AMappila Revolt
BVaikom Satyagraha
CShanar Agitation
DPaliyam Satyagraha
Answer:
C. Shanar Agitation
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The Channar Agitation (Channar Lahala / Maru Marakkal Samaram) was a decade-long socio-religious struggle in 19th-century Travancore for the right of lower-caste Nadar/Channar women to cover their upper bodies.
Under Travancore's rigid feudal caste system, non-upper-caste women were legally forbidden from wearing upper-body garments (kuppayam or melmundu).
Supported by Christian missionaries and social reformers like Vaikunda Swamikal, Channar women began defying the restriction. This led to severe violent clashes with upper-caste elites.
Following persistent unrest and pressure from the British Governor of Madras (Sir Charles Trevelyan), Uthram Thirunal Marthanda Varma, the ruler of Travancore, issued the historic Royal Proclamation on July 26, 1859.
The proclamation officially granted Channar women the legal right to cover their upper bodies in the manner of Christian converts, marking a major early victory in Kerala's social reform movement.