- Look up
nayak,
Nayak, naik, or Naik in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Nayak may
refer to:
Nayak caste, a
caste found in
India Nayak,
another name for...
- The
Madurai Nayaks were a
Telugu dynasty who
ruled most of modern-day
Tamil Nadu, India, with
Madurai as
their capital. The
Madurai Nayaks had
their origins...
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Nayaks and the
Tanjore Nayaks ultimately leading to the
Battle at
Vallamprakara where the
Tanjore army with the
Rayas fought against Veerappa Nayak of...
- Hindu.
According to
Vinay Krishin Gidwani, the
Nayaks claim that they were, historically, Brahmins. The
Nayaks reside in Haryana, Punjab, Odisha, Rajasthan...
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Kandyan Nayaks were a
cadet branch of the
Madurai Nayak dynasty and were also
related to the
Thanjavur Nayaks. Like the
Madurai and
Thanjavur Nayaks, the...
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states in the
Middle Ages. It is also a surname.
Nayaks are
mostly Hindu with some Sikhs. The
surname Nayak is used by
various castes and
ethnic groups across...
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South India. Many of
these dynasties, such as the
Madurai Nayaks and the
Thanjavur Nayaks, were
originally military governors under the Vijayanagara...
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Srivastava (listen; 11
October 1902 – 8
October 1979), also
known as JP and Lok
Nayak (Hindi for "People's leader"), was an
Indian politician,
theorist and independence...
- of the rule of
Pemmasani Nayaks.
After the
collapse of
Vijayanagara Empire in 1565 at the
battle of Tallikota,
Pemmasani Nayaks ruled Gandikota, Yadiki...
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Chetan Nayak (born 1971) is an Indian-American
physicist and
computer scientist specializing in
quantum computing. He is a
professor at the University...
