
Palat is a well-known Nair tarwad ( matriarchal family) located near Palghat , Malabar District of Madras Presidency of British India. This family has produced many eminent personalities like Sir Chettur Sankaran Nair (a past President of the Indian National Congress and a member of the Viceroy’s Privy Council), R.M.Palat , and many career diplomats etc Palat family has connections through matrimony with Highness, the late Rama Varma, Maharaja of Cochin and the Chettur Family another respectable Nair family . ( Members are requested to add further information they have on this with photographs)