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Ragavalu Naidu

Rama Naidu Palla, North Arcot

Father
Rama Naidu
Rama Naidu Palla, North Arcot
Indentured ancestor
Ragavalu Naidu
male · Rama Naidu Palla, North Arcot
The crossing
Origin
Rama Naidu Palla
North Arcot
Ship
CONGELLA XXVII
no. 74750
Year
1898
Arrived
Natal, South Africa
The origin village

Ragavalu Naidu’s family came from Rama Naidu Palla, North Arcot district. Living relatives may still be there — a voter-roll lookup can name them, and the modern village page shows land records and families we already track.

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Colonial ship-clerks often mangled Tamil names. Before treating this as your ancestor, ask the oldest person in your family:

  • Was there a great-great-grandfather named Ragavalu Naidu or Rama Naidu?
  • Did family ever mention coming from Rama Naidu Palla, North Arcot?
  • Do the dates line up with when your family arrived in Natal? (Record: 1898)
  • Any family memory of a ship named CONGELLA XXVII, or a passage to Natal around then?
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Source: theiii.in Natal indenture register (digitised ship record). Names and places are the colonial spellings as recorded; verify against family memory before treating a lineage as certain.

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