Answer:
The women of the Shanar caste were forbidden from covering their upper bodies before the upper castes. Under the influence of the Christian missionaries, the Shanar women converts began to wear tailored blouses and clothes to cover themselves. In 1822, these women were attacked by the Nairs who tore off their upper clothes. Complaints were also filed in court against this dress change especially since Shanars were refusing to give free labour to the upper castes. In 1829, the Travancore Government ordered the Shanar women to abstain from covering the upper partS of the body. But this did not stop the Shanar Christians and even Shanar Hindus from adopting the blouse and upper cloth. In 1859, riots broke out as Shanar women were attacked in the marketplace and stripped of their upper cloths. Finally the government issued another proclamation permitting Shanar women of all faiths to cover their upper bodies in any manner they wished but not like the high caste women.
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