Exodus of Tamil Brahmins to Karachi and Lahore during British Time
Exodus of Brahmins had happened after the justice party comes to power in 1921 . Justice party introduced the concept of ‘Brahmin over representation in jobs’. Hence some Brahmins became jobless. So Exodus of Brahmins had happened during 1921, in search of jobs to British India , karachi , which is now part of pakistan . Tamil women in Karachi , 1940 . Please find below photograph. In 1921, when communal reservations were introduced by the Justice party in the Madras Presidency , there was a huge exodus of Tamil and Palghat brahmins to North India (British India) especially Karachi and Lahore . Mani Shanker Iyer has stated how his father migrated to Lahore in the 1920's due to this problem. Karachi and Bombay (now Mumbai) were twin cities and were similar. There was a ferry every day from Bombay taking passengers to a four hour journey to Karachi.