Nadar estate explained

Poraiyar Nadar's estate (Tamil: பொறையார் நாடார் எஸ்டேட்), popularly known as Nadar estate was one of the largest zamindari estate in the erstwhile Tanjore district of Madras Presidency, British India. Headquartered in the village of Poraiyar, Mayiladuthurai district (Previously Thanjavur district), Nadar's estate covered a total area of 7000 acres in the Cauvery delta region.

History

The patriarch of the Nadar estate was Vellaiya Nadar, he was an abkari contractor, he established several distillery industries across South India, following Vellaiya Nadar, the Poraiyar Nadar estate remained as one of the biggest distillers of British India for more than a century.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

Porayar Nadar estate's V. Thavasumuthu Nadar bought the Ariyalur Zamin in the court auction and became the Zamindar of Ariyalur.^[6] Poraiyar Nadar Estate has held the title of Zamindar of Ariyalur for half a century.^[7]

Thavasumuthu Nadar was a philanthropist, he desired to develop education in his rural area, established Thavasumuthu Nadar Higher Secondary School in 1882 in Poraiyar.^[8] He helped to construct the Raja Mirasdar Hospital in Thanjavur in 1878.^{[9] [10]}

Nadar estate showed an active interest in the administrative affairs of Hindu temples, In 1889, V. Ponnusamy Nadar of Nadar estate was elected to the Kumbakonam Temple Committee, which administered Hindu temples in the taluks of Kumbakonam, Mayavaram and Shiyali.^{[11] [12]}

The most well known among the Nadar estate was Rao Bahadur T. Rathinasamy Nadar, he established the first Sangam for the Nadar community, the Nadar Mahajana Sangam in 1910.^{[13] [14]} During the Congress party's main agitational period, from inception in 1885 to early 1890s, T. Ratnaswami Nadar was one of its financiers.^[15]

T. Rathnaswamy Nadar also played a vital role in the development of Tranquebar region by bringing in the railway line for the town.^{[16] [17]} To honor his services, the British Government conferred Rao Bahadur Award to him 1911.^{[18] [19]}

In 1906, Nadar estate's T. Guruswami Nadar built the hostel building for Kumbakonam Arts and Science College and dedicated it to the memory of his father V. Thavsasmuthu Nadar and named the hostel as “Queen Victoria” to commemorate her Golden Jubilee.^{[20] [21]}

T.V. Balagurusamy Nadar of Nadar estate was one of the founder-director of Tamilnad Mercantile Bank (then known as Nadars Bank ltd) in 1921.^[22]

Notes and References

1. Book: Baker . C. J. . South India : Political Institutions and Political Change 1880?1940 . 1975 . Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited . 9781349027484 . 26–72–73.
2. Book: Washbrook . D. A. . The emergence of provincial politics : the Madras Presidency, 1870-1920 . 1976 . Cambridge University Press . Cambridge [England] . 9780521053457 . 114–115-.
3. Web site: The History of Poraiyar Nadar Estate . Nadars.in.
4. Web site: Thacker's Indian Directory: Including Burma and Ceylon 1937-1938 . Indian Culture.
5. Book: The Asylum Press Almanack And Directory Of Madras And Southern India 1918 . 1918 . 1477–78 .
6. Book: Madras District Gazetteers: Statistical Appendix for Trichinopoly District . Superintendent, Government Press . 146.
7. Book: The Asylum Press Almanack And Directory Of Madras And Southern India 1919 . 1919 . 1596 .
8. Book: Ayyar . KN Krishnaswami . Statistical Appendix And Supplement To The Revised District Manual (1906) For Tanjore District . 1933 . 201 .
9. Book: புலவர் . செ. இராசு . தஞ்சை மராட்டியர் கல்வெட்டுகள் . 1987 . 81-7090-077-8 . 41.
10. Web site: Srinivasan . G. . Royals, landlords behind RMH ophthalmology department . Deccan Chronicle . en . 14 March 2019.
11. Book: Baker . Christopher John . D. A . Washbrook . South India : political institutions and political change, 1880-1940 . 1975 . Macmillan Co. of India . Delhi . 9780033390675 . 29–38 .
12. Book: Washbrook . D. A. . The emergence of provincial politics : the Madras Presidency, 1870-1920 . 1976 . Cambridge University Press . Cambridge [England] . 9780521053457 . 115–187–188 .
13. Book: Hardgrave . Robert L. . The Nadars of Tamilnad : the political culture of a community in change . 2006 . Ajay Kumar Jain for Manohar Publishers & Distributours . New Delhi . 9788173047015 . 131.
14. Colonial Perceptions of Indian Society and the Emergence of Caste(s) Associations. Lucy Carroll. The Journal of Asian Studies. Feb 1978. 37 . 2. 234–235. 10.2307/2054164. 2054164. 146635639.
15. Book: Baker . C. J. . South India : Political Institutions and Political Change 1880?1940 . 1975 . Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited . [Place of publication not identified] . 978-1-349-02748-4 . 200.
16. Book: Lazar . Prof. P. Maria . Tales of Tranquebar . 26.
17. Book: Sivasubramaniyan . A . Thamizhaga Varalatril Tharangampadi . New Century Book House . 9788123430508 . 10.
18. Book: John . Murray . The Historical Record of The Imperial Visit to India-1911 . 364.
19. Book: Who's who in India (lives and photographs of the recipients of honors on 12th December 1911) . 113.
20. Web site: Hostel of Government College for Men - Main Building . Nmma.nic.in.
21. Web site: Poraiyar Nadar Estate's Philanthropy Services . Nadars.in.
22. Web site: Founder Directors of TMB . Tamilnad Mercantile Bank Official Website.