the [[Dewan]]ship of [[Travancore]] and related to the royal families of [[Kingdom of Cochin\|Cochin]] and Travancore, the Vengalil family were among India's greatest landowners until the rise of the [[communist]] government in Kerala, with estates in Malabar comprising some 200,000 acres,<ref name=autogenerated1>[https://dsal.uchicago.edu/books/socialscientist/pager.html?objectid=HN681.S597_56_007.gif "Organised Struggles of Malabar Peasantry 1934–1940"]</ref> and encompassing thousands of acres of prized hardwood forest, including the hydroelectric power center of [[Kuttiyadi]]. The family originated through the marriage of [[Raman Menon]], Dewan of Travancore (1815–1817) serving Maharani [[Gowri Parvati Bayi]] and his wife, [[Narayani Amma]].

	Influential members include politician [[V. K. Krishna Menon]] and author [[Janaki Ram]], V Anil Menon , as well as [[C. P. Ramaswami Aiyar]] by marriage . Numerous members of the Vengalil family held titles equivalent to that of [[Thakur (Indian title)\|Thakur]] or [[Raja]] in north India.		Influential members include politician [[V. K. Krishna Menon]] and author [[Janaki Ram]], [[V Anil Menon]], as well as [[C. P. Ramaswami Aiyar]] by marriage . Numerous members of the Vengalil family held titles equivalent to that of [[Thakur (Indian title)\|Thakur]] or [[Raja]] in north India.

	==References==		==References==

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	Closely affiliated with the [[Dewan]]ship of [[Travancore]] and related to the royal families of [[Kingdom of Cochin\|Cochin]] and Travancore, the Vengalil family were among India's greatest landowners until the rise of the [[communist]] government in Kerala, with estates in Malabar comprising some 200,000 acres,<ref name=autogenerated1>[https://dsal.uchicago.edu/books/socialscientist/pager.html?objectid=HN681.S597_56_007.gif "Organised Struggles of Malabar Peasantry 1934–1940"]</ref> and encompassing thousands of acres of prized hardwood forest, including the hydroelectric power center of [[Kuttiyadi]]. The family originated through the marriage of [[Raman Menon]], Dewan of Travancore (1815–1817) serving Maharani [[Gowri Parvati Bayi]] and his wife, [[Narayani Amma]].		Closely affiliated with the [[Dewan]]ship of [[Travancore]] and related to the royal families of [[Kingdom of Cochin\|Cochin]] and Travancore, the Vengalil family were among India's greatest landowners until the rise of the [[communist]] government in Kerala, with estates in Malabar comprising some 200,000 acres,<ref name=autogenerated1>[https://dsal.uchicago.edu/books/socialscientist/pager.html?objectid=HN681.S597_56_007.gif "Organised Struggles of Malabar Peasantry 1934–1940"]</ref> and encompassing thousands of acres of prized hardwood forest, including the hydroelectric power center of [[Kuttiyadi]]. The family originated through the marriage of [[Raman Menon]], Dewan of Travancore (1815–1817) serving Maharani [[Gowri Parvati Bayi]] and his wife, [[Narayani Amma]].

	Influential members include politician [[V. K. Krishna Menon]] and author [[Janaki Ram]], as well as [[C. P. Ramaswami Aiyar]] by marriage. Numerous members of the Vengalil family held titles equivalent to that of [[Thakur (Indian title)\|Thakur]] or [[Raja]] in north India.		Influential members include politician [[V. K. Krishna Menon]] and author [[Janaki Ram]], V Anil Menon , as well as [[C. P. Ramaswami Aiyar]] by marriage . Numerous members of the Vengalil family held titles equivalent to that of [[Thakur (Indian title)\|Thakur]] or [[Raja]] in north India.

	==References==		==References==

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	The '''Vengalil family''' (Malayalam: വെങ്ങാലിൽ; Hindi: वेङ्ङालिल; also transliterated as ''Vengayil'') is an [[Aristocracy (class)\|aristocratic]] [[Keralite]] [[Nair]] family from [[Malabar District\|Malabar]] that was powerful in [[India]] during much of the [[British Raj]], and known as intimates of the [[Nehru-Gandhi family]].		The '''Vengalil family''' (Malayalam: വെങ്ങാലിൽ; Hindi: वेङ्ङालिल; also transliterated as ''Vengayil'' or ''Vengyalil'') is an [[Aristocracy (class)\|aristocratic]] [[Keralite]] [[Nair]] family from [[Malabar District\|Malabar]] that was powerful in [[India]] during much of the [[British Raj]], and known as intimates of the [[Nehru-Gandhi family]].

	==Background==		==Background==

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The '''Vengalil family''' (Malayalam: വെങ്ങാലിൽ; Hindi: वेङ्ङालिल; also transliterated as ''Vengayil'') is an [[Aristocracy (class)|aristocratic]] [[Keralite]] [[Nair]] family from [[Malabar District|Malabar]] that was powerful in [[India]] during much of the [[British Raj]], and known as intimates of the [[Nehru-Gandhi family]].

==Background==
Closely affiliated with the [[Dewan]]ship of [[Travancore]] and related to the royal families of [[Kingdom of Cochin|Cochin]] and Travancore, the Vengalil family were among India's greatest landowners until the rise of the [[communist]] government in Kerala, with estates in Malabar comprising some 200,000 acres,<ref name=autogenerated1>[https://dsal.uchicago.edu/books/socialscientist/pager.html?objectid=HN681.S597_56_007.gif "Organised Struggles of Malabar Peasantry 1934–1940"]</ref> and encompassing thousands of acres of prized hardwood forest, including the hydroelectric power center of [[Kuttiyadi]]. The family originated through the marriage of [[Raman Menon]], Dewan of Travancore (1815–1817) serving Maharani [[Gowri Parvati Bayi]] and his wife, [[Narayani Amma]].

Influential members include politician [[V. K. Krishna Menon]] and author [[Janaki Ram]], as well as [[C. P. Ramaswami Aiyar]] by marriage. Numerous members of the Vengalil family held titles equivalent to that of [[Thakur (Indian title)|Thakur]] or [[Raja]] in north India.

==References==
* Krishna Menon: A Biography by [[T. J. S. George]] (1965)
* V. K. Krishna Menon: a personal memoir by Janaki Ram (1997)
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