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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. Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005 - Wikipedia

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    The Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005, an amendment to the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, received the assent from President of India on 5 September 2005 and was given effect from 9 September 2005. [1] It was essentially meant for removing gender stereotype provisions regarding property rights in the Hindu Succession Act, 1956.

  4. 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 ...

  5. Govender v Ragavayah - Wikipedia

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    In Govender v Ragavayah, [1] an important case in the South African law of succession, the applicant was a woman married in terms of Hindu rites, whose husband had died intestate. Accordingly, the parents of her husband stood to inherit his estate.

  6. KD Kempamma - Wikipedia

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    Kempamma's last victim was Nagaveni, a 30-year-old woman who was praying to become pregnant as she was childless. [1] [5] She wished to have a son. [5] Kempamma killed her while she was sleeping. [2] Kempamma was alleged to have killed one more victim, 22-year-old Renuka, at a pilgrim centre at Kolar district in 2006. Renuka was murdered in a ...

  7. Usha Vance - Wikipedia

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    She is the first Indian American and Hindu American in this role. Vance was born in San Diego County, California , to Telugu Indian immigrant parents and raised in an upper-middle-class suburb. She graduated from Yale University with a bachelor's degree in history and from Yale Law School with a Juris Doctor degree.

  8. Dāyabhāga - Wikipedia

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    The Dāyabhāga is a Hindu law treatise written by Jīmūtavāhana which primarily focuses on inheritance procedure. The Dāyabhāga was the strongest authority in Modern British Indian courts in the Bengal region of India, although this has changed due to the passage of the Hindu Succession Act of 1956 and subsequent revisions to the act. [1]

  9. 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.