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2. Child marriage in India - Wikipedia

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   In its 2001 census report, India stated zero married girls below the age of 10, 1.4 million married girls out of 59.2 million girls aged 10–14, and 11.3 million married girls out of 46.3 million girls aged 15–19. Times of India reported that 'since 2001, child marriage rates in India have fallen by 46% between 2005 and 2009.

3. Clothing in India - Wikipedia

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   Clothing in India varies with the different ethnicities, geography, climate, and cultural traditions of the people of each region of India. Historically, clothing has evolved from simple garments like kaupina, langota, achkan, lungi, sari, to rituals and dance performances. In urban areas, western clothing is common and uniformly worn by people ...

4. History of women in the Indian subcontinent - Wikipedia

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   The All India Women's Education Conference was held in Pune in 1927, it became a major organisation in the movement for social change. [32] [33] In 1929, the Child Marriage Restraint Act was passed, stipulating fourteen as the minimum age of marriage for a girl.

5. List of Indian journalists - Wikipedia

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   Raj Kanwar (born 1930), journalist and author based in Dehradun. Anjana Om Kashyap, Indian journalist and anchor. She is an executive editor of the Hindi news channel Aaj Tak. B. K. Karanjia (21 December 1919 – 25 June 2012), Indian film journalist and editor, Filmfare and Screen, chairman NFDC.

6. Demographics of India - Wikipedia

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   India's 2011 census shows a serious decline in the number of girls under the age of seven – activists posit that eight million female fetuses may have been aborted between 2001 and 2011. [81] Population within the age group of 0–6

7. Gender inequality in India - Wikipedia

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   Birth sex ratio map for India, boys per 100 girls in 0 to 1 age group according to 2011 census. In North America and Europe, the birth sex ratio of the population ranges between 103 and 107 boys per 100 girls; in India, China, and South Korea, the ratio has been far higher. Women have a biological advantage over men for longevity and survival ...