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Revision as of 18:52, 9 March 2018 by Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk | contribs) (Update Ref (edited with ProveIt))(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.
- Renjini P and Dr. C Natarajan (2017). "Rani Gowry Lakshmi Bai: Abolition of slavery in Travancore" (PDF). International Journal of Home Science.
{{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|month=(help) - "Nine weird taxes from around the world". The Economic Times. 13 January 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
- "Remembering One Woman's Ultimate Tax Protest On International Women's Day". Kelly Phillips Erb. Forbes. 8 March 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2018.