Nambiar (Nair subcaste)
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In earlier days, Nambiar women, like most women of Nair clans of North Malabar (present-day Kannur, Kasaragod, Wayanad districts) would not marry Nair men of South Malabar (present-day Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palakkad, Thrissur districts).[2][3]
Notable people
- A. C. N. Nambiar – Indian Nationalist[4]
- Ayillyath Kuttiari Gopalan Nambiar – politician
- E. P. Jayarajan Nambiar – politician[5]
- K. P. P. Nambiar – businessman[6]
- P. M. Kunhiraman Nambiar – freedom fighter
- M. N. Nambiar – actor
- Kannavath Sankaran Nambiar – richest Landlord
- Rahul Nambiar – singer
- P. K. Venugopalan Nambiar – agricultural scientist
- Satish Nambiar – retired Indian army general
- Bejoy Nambiar – director
References
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