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Revision as of 13:19, 13 October 2017 by Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk | contribs) (Add Ref)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)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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- Journal of Kerala Studies. University of Kerala. 2011. p. 93. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
One of the many social ills that is worth mentioning to high- light the plight of a person in those times is the breast tax or 'Mulakkaram". The lower caste women were proscribed by their high caste masters from covering their upper part of the …
- Kattackal, Jacob (1990). Comparative Religion. Oriental Institute of Religious Studies, India. p. 144.
'low-caste' men had to pay a 'head-tax', and the 'low-caste women' had to pay a 'breast tax' ('tala-karam' and 'mula-karam') to the government treasury.
- Jayasree K Kuniyath , Dr. K. C. Sankaranarayanan (March 2017). "Amoralities Give Rise To Social Reform Movements Of Kerala – A Study Of Nambuthiri, Nair And Ezhava Women Analogous Vows" (PDF). International Journal of Innovative Research and Advanced Studies. 4 (3): 84.
{{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|month=(help)CS1 maint: year (link) - Keerthana Santhosh (August 2017). "CONDITION OF WOMEN IN PRE-MODERN TRAVANCORE" (PDF). INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH CULTURE SOCIETY. 1 (6): 119.
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