The Shanars were fisher folk who lived in the coastal areas of South
Travncore.They fought a struggle to secure social justice.Their women folk were not
permitted to wear upper garments, a right enjoyed by the upper caste Hindus. Col. Munroe
had already issued an order permitting the Shanar women who became converts to
Christianity to wear upper jackets.The Shanars were not sastisfied with this.They wanted
this privilege to all their women folk.They began to appear in public wearing an additional
scarf like the Hindus.This action of the Shanars provoked the upper caste Hindus who
resorted to penalized the Shanars. As it became a law and order problem, police and
military forces had to be rushed to the area.The Shanar agitation eventually led to the
Royal Proclamation of 26th July 1859, abolishing all restrictions in the matter of dress by
Shanar women.The Shanar agitation is a typical instance that illustrates how the social
changes of a far-reaching character could be introduced partly on the initiative of the
administration and partly under the pressure of circumstances.
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