Nair
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Nair, also known as Nayar, is a Hindu caste of the Indian state of Kerala[1] on the Malabar Coast.
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According to some theories, the Nair have Indo-Scythian ancestry.[2] Traditionally, Kerala's royalty, militia, and land managers were from the Nair and related castes.[1] During British rule, Nair were known as Nayarkutti and were important in politics, government, medicine, education, and law.[1]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Nāyar". Encyclopædia Britannica. (2011). Retrieved on 15 November 2011.
- ↑ Tyagi, Vidya Prakash. (2009). Martial Races of Undivided India, p. 282; India, Office of the Registrar General. (1965). Census of India, 1961, Vol. 7, p. 16.
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- Fawcett, Fredrick. (1901). Nâyars of Malabar. Madras: Madras Government Press. OCLC 457840401
- Fuller, Christopher John. (1976). The Nayars Today. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 10-ISBN 0521213010/13-ISBN 9780521213011; 10-ISBN 0521290910/13-ISBN 9780521290913; OCLC 2238183
- Jeffrey, Robin. (1976). The Decline of Nair Dominance: Society and Politics in Travancore 1847-1908. London: Sussex University Press. 10-ISBN 0856210544/13-ISBN 9780856210549; OCLC 461808228
- Panikkar, Kavalam Madhava. "Some Aspects of Nayar Life," Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, July-December 1918, Vol. 48, pp. 254–293.
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