Palaniappan Chidambaram, better known as P. Chidambaram, is an Indian politician and lawyer who currently serves as Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha. He served as the Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs from 2017 to 2018. He also served as Interim Deputy Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha from 2022 to 2023 under Mallikarjun Kharge.
The Nagarathar or Nattukottai Nagarathar is a Tamil caste found native in Tamil Nadu, India. Nagarathars are a mercantile community who are traditionally involved in commerce, banking and money lending. They use the title Chettiar and are traditionally concentrated in modern region Chettinad. They are prominent philanthropist who funded and built several Hindu temples, Choultries, schools, colleges and universities.
Chettinad is a name that collectively refers to a locality that comprises 56 villages in the Sivaganga district and 20 villages in Pudukottai district, which was historically ruled by the Ramnad kingdom of Pandya Nadu. It has a small portion extending into the Pudukottai District in Tamil Nadu; Karaikudi is the major town of this area and is considered the urban center for the Chettinadu villages.
Sir Alagappa Chettiar was an Indian businessman and philanthropist. He received the Padma Bhushan, third highest civilian award of India in 1956.
Diwan Bahadur Sir Satappa Ramanatha Muthiah Annamalai Chettiar, Raja of ChettinadKCSI better known as Raja Sir Annamalai Chettiar was an Indian industrialist, banker, educationist and philanthropist from Tamil Nadu. He was the founder of Annamalai University in Chidambaram and one of the founders of Indian Bank, along with his brother S. Rm. M. Ramaswami Chettiar.
Muthiah Annamalai Chidambaram was an Indian industrialist and cricket administrator. He was the youngest son of Raja Sir Annamalai Chettiar, Raja of Chettinad.
Diwan Bahadur Satappa Ramanatha Muthiah Ramaswami Chettiar was an Indian businessman from what is now the state of Tamil Nadu.
Muthiah Annamalai Muthiah RamaswamyChettiar better known as Rajah M.A.M.Ramasamy Chettiar an Indian industrialist, politician and race horse owner who served as Chairman of the Chettinad Group of Companies and a member of the Upper House of the Parliament of India, the Rajya Sabha for Karnataka representing the Janata Dal (Secular) from 2004 to 2010.
Sir Muthiah Annamalai Muthiah Chettiar, Rajah of Chettinad KCSI better known as RajahSir Muthiah Chettiar was an Indian Industrialist, banker, politician, philanthropist, and cultural activist who served as First Mayor of Madras city (1933) and Minister of Excise and Education (1936–37) in the provincial government of Madras Presidency.
The Raja of Chettinad was an honorary title bestowed on the head of the S. Rm. M. family of Kanadukathan in the Chettinad region by the government of the Madras Presidency during the British Raj era in India. The title was first bestowed upon Sir Annamalai Chettiar in 1929 in recognition of his public service and has been described by Hartmut Scharfe as a "fictitious hereditary title" of the type that it was possible to confer in accordance with the traditions of the ancient Indian epic text, the Mahabharata.
Muthiah Chidambaram Muthiah Chidambaram Chettiar better known as M.CT.M.Chidambaram was an Indian industrialist and banker who founded the Indian Overseas Bank. He was a member of the M. Ct. family.
Annamalai Chidambaram Muthiah is an Indian industrialist and cricket administrator. He served as the Chairman of Southern Petrochemical Industries Limited (SPIC) and is the chairman of Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering (SVCE), Sriperumbudur near Chennai. He served as the President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India from 1999 to 2001. Muthiah is the only son of M. A. Chidambaram and the grandson of Sir Annamalai Chettiar.
Sir Muthiah Chidambaram Muthiah Chettiar KCSI(8 February 1887 – 19 July 1929) better known as SirM.CT.Muthiah Chettiar was an Indian Industrialist and Banker who served as a director of the Indian Bank. He was the oldest grandson of S.RM. Muthiah Chettiar, the patriarch of the M. Ct. and S. Rm. families.
The Raja Annamalai Chettiar Hall is an auditorium situated in Chennai, India. It is considered to be one of the city's oldest venues for Carnatic music concerts apart from the T. T. Krishnamachari Auditorium in Mylapore. The auditorium is the venue for concerts organised by the Tamil Isai Sangam.
Ramaswami Ramanathan Chettiar better known as Mayor Ramanathan Chettiar was an Indian Industrialist, politician and bureaucrat who served as Mayor of Madras and member of Lok Sabha.
Sathappa Ramanatha Muthiah Chidambaram Chettiar better known as S.RM.M.Chidambaram Chettiar was the eldest son of S. Rm. Muthiah Chettiar and the progenitor of the M. Ct. family. In 1897, he purchased the zamindari of Andipatti from the Madras government and became its zamindar.
The M. Ct. family, formerly known as the S. Rm. M. M. Ct. family, is a family of industrialist and bankers from Tamil Nadu, India. Belonging to the Nagarathar community, they are descendants of S. Rm. M. Chidambaram Chettiar of the S. Rm. M. family and trace their ancestral roots to Kanadukathan in the Sivaganga district.
Diwan Bahadur Muthiah Chidambaram Pethachi Chettiar (1889–1924) was an Indian administrator who served as the second zamindar of Andipatti, succeeding his father S. Rm. M. Chidambaram Chettiar.
Sathappa Ramanatha Muthiah Chettiar (1840-1900) was an Indian merchant, banker and philanthropist known for his work in renovating Saivite temples in India. He was the patriarch of the S. Rm. M. family.
