Some commentators in France criticized the bans, and reports of Muslim women being stopped by police for wearing headscarves and longsleeved clothes on beaches caused outrage among members of the French Socialist Party and rights groups
ब्रिटिश काळात चिनावलच्या गावकर्‍यांनी बंद पाळून व प्रभात फेर्‍या काढून इंग्रजांविरुद्धच्या स्वातंत्र्ययुद्धात आपले योगदान दिले.