The Ramnad Estate (Tamil: ராம்நாட் ஜமீன்) (earlier known as the Kingdom of the Greater Marava) is a permanently settled Zamindari estate in the Ramnad subdivision of the Madura district of the erstwhile Madras Presidency in British India. It comprises the southern and eastern parts of Madura district.
The estate was ruled by a Zamindar who bore the title "Raja". 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 Kings and Zamindars of Ramnathapuram also bore the title of Sethupathi or "protector of the bridge", the bridge here referring to the legendary Rama's Bridge.
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