Channar Woman
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Channar Woman - Caste lords, Nair Pattalam and Savarna goons violating the honour of Avarna women in public.
The Channar Lahala or Channar revolt, also called Maru Marakkal Samaram, refers to the fight from 1813 to 1859 of Nadar climber women (belongs to dalits or avarna class) in Travancore kingdom for the right to wear upper-body clothes to cover their breasts.
In 1858, new violence broke out in several places in Travancore. On 26 July 1859, under pressure from Charles Trevelyan, the Madras Governor, the king of Travancore issued a proclamation proclaiming the right for all Nadar women to cover their breasts,
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