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Rukhmabai and Age of Consent Debates

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Rukhmabai and her famous case, Dadaji vs. Rakhmabai, are credited with drawing attention to consent as part of the nineteenth-century debate on Hindu child marriage. Her letters were published in The Times of India, and the arguments she raised even elicited a response from Queen Victoria herself. The popular response both in England and India is seen by many historians as contributing to the passage of the 1891 Age of Consent Act.

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Contents of this path:

  1. Rukhmabai (Rakhmabai, Rukhmibai)
  2. Infant Marriage and Enforced Widowhood (Rukhmabai, June 1885)
  3. Op-Ed on Rukhmabai April 16, 1887 (Credited to Rudyard Kipling)
  4. A Jubilee for the Women of India (April 9, 1887)
  5. Behramji Malabari
  6. Dadaji Versus Rukhmabai (March 26, 1887)
  7. Rukhmabai's Case (March 26, 1887)
  8. Rukhmabai's Case (Surendra Nath Ghose) (April 23, 1887)
  9. The Case of Rukhmabai (March 10, 1887)
  10. The Case of Rukhmabai (March 24, 1887)