Half a Century Controvercy Awakened South Travancore

Abstract

The caste system was in scrupulous manner in South Travancore. It imposed rigorous, rules and regulations on the depressed and the backward communities in the name of pollution. The atrocities perpetrated against the backward and depressed communities were intolerable. This article highlights for the first time in the history of South Travancore one of the major suppressed communities the Nadars fought bitterly and earnestly and succeeded by shedding sweat and blood in winning their right and privileges to dress decently.