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'''Breast Tax''' or '''Mulakkaram''' was a ] imposed on lower caste Hindu women if they wanted to cover their chests, including their ]s in public, in the ], now part of Kerala.<ref name="Velayudhan2015">{{cite book|author=Sanjai Velayudhan|title=Dance of the spirits: A Novel|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qR0PCAAAQBAJ&pg=PT139|accessdate=26 July 2016|date=13 April 2015|publisher=Notion Press|isbn=978-93-5206-017-7|pages=139–}}</ref><ref name="Joseph2005">{{cite book|author=Kalarickal P. Joseph|title=Hormis: legend of a great banker with passion for development : biography of K.P. Hormis, founder of Federal Bank|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S1gWAQAAMAAJ|accessdate=26 July 2016|date=1 January 2005|publisher=D.C. Books|isbn=978-81-264-1117-7|page=187}}</ref><ref name="Jayakumar1999">{{cite book|author=Vijayalayam Jayakumar|title=Sree Narayana Guru, a Critical Study|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r10qAAAAYAAJ|accessdate=26 July 2016|date=1 January 1999|publisher=D.K. Printworld|isbn=978-81-246-0120-4|page=14}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://gnomemag.com/breast-tax-in-ancient-india/ | title=Breast Tax In Ancient India | publisher=Genone Magazine | accessdate=26 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/200-years-on-nangelis-sacrifice-only-a-fading-memory/article5255026.ece | title=200 years on, Nangeli’s sacrifice only a fading memory | publisher=The Hindu | work=Nidhi Surendranath | date=21 October 2013 | accessdate=26 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/She-died-fighting-breast-tax-her-name-lives-on/articleshow/51283819.cms | title=She died fighting `breast tax', her name lives on | publisher=] | work=Vijay Singh | date=7 March 2016 | accessdate=26 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://archives.deccanchronicle.com/130112/news-current-affairs/article/reason-read-vivekananda-again | title=Reason to read Vivekananda again | publisher=] | work=Nadeesh Kareemadathi | accessdate=26 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://asianhistory.about.com/od/governmentandlaw/tp/worsttaxes.htm | title=The Worst Taxes Ever | accessdate=26 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Journal of Kerala Studies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8UjkVHi_cJoC|accessdate=13 October 2017|year=2011|publisher=University of Kerala.|page=93}}</ref> '''Breast Tax''' or '''Mulakkaram''' was a ] imposed on lower caste Hindu women if they wanted to cover their chests, including their ]s in public, in the ], now part of Kerala.<ref name="Jayakumar1999">{{cite book|author=Vijayalayam Jayakumar|title=Sree Narayana Guru, a Critical Study|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r10qAAAAYAAJ|accessdate=26 July 2016|date=1 January 1999|publisher=D.K. Printworld|isbn=978-81-246-0120-4|page=14}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/200-years-on-nangelis-sacrifice-only-a-fading-memory/article5255026.ece | title=200 years on, Nangeli’s sacrifice only a fading memory | publisher=The Hindu | work=Nidhi Surendranath | date=21 October 2013 | accessdate=26 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/She-died-fighting-breast-tax-her-name-lives-on/articleshow/51283819.cms | title=She died fighting `breast tax', her name lives on | publisher=] | work=Vijay Singh | date=7 March 2016 | accessdate=26 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://archives.deccanchronicle.com/130112/news-current-affairs/article/reason-read-vivekananda-again | title=Reason to read Vivekananda again | publisher=] | work=Nadeesh Kareemadathi | accessdate=26 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Journal of Kerala Studies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8UjkVHi_cJoC|accessdate=13 October 2017|year=2011|publisher=University of Kerala.|page=93}}</ref>


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Breast Tax or Mulakkaram was a tax imposed on lower caste Hindu women if they wanted to cover their chests, including their breasts in public, in the Kingdom of Travancore, now part of Kerala.

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References

  1. Vijayalayam Jayakumar (1 January 1999). Sree Narayana Guru, a Critical Study. D.K. Printworld. p. 14. ISBN 978-81-246-0120-4. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  2. "200 years on, Nangeli's sacrifice only a fading memory". Nidhi Surendranath. The Hindu. 21 October 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  3. "She died fighting `breast tax', her name lives on". Vijay Singh. The Times of India. 7 March 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  4. "Reason to read Vivekananda again". Nadeesh Kareemadathi. Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  5. Journal of Kerala Studies. University of Kerala. 2011. p. 93. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
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