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  2. Hindu Succession Act, 1956 - Wikipedia

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    The Hindu Succession Act, 1956 is an Act of the Parliament of India enacted to amend, codify and secularize the law relating to intestate or unwilled succession, among Hindus, Buddhists, Jains, and Sikhs. [1] The Act lays down a uniform and comprehensive system of inheritance and succession into one Act.

  3. Category:Indian people who died in prison custody - Wikipedia

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    People of Indian nationality who died in prison custody. For prisoners held by India that died in prison custody, see Category:Prisoners who died in Indian detention.

  4. List of people executed in India - Wikipedia

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    Rajahmundry Central Prison Andhra Pradesh [3] 76 Ediga 21 December 1962 45 Belgaum Central Jail Mysore State [3] 77 Chintehalapudi Andiah 9 January 1963: 40 Rajahmundry Central Prison Andhra Pradesh [3] 78 Sk. Babu Sahib 16 January 1963: 30 Rajahmundry Central Prison Andhra Pradesh [3] 79 Hamam Singh 19 June 1963 — — Tihar Jail: Delhi [3 ...

  5. Kiranjit Ahluwalia - Wikipedia

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    Kiranjit Ahluwalia (born 1955) is an Indian woman who fatally burned her husband in 1989 in the UK. She claimed it was in response to ten years of physical, psychological, and sexual abuse. [1]

  6. Custodial deaths in India - Wikipedia

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    Sections 24 and 25 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 renders forced confessions and confessions made to the police irrelevant in trials. [ 8 ] Section 176 (I) of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) states that if a person in custody dies or disappears, or a woman is raped in custody, the Judicial Magistrate has the power to order an inquiry.

  7. Persecution of Hindus - Wikipedia

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    The violence included the looting of Hindu properties and businesses, the burning of Hindu homes, rape of Hindu women and desecration and destruction of Hindu temples. [ 150 ] On 28 February 2013, the International Crimes Tribunal sentenced Delwar Hossain Sayeedi , the Vice President of the Jamaat-e-Islami to death for the war crimes committed ...

  8. Women in Hinduism - Wikipedia

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    A Hindu woman, with Sindur in her hair and Bindi on forehead, customs also found among women in Jainism [119] Usually, the sari consists of a piece of cloth around 6 yards long, wrapped distinctly based on the prior mentioned factors. [120] The choice of the quality and sophistication of the cloth is dependent on the income and affordability.

  9. KD Kempamma - Wikipedia

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    KD Kempamma, also known as Cyanide Mallika, is India's first convicted female serial killer. [1] [2] Commencing with her first murder in 1999, Kempamma killed 6 women over the next 8 years, 5 between October and December in 2007.