* True story of Kerala *
*Who is Veerangna Ngeli?? *
*!! ️When in Hindu religion women did not have the right to cover their breasts, so they cut their breasts !! ️*
Maybe no one has heard the name of Nangeli outside Kerala. No school’s history book will find a mention or any picture of them.
But the example of his courage is such that once known will never forget, because Nangeli cut his own boobs for the right to cover breasts.
Hidden in the pages of history of Kerala, this story is about a hundred and a half years old when the King of Travankor was ruled in the large part of Kerala.
The roots of racism were very deep and the women of lower castes were ordered not to cover their breasts. They had to pay ‘Breast Tax’ i.e. ‘Breast’ for violating.
Dr. Sheeba
Dr. Associate Professor of Gender Ecology and Dalit Studies at Sri Shankaracharya Sanskrit University, Kerala. Sheeba KM tells that it was time when the dressing rules were such that a person could be identified as his caste on sight.
Dr. “The purpose of the breast tax was to maintain the structure of racism, says Sheeba. It was kind of cost of a woman being from lower caste. It was not possible for these poor communities to pay this tax repeatedly. “
In the Hindus of Kerala, Nair caste was considered as Shudra in the structure of caste, which used to keep Adwa and then Dalit communities at lower level.
Dalit community
During that time, most of the people of the Dalit community were agricultural laborers and it was beyond their control to do this. In such a way, the women of Adwa and Nair community had little ability to pay this tax.
Dr. According to Sheeba, there was thinking behind this that women should not cover their boobs in front of a man of higher caste.
She says, “Women of higher caste also had to remove their chests in the temple, but in front of lower caste women all men were of higher caste. So they had no choice but to not cover their breasts. “
Meanwhile, a woman of Adwa caste, Nangeli decided to cover her breasts without giving this tax.
In Cherthala, Kerala, the elders of the area still tell the address of the place where Nangeli used to live.
Mohanan Narayan
Auto driver Mohanan Narayan went along to show us that place. He said, “When the officer who came to ask for tax did not listen to Nangeli, the nangeli cut his breasts and put it in front of him. “
But after this courage, excess blood flowing led to the death of Nangeli. It is said that during the cremation of Nangeli, her husband also jumped into the fire and died.
The birth place of Nangeli
In the memory of Nangeli, that place was named Mulchhipuram i.e. ‘Place of Breast’. But with time, now the family of Nangeli has gone from there and at the same time the name of the area has also been changed to Manorama Junction.
After a lot of effort, found the address of Manian Valu, the grandchild of Nangeli who is living few kilometers away from there.
Manian
By putting aside the bicycle, Manian told that he is very proud to be the child of Nangeli’s family.
He said, “He took this step not for himself but for all the women which resulted in the King having to withdraw it. “
But the historian Dr. Sheeba also says that nakedness has been investigated so little in the history books that it is very difficult to establish a direct relationship between their protests and tax returns.
She says, “History has always been written in the eyes of men, over the past decades there have been some efforts to gather information about women, maybe they will ever get a turn to naked and we will get to know more about their bold move Got it.
