Records prove that, towards the end of the 19th century, the percentage of Muslim traders in the district was as high as 97.3%, and hence the local Tuluvas rightly named this community as Bearys. This means that the district had 95,000 Individuals involved in business activities. Īccording to the census of 1891, Dakshina Kannada had 92,449 businessmen consisting of 90,345 Bearys, 2,104 Nawayaths and 2,551 non-Muslims. Since the major portion of the community was involved in business activities, particularly trading, the local Tulu speaking majority called them as Beary or Byari. The word 'Beary' is said to be derived from the Tulu word 'Byara', which means trade or business.
3 Participation in the freedom struggle.
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