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'''Gounder''' is a title used by various communities originating in the [[Indian state]] of [[Tamil Nadu]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-05-21/chennai/28179309_1_poll-observers-assembly-polls-poll-eve | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104013919/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-05-21/chennai/28179309_1_poll-observers-assembly-polls-poll-eve | url-status=dead | archive-date=4 November 2012 | work=[[The Times of India]] | title=Gounder consolidation could pose headache to major parties |date=21 May 2009 }}</ref> It may refer to communities such as the [[Kuruba|Gollas]], [[Kongu Vellalar]], [[Vokkaliga]],<ref>{{cite book|first=Kumar Suresh|last=Singh|title=People of India|volume=40,part 2|publisher=Anthropological Survey of India|date=2001|page=640|isbn=9788185938882|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CBIwAQAAIAAJ&q=Vokkaliga+Gounder}}:”The community has titles viz. Gowda , Gowdar , Gounder and Kounder.”</ref> [[Vanniyar]]s, [[Vettuvar]]s and [[Urali Gounder|Uralis]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dinamani.com/edition/story.aspx?&SectionName=%E0%AE%85%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D%20%E0%AE%85%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%99%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D&artid=262554&SectionID=205&MainSectionID=199&SEO=&Title= |title= காங்கிரஸில் ... வன்னியர் தலைவரான மாணிக்கவேல் நாயக்கர், Vanniyar leader Manikavel Naicker |language=ta |access-date=15 December 2011 |work=[[Dinamani]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |first=Geoffrey |last=Burkhart |title=Equal in the Eyes of God: A South Indian Devotional Group in its Hierarchical Setting |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OREVAAAAIAAJ&q=Gounder |journal=Contributions to Asian Studies |volume=5 |year=1974 |publisher=Brill Academic |isbn=9789004039674|page=8|quote=For example, the term 'Gounder' may denote a person of Vellalar, Vanniyar, or Gollar caste.}}</ref><br />
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==Etymology==<br />
There are number of derivations for the title. One theory derives it from the [[Tamil language|Tamil]] word ''Kaamindan'', meaning "noble protector of the country", later modified as ''Kavundan'' or Gounder.<ref name="Madhavan">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/fline/fl2516/stories/20080815251611400.htm|title=Steeped in history|last=Madhvan|first=Karthik|date=2 August 2008|work=Frontline|publisher=The Hindu Group|access-date=22 January 2011|location=Chennai, India |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203050939/http://www.hindu.com/fline/fl2516/stories/20080815251611400.htm|archive-date=3 December 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
During the [[British Raj]] era, some Gounders migrated to [[British Malaya|Malaya]]n rubber plantations to work in the [[kangani system]].<ref>{{cite book |first=Raj Sekhar |last=Basu |title=Nandanar's Children: The Paraiyans' Tryst with Destiny, Tamil Nadu 1850 - 1956 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4NeGAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA137 |year=2011 |publisher=SAGE |isbn=978-81-321-0679-1 |page=137}}</ref><br />
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