The Tuluvas (Tulu: ?????) are speakers of the Tulu language. Since ancient times they have been spread through the northern Kasaragod, Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts of Karnataka, India. Today, there is a sizeable Tuluva population in Mumbai and elsewhere in the world, where they have migrated. In recent times, the first set of migration started at the beginning of the twentieth century to places like Mumbai(known then as Bombay),Chennai (known then as Madras) and other parts of South India. The Tulu speaking Shivalli Brahmins mostly migrated towards the south of Tulunadu to areas like Madras, Bangalore, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala etc and other Tuluvas towards the north of Tulunadu especially to Mumbai and surrounding areas like Thane,Navi Mumbai and Pune. Tulu people also migrated to other parts of Karnataka like Mysore, Dharwad and Shivamogga.
The second set of migration started with World war II to escape rationing of food by British. The third set of migration started after imposition of Land reform act in the early 70's, when thousands of people lost their land to tenants. The fourth wave of migration especially to Bangalore started with the IT boom in the late 1990s and 2000s. The migrants in this wave were educated skilled people required for the IT sector. There were two other waves of migration: one to the Gulf states ( Middle east countries) mostly in the 1980s and 1990s. Another one to the U.S.A following the IT boom in India, particularly in Bangalore.
A.B.Shetty :Former Health Minister of Madras State/One of the Founders of Vijaya Bank.
Dr.Nagappa Alva Former Health Minister,Govt of Karnataka(Formerly Mysore)
A. Shankar Alva: Former MP / MLA, Senior Most lawyer - Mangalore.
Jeevaraj Alva
Justice K.S.Hegde :Was the first Judge from Karnataka to be appointed to the Supreme Court (1967) and Loksabha Speaker(1977).Also founder of Nitte Education Trust.
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