Mannarghat Muppil Nair (Kunnattattil Madambil Nair) was the royal title usually given to the eldest male member of Mannarghat Muppil Nair family. He was a "desavazhi" (provincial governor) under
Valluvanad (southern Malabar,
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
), looking after the eastern boundary and the hilly areas. The
Nairs
The Nair , also known as Nayar, are a group of Indian Hindu castes, described by anthropologist Kathleen Gough as "not a unitary group but a named category of castes". The Nair include several castes and many subdivisions, not all of whom histo ...
had considerable land holdings in the area and also held about 70% of the land in
Attappadi
Attappady (HQ:Agali) is a tribal taluk in Kerala state covering an area of . It is carved out from Mannarkkad taluk in Palakkad district on February 2021. Attappady Reserve Forest is a protected area comprising 249 km2 of land area in ...
, including
Silent Valley.
[http://www.leadindia.org/attapaddy.pdf]
See also
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Muppil Nayar
References
{{coord missing, Kerala
History of the Nair
Feudal states of Kerala
History of Malappuram district