Q. The order permitting channar women to wear jacket was issued by which diwan?

A
Col. Munroe
B
William Logan
C
C.P Ramaswami Iyyer
D
P.N.C Unnithan
Solution:

In 1813, Colonel John Munro, British diwan in the Travancore court, issued an order granting permission to wear upper cloth to women converted to Christianity. The order permitted the newly converted climber women to wear kuppayam, a type of jacket worn by Syrian Christians.

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