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Child marriage in India in Indian law is a marriage in which both the bride (who can only be female) and the groom (only male) are less than 21 years of age. Most child marriages involve girls younger than 21, many of whom are from poor families. Child marriages are prevalent in India. Estimates vary widely between sources as to the extent and ...
The Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929, passed on 28 September 1929, in the Imperial Legislative Council of India, fixed the minimum age of marriage for girls at 14 years and boys at 18 years. In 1949, after India's independence, it was amended to fix the age of 15 for girls, and in 1978 to 18 for girls and 21 for boys.
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Child marriage is a marriage or domestic partnership, formal or informal, usually between a child and an adult, but can also be between a child and another child. [ 1 ] Although the age of majority (legal adulthood ) and marriage age are typically 18 years old, these thresholds can differ in different jurisdictions . [ 2 ]
Child marriage and sex slavery of young girls are still common in the northern subcontinent, and many children are enticed from their homes every year by traffickers. 'We Cry in Silence ...
UNICEF defines child marriage as marriage before 18 years of age and considers this practice a violation of human rights. [1] Child marriage has been an issue in India for a long time, because of its root in traditional, cultural and religious protection it has been a hard battle to fight.
Rukhmabai (22 November 1864 – 25 September 1955) was an Indian physician and feminist.She is best known for being one of the first practicing women doctors in colonial India (first one being Dr. Kadambini Ganguly who started practicing in 1886) as well as being involved in a landmark legal case involving her marriage as a child bride between 1884 and 1888.
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