Channar (surname) - Revision history

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-'''Channar''' or '''Channan''' was a  surname used in [[Kerala]] until early 20th century by families of the [[nadar]] [[Caste system in India|caste]]<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/socialmovementss0000raom|url-access=registration|title=Social Movements and Social Transformation: A Study of Two Backward Classes Movements in India |page=[https://archive.org/details/socialmovementss0000raom/page/23 23] |first=M. S. A. |last=Rao |publisher=Manohar |year=1987}}</ref><ref name="chan2">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1TuPeXFP0WgC&pg=PA30#v=onepage|title= Communal Road to a Secular Kerala |page=30|first=George |last=Mathew|publisher=Concept Pub. Co |year=1989 | isbn=978-81-7022-282-8}}</ref> The same surname is being used by [[Jat people|Jatt]] clans<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LPsvytmN3mUC&pg=PA153|title=A Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province: A.-K|date=1997|publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Dist|isbn=978-81-85297-69-9|language=en}}</ref> Along with Channar families.  high status ezhava were bestowed this title after paying a fees to the treasury.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Osella|first1=Filippo|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rMRw0gTZSJwC&pg=PA95&q=channar%20izhava%20superiority|title=Social Mobility In Kerala: Modernity and Identity in Conflict|last2=Caroline|first2=Filippo|last3=Osella|first3=Caroline|date=2000-12-20|publisher=Pluto Press|isbn=978-0-7453-1693-2|language=en}}</ref>
+''Channar'', or ''Chandor'' was a surname used in [[Kerala]] until the early 20th century by reputed families of the [[Ezhava]] community.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/socialmovementss0000raom|url-access=registration|title=Social Movements and Social Transformation: A Study of Two Backward Classes Movements in India |page=[https://archive.org/details/socialmovementss0000raom/page/23 23] |first=M. S. A. |last=Rao |publisher=Manohar |year=1987}}</ref><ref name="chan2">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1TuPeXFP0WgC&pg=PA30|title= Communal Road to a Secular Kerala |page=30|first=George |last=Mathew|publisher=Concept Pub. Co |year=1989 | isbn=978-81-7022-282-8}}</ref> The same surname is also being used by [[Jat people|Jatt]] clans.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LPsvytmN3mUC&pg=PA153|title=A Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province: A.-K|date=1997|publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Dist|isbn=978-81-85297-69-9|language=en}}</ref>{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}Channar families, along with the families with the surnames such as Panicker, Thandar and Vaidyar were similarly high status Ezhavas with caste privileges.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Osella|first1=Filippo|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rMRw0gTZSJwC&q=channar%20izhava%20superiority&pg=PA95|title=Social Mobility In Kerala: Modernity and Identity in Conflict|last2=Caroline|first2=Filippo|last3=Osella|first3=Caroline|date=2000-12-20|publisher=Pluto Press|isbn=978-0-7453-1693-2|language=en}}</ref>
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	'''Channar''' or '''Channan''' was a surname used in [[Kerala]] until early 20th century by families of the [[nadar]] [[Caste system in India\|caste]]<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://archive.org/details/socialmovementss0000raom\|url-access=registration\|title=Social Movements and Social Transformation: A Study of Two Backward Classes Movements in India \|page=[https://archive.org/details/socialmovementss0000raom/page/23 23] \|first=M. S. A. \|last=Rao \|publisher=Manohar \|year=1987}}</ref><ref name="chan2">{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1TuPeXFP0WgC&pg=PA30#v=onepage\|title= Communal Road to a Secular Kerala \|page=30\|first=George \|last=Mathew\|publisher=Concept Pub. Co \|year=1989 \| isbn=978-81-7022-282-8}}</ref> The same surname is being used by [[Jat people\|Jatt]] clans<ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LPsvytmN3mUC&pg=PA153\|title=A Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province: A.-K\|date=1997\|publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Dist\|isbn=978-81-85297-69-9\|language=en}}</ref> Along with ~~Panicker and Thandar families,~~ Channar families ~~were~~ high status ezhava ~~families~~.<ref>{{Cite book\|last1=Osella\|first1=Filippo\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rMRw0gTZSJwC&pg=PA95&q=channar%20izhava%20superiority\|title=Social Mobility In Kerala: Modernity and Identity in Conflict\|last2=Caroline\|first2=Filippo\|last3=Osella\|first3=Caroline\|date=2000-12-20\|publisher=Pluto Press\|isbn=978-0-7453-1693-2\|language=en}}</ref>		'''Channar''' or '''Channan''' was a surname used in [[Kerala]] until early 20th century by families of the [[nadar]] [[Caste system in India\|caste]]<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://archive.org/details/socialmovementss0000raom\|url-access=registration\|title=Social Movements and Social Transformation: A Study of Two Backward Classes Movements in India \|page=[https://archive.org/details/socialmovementss0000raom/page/23 23] \|first=M. S. A. \|last=Rao \|publisher=Manohar \|year=1987}}</ref><ref name="chan2">{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1TuPeXFP0WgC&pg=PA30#v=onepage\|title= Communal Road to a Secular Kerala \|page=30\|first=George \|last=Mathew\|publisher=Concept Pub. Co \|year=1989 \| isbn=978-81-7022-282-8}}</ref> The same surname is being used by [[Jat people\|Jatt]] clans<ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LPsvytmN3mUC&pg=PA153\|title=A Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province: A.-K\|date=1997\|publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Dist\|isbn=978-81-85297-69-9\|language=en}}</ref> Along with Channar families. high status ezhava were bestowed this title after paying a fees to the treasury.<ref>{{Cite book\|last1=Osella\|first1=Filippo\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rMRw0gTZSJwC&pg=PA95&q=channar%20izhava%20superiority\|title=Social Mobility In Kerala: Modernity and Identity in Conflict\|last2=Caroline\|first2=Filippo\|last3=Osella\|first3=Caroline\|date=2000-12-20\|publisher=Pluto Press\|isbn=978-0-7453-1693-2\|language=en}}</ref>

