Appu Nedungadi (11 October 1863 6 November 1933) is the author of ''

Kundalatha ''Kundalatha'' (or Kundalata, ml, കുന്ദലത) is a novel by Appu Nedungadi, published in 1887. It is considered to be the first Malayalam novel. See also * ''Indulekha (novel), Indulekha'' External links Novel and Short Story to the ...

'', which was published in 1887, making it as the first novel published in

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 2 ...

. He was the founder/editor of literary publications ''Kerala Pathrika'', ''Kerala Sanchari'' and ''

Vidya Vinodini ''Vidyavinodini'' or ''Vidya Vinodini'' (Malayalam: വിദ്യാവിനോദിനി) was a Malayalam-language monthly literary magazine published from Trichur in the Kingdom of Cochin (now part of India). It started publication in Novem ...

''. In 1899, he established

Nedungadi Bank Nedungadi Bank was the first private sector commercial bank to be set up in South India. Appu Nedungadi established the bank in 1899, in Calicut, Malabar District, British India (present day Kozhikode, Kerala, India). The bank was incorporated ...

, the oldest private sector commercial bank in

Kozhikode Kozhikode (), also known in English as Calicut, is a city along the Malabar Coast in the state of Kerala in India. It has a corporation limit population of 609,224 and a metropolitan population of more than 2 million, making it the second l ...

Kerala Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South ...

. The bank was incorporated in 1913 and later in 2003, was taken over by the

Punjab National Bank Punjab National Bank (abbreviated as PNB) is an Indian public sector bank headquartered in Delhi. The bank was founded in May 1894 and is the second largest government-owned bank in India, both in terms of its business volumes and its network ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Nedungadi, Appu Malayalam novelists 19th-century Indian novelists Novelists from Kerala Businesspeople from Kozhikode 20th-century Indian businesspeople Indian bankers Indian male novelists Indian company founders 1863 births 1933 deaths