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  2. Inter-caste marriages in India - Wikipedia

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    The inter-caste marriages in India have been gradually gaining acceptance due to increasing education, employment, middle-class economic background, and urbanisation [citation needed]. As of the 2011 census, 5.8% of the marriages in India were inter-caste marriages.

  3. Inter-caste marriage - Wikipedia

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    Nepal has many castes and inter-caste marriage is generally considered taboo. However, this kind of marriage has been gradually gaining acceptance. In 1854, the Government of Nepal passed the "Muluki Ain" civil code commissioned by Jung Bahadur Rana. [4] [5] This law outlawed marriage between people of a lower caste with those of a higher caste ...

  4. Special Marriage Act, 1954 - Wikipedia

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    It can apply in inter-caste and inter-religion marriages. [3] The Bill faced opposition from local governments and administrators, who believed that it would encourage marriages based on lust, which would inevitably lead to immorality. [4] The Special Marriage Act, 1954 replaced the old Act III, 1872. The new enactment had three major objectives:

  5. Inter-caste marriage in Nepal - Wikipedia

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    The Muluki Ain caste/ethnicity hierarchy of Nepal, 1854. Inter-caste marriage (Nepali: अन्तरजातीय विवाह pronounced [ʌntaɾd͡zatie bibaː]) is a type of marriage that is done outside of one's caste. Nepal has many castes and inter-caste marriage is generally considered taboo. However, this kind of marriage has ...

  6. Miscegenation in Asia - Wikipedia

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    Inter-ethnic marriage in Southeast Asia dates back to the spread of Indian culture, Hinduism and Buddhism to the region. From the 1st century onwards, mostly male traders and merchants from the Indian subcontinent frequently intermarried with the local female populations in Cambodia, Burma, Champa, Central Siam, the Malay Peninsula, and Malay Archipelago.

  7. Interfaith marriage - Wikipedia

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    In Christianity, an interfaith marriage is a marriage between a Christian and a non-Christian (e.g. a wedding between a Christian man and a Jewish woman, or between a Christian woman and a Muslim man); it is to be distinguished between an interdenominational marriage in which two baptized Christians belonging to two different Christian ...

  8. Bride buying in India - Wikipedia

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    [2] [4] Some orthodox khaps, which might usually oppose inter-caste marriages, generally provide a silent acceptance of the practice of molki brides by maintaining a "studied silence". [4] Progressive panchayats and khaps have taken initiatives to champion the rights of molki brides by running campaign to make the marriage registration ...

  9. Transnational marriage - Wikipedia

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    Transnational marriage is increasingly common in areas where class and tribal separations are becoming less strict. There are many barriers and restrictions to cross-cultural, inter-tribal, or interracial marriages, however, particularly transnational marriages.