	~~In some literature, [[Nadar (caste)\|Nadar]] community of [[Travancore]] who are a community different from Ezhavas are also referred to as~~ Channar ~~and that's not a title or surname. Instead it~~ is a corrupt way of the using the word ''Shanar'' which meant Nadar in [[Travancore]].		Channar is a corrupt way of the using the word ''Shanar'' which meant Nadar in [[Travancore]].

	The famous [[Channar revolt]] was started by these [[Nadars]] who were following climbing [[Borassus\|Palmyra palm tree]] and toddy taping from it as their prime occupation.		The famous [[Channar revolt]] was started by these [[Nadars]] who were following climbing [[Borassus\|Palmyra palm tree]] and toddy taping from it as their prime occupation.

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	'''Channar''' or '''Channan''' was a surname used in [[Kerala]] until early 20th century by families of the [[~~ezhava~~]] [[Caste system in India\|caste]]<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://archive.org/details/socialmovementss0000raom\|url-access=registration\|title=Social Movements and Social Transformation: A Study of Two Backward Classes Movements in India \|page=[https://archive.org/details/socialmovementss0000raom/page/23 23] \|first=M. S. A. \|last=Rao \|publisher=Manohar \|year=1987}}</ref><ref name="chan2">{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1TuPeXFP0WgC&pg=PA30#v=onepage\|title= Communal Road to a Secular Kerala \|page=30\|first=George \|last=Mathew\|publisher=Concept Pub. Co \|year=1989 \| isbn=978-81-7022-282-8}}</ref> The same surname is being used by [[Jat people\|Jatt]] clans<ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LPsvytmN3mUC&pg=PA153\|title=A Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province: A.-K\|date=1997\|publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Dist\|isbn=978-81-85297-69-9\|language=en}}</ref> Along with Panicker and Thandar families, Channar families were high status ezhava families.<ref>{{Cite book\|last1=Osella\|first1=Filippo\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rMRw0gTZSJwC&pg=PA95&q=channar%20izhava%20superiority\|title=Social Mobility In Kerala: Modernity and Identity in Conflict\|last2=Caroline\|first2=Filippo\|last3=Osella\|first3=Caroline\|date=2000-12-20\|publisher=Pluto Press\|isbn=978-0-7453-1693-2\|language=en}}</ref>		'''Channar''' or '''Channan''' was a surname used in [[Kerala]] until early 20th century by families of the [[nadar]] [[Caste system in India\|caste]]<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://archive.org/details/socialmovementss0000raom\|url-access=registration\|title=Social Movements and Social Transformation: A Study of Two Backward Classes Movements in India \|page=[https://archive.org/details/socialmovementss0000raom/page/23 23] \|first=M. S. A. \|last=Rao \|publisher=Manohar \|year=1987}}</ref><ref name="chan2">{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1TuPeXFP0WgC&pg=PA30#v=onepage\|title= Communal Road to a Secular Kerala \|page=30\|first=George \|last=Mathew\|publisher=Concept Pub. Co \|year=1989 \| isbn=978-81-7022-282-8}}</ref> The same surname is being used by [[Jat people\|Jatt]] clans<ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LPsvytmN3mUC&pg=PA153\|title=A Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province: A.-K\|date=1997\|publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Dist\|isbn=978-81-85297-69-9\|language=en}}</ref> Along with Panicker and Thandar families, Channar families were high status ezhava families.<ref>{{Cite book\|last1=Osella\|first1=Filippo\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rMRw0gTZSJwC&pg=PA95&q=channar%20izhava%20superiority\|title=Social Mobility In Kerala: Modernity and Identity in Conflict\|last2=Caroline\|first2=Filippo\|last3=Osella\|first3=Caroline\|date=2000-12-20\|publisher=Pluto Press\|isbn=978-0-7453-1693-2\|language=en}}</ref>

	In some literature, [[Nadar (caste)\|Nadar]] community of [[Travancore]] who are a community different from Ezhavas are also referred to as Channar and that's not a title or surname. Instead it is a corrupt way of the using the word ''Shanar'' which meant Nadar in [[Travancore]].		In some literature, [[Nadar (caste)\|Nadar]] community of [[Travancore]] who are a community different from Ezhavas are also referred to as Channar and that's not a title or surname. Instead it is a corrupt way of the using the word ''Shanar'' which meant Nadar in [[Travancore]].

