Appu Nedungadi (11 October 1863 – 6 November 1933) was an Indian writer and banker best known as the author of '' Kundalatha'', which was published in 1887, making it the first novel published in the

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of ...

language. He was associated with several literary publications including '' Kerala Pathrika'', '' Kerala Sanchari'' and '' Vidya Vinodini''. In 1899, he established Nedungadi Bank, the oldest private sector commercial bank in

Kozhikode Kozhikode (), also known as Calicut, is a city along the Malabar Coast in the state of Kerala in India. Known as the City of Spices, Kozhikode is listed among the City of Literature, UNESCO's Cities of Literature. It is the nineteenth large ...

Kerala Kerala ( , ) is a States and union territories of India, state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile ...

. The bank was incorporated in 1913 and was taken over by the Punjab National Bank in 2003.

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Malayalam-language novelists 19th-century Indian novelists Novelists from Kerala Businesspeople from Kozhikode 20th-century Indian businesspeople Indian bankers Indian male novelists Indian company founders 1863 births 1933 deaths Writers from British India {{India-writer-stub