Family Relations Hindu Marriage Act 1955‚ Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act 1956‚ Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act 1956‚ and Hindu Succession Act 1956. Application of Hindu Law The following people are considered to be Hindu with respect to application of Hindu Law. * Hindu by Religion - A person who is Hindu‚ Jain‚ Bauddha‚ or Sikh by religion. Converts and Reconverts are also Hindus. SC‚ in the case of Peerumal v Poonuswami AIR 1971‚ has held that a person can be a Hindu if after expressing
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between the Government and the Corporation‚ which are reflected in the following case. Few examples of cases under charter of 1726: The Bombay Case of 1730:- A Hindu woman of shimpi caste converted herself to Christianity and became a Roman Catholic. On account of this‚ her son aged twelve years left her and went to live with his Hindu relatives at Bombay.
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Hindu Astrological Significance: Makar Sankranti is derived from Sanskrit language where Makar (or) Makar Rashi means the Zodiac Sign: Capricorn and Sankranti reflects “Transition”. The day marks Suns transit into Makara Rashi and is also considered the beginning of Uttarayana ‚ an auspicious 6 month long tenure in Hindu Calender. Makar Sankranti comes under Magha month and Shishir Season of Hindu Calender. After this day‚ the days start becoming longer and warmer‚ thus the chill of winter
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In 1913 the Quaid-i-Azam joined the All India Muslim League without abandoning the membership of the Congress of which he had been an active member for some years. But this membership of the two organizations ended in December 1920. On the occasion of the special session at Nagpur the Congress adopted a new creed which permitted the use of unconstitutional means and decided to resort to non-violent non-co-operation for the attainment of self-government. The new policy and programme in essence envisaged
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Contents 1. Social stratification 2. Characteristics of social stratification 3. Origins of social stratification 4. Social stratification in Bangladesh 5. Religious stratification In Bangladesh 6. Caste systems among Hindus 7. Caste systems among Muslims All societies arrange their members in terms of superiority‚ inferiority and equality. The vertical scale of evaluation‚ this placing of people in strata‚ or layers is called stratification. Social stratification is a natural
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CHANAKYA NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY‚ PATNA Family Law-I Project on:- POLYGAMY UNDER MUSLIM LAW Submitted To: Mr. Shaiwal Satyarthi (Faculty for Family Law) Submitted By: Sonakshi 2nd Year‚ 3rd Semester. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The present
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and the Hindu ideals of Varnas and Karma. It has been exploited and altered throughout the centuries by invaders‚ conquerors‚ and colonizers to prevent unification for their own benefit. Some may argue that the British created the modern caste system to benefit themselves‚ however‚ If anything‚ the British tried to alter a system they saw as unjust to give all Indians equal rights and equal opportunity. The modern caste system has its roots in the Islamic-Hindu era. Outside the ancient Hindu texts
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Hinduism is the third largest world religion with about 900 million Hindu worshippers. Hinduism began in India over 4‚000 years ago. There are many Hindus elsewhere in the world and not only in India. There are many Hindu’s in Asia‚ Africa‚ the Caribbean‚ and Europe. Their faith can vary in different parts of the world such as some Hindus believe in one God and others have believes in many Gods. But all Hindus share the same the idea of rebirth and that all living things are part of the on-going
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to serve their husbands and to have no autonomous interests. Because Hinduism comes from many different sources and traditions‚ Hindu sacred writings have many philosophical contradictions. On the one hand‚ some Hindu sacred writings‚ predominantly of the earlier period‚ gave immense value to women and were venerated as a symbol of the divine‚ on the other hand‚ other Hindu sacred writings discriminated women to incredible extremes. Women were treated as inferior beings. For example‚ long time ago
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the great mutiny. For example‚ as part of their westernisation process‚ the British had banned many Indian rituals and customs that were key parts of their tradition such as the suppression of Sati and the Doctrine of Lapse. Sati was a Hindu custom in which‚ and Hindu widow would throw herself on to the burning funeral pyre of her husband to be burnt alive. This custom was outlawed in 1829 and 19 years later‚ in 1848 the Doctrine of Lapse was established by Lord Dalhousie. The Doctrine of Lapse allowed
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