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| *] - Former Chief Minister of Pondicherry State and present State Congress Chief | |||
| *] - Former Finance Minister of Tamil Nadu | |||
| *] - Former Education Minister of Tamil Nadu and DMK Leader | |||
| *] - Former Union Minister | *] - Former Union Minister | ||
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Mudaliars are people belonging to a forward caste originally from Tamil Nadu. Foremost in the hierarchy among the many Mudaliars are the Thondai Mandala Mudaliars who trace their ancestry to the author of the Peria Puranam. Some subsects are forward-caste while most are backward-caste. Varying classifications of Mudaliars include Arcot Mudaliar, Agamudaiya Mudaliar, Senguntha Mudaliar, Poonamallee Mudaliar, Thuluva Vellala Mudaliar, Tirunelveli Saiva, etc. Some Pillai subsects also claim to be in Mudaliar caste.
The indigenous Mudaliar is illustrious, trustworthy and has brown skin. Most Mudaliar community speak Tamil as their native language, though a few may speak Telugu.
Famous Mudaliars
- P Shanmugam - Former Chief Minister of Pondicherry State and present State Congress Chief
- V R Nedunchezhiyan - Former Finance Minister of Tamil Nadu
- K Anbazhagan - Former Education Minister of Tamil Nadu and DMK Leader
- Jayanthi Natarajan - Former Union Minister