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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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  3. "She died fighting `breast tax', her name lives on". Vijay Singh. The Times of India. 7 March 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
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  5. Journal of Kerala Studies. University of Kerala. 2011. p. 93. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
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