Female Infanticide, Female Foeticide and Child Marriage
Match the fol...
Question
Match the following Acts to the years they were introduced in.
X- Rai Saheb Harbilas Sarada’s Child Marriage Bill
A
1947
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B
1930
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C
1795
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D
1870
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Solution
1. The Bengal Regulatory Act XXI of 1795 and the Female Infanticide Act of 1870 were passed by the East India Company to curb female Infanticide.
2. The Madras Devadasi Act was introduced on 9 October, 1947. The law gave Devadasis the legal right to marry and made it illegal to dedicate girls to Indian temples.
3. The Rai Saheb Harbilas Sarada’s Child Marriage Bill was passed in 1930 and fixed the minimum marriageable age at 14 for girls and 18 for boys.