Angered by the lines printed about the Nadar community in a history book developed by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), members of the community protested with daylong hunger strike on Monday. The Nadars have objected to being called a 'subordinate caste' in the Std IX textbook.

In 2012, Tamil Nadu was at the centre of the same debate, when objections were raised on the chapter mentioning Nadars as a 'subordinate caste' in a CBSE textbook. Following a HC case, the reference was dropped from the CBSE curriculum. Nadars from Mumbai are now demanding the removal of the entire text from the NCERT curriculum.