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The Indian indenture system was a system of indentured servitude, by which more than 1.6 million workers [1] from British India were transported to labour in European colonies, as a substitute for slave labour, following the abolition of the trade in the early 19th century.
The Indian author Rajesh Talwar has written a play on dowry deaths titled The Bride Who Would Not Burn. [12] In 1961, the government of India passed the Dowry Prohibition Act, making the dowry demands in wedding arrangements illegal. [13] In 1986, the Indian Parliament added dowry deaths as a new domestic violence crime. According to the new ...
In the 1830s, most chattel slaves in India were indigenous Indian women and children, employed as domestic house servants, concubines (sex slaves) dancing girls, soldiers or agricultural laborers, while it was more common for laborers to be serfs rather than slaves; in 1841 there were reportedly an estimated 9 million slaves in India, most of ...
Oldenburg posits that the enslavement of women by Greek conquerors may have started this practice, [27] On attested Rajput practice of jauhar during wars, and notes that the kshatriyas or Rajput castes, not the Brahmins, were the most respected community in Rajasthan in north-west India, as they defended the land against invaders centuries ...
In India, a devadasi is a female artist who is dedicated to the worship and service of a deity or a temple for the rest of her life. [3] [4] The dedication takes place in a ceremony that is somewhat similar to a marriage ceremony.
Communist party of India: Khalistan Commando Force (Sikh militants) [29] Baldev Singh Mann: Amritsar, Punjab: Political Leader Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation [29] [30] Harjinder Singh All India Sikh Student Federation: Opposing party members [29] Amarjit Singh 1987 Chandigarh: MLA: Akali Dal (B) Sikh militants [31 ...
Rajani Pandit (born 1962) is an Indian private investigator and entrepreneur from Maharashtra.Credited as the first female detective in India, in 1986 she started the Rajani Investigative Bureau, which by 2010 had grown to employ a staff of 30 detectives.
The Badaun incident highlights the dangers women in India are exposed to due to lack of toilets". [55] In a statement, Lise Grande, the UN's resident coordinator for India, said, "There should be justice for the families of the two teenage girls and for all the women and girls from lower-caste communities who are targeted and raped in rural India".