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'''Channar''' or '''Channan''' was a surname used in [[Kerala]] until early 20th century by families of the [[ezhava]] [[Caste system in India|caste]]<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/socialmovementss0000raom|url-access=registration|title=Social Movements and Social Transformation: A Study of Two Backward Classes Movements in India |page=[https://archive.org/details/socialmovementss0000raom/page/23 23] |first=M. S. A. |last=Rao |publisher=Manohar |year=1987}}</ref><ref name="chan2">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1TuPeXFP0WgC&pg=PA30#v=onepage|title= Communal Road to a Secular Kerala |page=30|first=George |last=Mathew|publisher=Concept Pub. Co |year=1989 | isbn=978-81-7022-282-8}}</ref> The same surname is being used by [[Jat people|Jatt]] clans<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LPsvytmN3mUC&pg=PA153|title=A Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province: A.-K|date=1997|publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Dist|isbn=978-81-85297-69-9|language=en}}</ref> Along with Panicker and Thandar families, Channar families were high status ezhava families.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Osella|first1=Filippo|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rMRw0gTZSJwC&pg=PA95&q=channar%20izhava%20superiority|title=Social Mobility In Kerala: Modernity and Identity in Conflict|last2=Caroline|first2=Filippo|last3=Osella|first3=Caroline|date=2000-12-20|publisher=Pluto Press|isbn=978-0-7453-1693-2|language=en}}</ref>

In some literature, [[Nadar (caste)|Nadar]] community of [[Travancore]] who are a community different from Ezhavas are also referred to as Channar and that's not a title or surname. Instead it is a corrupt way of the using the word ''Shanar'' which meant Nadar in [[Travancore]].

The famous [[Channar revolt]] was started by these [[Nadars]] who were following climbing [[Borassus|Palmyra palm tree]] and toddy taping from it as their prime occupation.

The Shanar surnames included in the census of Travancore in 1871 has no title as Nadar .its given as (Avarati,Avilan,Blaner,Chavutan.Chone,Chuyi,Elakiyan,Eluvakurup,Eluvan,Eluvapanicker,Halepeik,Kanisan,kaniyara panicker,Kavara,Kotta,Mupan,Munnatten,Natta,Paduma panicker,Panan,Patiya,Pattikurup,Tachana Mupan,Tamban,Tandan,Tiyyan,Tiyapanicker,vadugan,Velan)all are from Travancore.
The Shanan is the main title given for all the toddy tapers from madras presidency and travancore...The Britishers took the name from Exhava community and used it for toddy tapers.The Shanar list in census 1871,the first census of india has 88 castes under its banner...It has Idigas of Kannada,Nadars of tamil,Ezhavas and Tiyyas of Malabar and Gammalla of Hyderabad as major communities and all the other minor toddy taping communities.
The restrictions on Chanar by travancore princely state was on Chanars mentioned above but as nadars are high in number in Kanyakumari and also under the main head as Shanan during 1860s...When nadar community took Chanar community which was a different community of toddy tapers in Tamilnadu as a sub caste in 1967 its mistaken even by the Nadars of Tamilnadu that its they who were imposed restrictions. But its the responsibility of all Chanars of Ezhava community to make this clear that this community had done so many reformations even from the days of Narayana Guru. In Tamilnadu Vaikom protest is also spoken of as if its against Nadars.Nadars and Chanars are different.
In 1820 census itself its clearly stated that Nadan are in highly respectable position and most wealthy community.

There are climber community among Ezhavas also called ''chethukaar, thandan'' etc. But they engage in climbing and toddy taping [[coconut]] trees instead of [[Borassus|Palmyra]].

'''Notable people:'''

* Alummootil kochu kunju Channar, the famous ''karanavar'' (family head) of Alummootil family, [[Onattukara]]. The story of [[Malayalam cinema]], [[Manichitrathazhu]] written by [[Madhu Muttam]] was inspired from his life. He had close ties with [[Travancore royal family]] and was owner of first motor car in the region. The [[Haripad]] - Muttam road was made for his conveyance.
* [[Yenathinathar|Enathinatha Nayannar]]
* [[C o karunakaran|C O Karunakaran]]
* [[T. K. Madhavan|T K Madhavan]]
* Mangalath Cochoo Mani Channar
*Pattathuvila P. Kochukunju Channar, entrepreneur who established Empire Tile Factory, Kollam.

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