Hindu Code Bills in India

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Hindu_Code_Bills_in_India
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:legislation
gptkbp:component gptkb:Hindu_Adoptions_and_Maintenance_Act,_1956
gptkb:Hindu_Marriage_Act,_1955
gptkb:Hindu_Minority_and_Guardianship_Act,_1956
gptkb:Hindu_Succession_Act,_1956
gptkbp:country gptkb:India
gptkbp:debatedBy gptkb:Constituent_Assembly_of_India
gptkbp:effect codified Hindu personal law
increased women's rights
legalized divorce for Hindus
abolished coparcenary for women in inheritance (partially)
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:Parliament_of_India
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Hindu Code Bills in India
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Hindu_conservatives
gptkbp:notableSupporter gptkb:Jawaharlal_Nehru
gptkbp:period 1940s
1950s
gptkbp:precededBy colonial era Hindu personal law
gptkbp:proposedBy gptkb:B._R._Ambedkar
gptkbp:purpose reform Hindu personal law
gptkbp:relatedGroup gptkb:Buddhism
gptkb:Hindus
gptkb:Sikhs
Jains
gptkbp:relatedTo Uniform Civil Code debate
gptkbp:subjectArea gptkb:family
gptkb:marriage
inheritance
maintenance
adoption
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Modern_Hinduism
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5