• Prasanna Kumari. A,

Travancore is one of the Princely state of India. It is came under the British Paramountcy since 1800. In 1800 Colonel Macaulay was appointed as the British Resident. By the treaty of 1805, the British Resident exercised considerable authority in the maintained of internal order in Travancore. For all importance decisions, the Rani or Raja, should get the permission of the British Resident. Thus Travancore came under the sway of the British government. In that time the traditional caste system was observed with all its rules and regulations like rigidity, rigour and social exclusiveness in Travancore. It was a caste rigid society. On the basis of caste, the society was divided in to the Savarnas(the high caste)(Brahmins, Nairs, Vellalas) and the Avarnas (the Low caste) (Nadars, Ezhavasetc).The Lowest section in the social hierarchy was the slave caste (Pulayas, Parayas). Untouchability was so much deep rooted that even the voice of the low caste was thought to pollute. In the traditional Travancore society women were oppressed in all possible means women were not only confined to the four walls of their homes, but also all the public places were denied to them.

Travancore, Paramountcy, Low caste, Namboodiri, Nair, Christian, Western, Education.

"Impact of British Paramountcy on Women in the Princely State of Travancore", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 9, page no.609-612, September-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1809597.pdf

"Impact of British Paramountcy on Women in the Princely State of Travancore", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 9, page no. pp609-612, September-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1809597.pdf