a new history?!

[crazy]

Hi everyone,
i recently read a book called "The age of kali". In that book the author had referred in a page as ".....................in bangalore like every where else in south india, women went topless until the Britons in 19th century encouraged them to cover themself up".

I was shocked. I have never heard that before!
Is that true or is this is just a made up (hi)story????????