Ramnad estate

The estate of Ramnad was a permanently settled zamindari estate that existed in the Ramnad subdivision of the Madura district and later Ramnad district of the Madras Presidency in British India from 1801 to 1949.

The seat of administration was the town of Ramanathapuram. The Zamindari had its origins in the Kingdom of Ramnad established by Raghunatha Kilavan in the late 17th century. In 1803, the Kingdom was converted to a Zamindari by the British. The male rulers of Ramnathapuram also bore the title of Sethupathi or "protector of the bridge", the bridge here referring to the legendary Rama's Bridge^[1] while female rulers bore the title "Nachiyar".

1. ↑ "Holders of history: the Ramnad Sethupatis". 2008-07-26. Archived from the original on 2017-09-10. Retrieved 2017-09-10. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)