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Rukhmabai and Age of Consent Debates
12017-03-16T00:54:51-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1423Path Related to Coverage of the Rukhmabai Caseplain2022-09-23T13:22:42-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Rukhmabai 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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12016-08-09T17:04:37-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Social Movements in British IndiaAmardeep Singh15vispath2017-03-16T11:01:10-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12017-03-15T23:30:05-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Infant Marriage and Enforced Widowhood (Rukhmabai, June 1885)1Rukhmabai's First Letter to the Times of India, published June 26, 1885plain2017-03-15T23:30:05-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12017-03-16T01:17:57-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Op-Ed on Rukhmabai April 16, 1887 (Credited to Rudyard Kipling)1Op-Ed Credited to Rudyard Kipling in Civil and Military Gazetteplain2017-03-16T01:17:57-04:001887-4-11JournalismRukhmabai, Gender, Indian JournalismRudyard KiplingAmardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12016-08-24T23:00:12-04:00Sarita Mizinf3227efb2a3c20c94b23681a0d509e36b12805e9A Jubilee for the Women of India (April 9, 1887)5Letter to the Editorplain2016-08-25T23:04:33-04:00Sarita Mizinf3227efb2a3c20c94b23681a0d509e36b12805e9
12016-08-09T16:11:01-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Dadaji Versus Rukhmabai (March 26, 1887)5B.M. Malabari, Civil & Military Gazette, March 26, 1887plain2016-08-14T23:11:25-04:001887-03-27JournalismRukhmabai, Child Marriage, Hindu Marriage, Hindu Law, Marriage Reform, Indian WomenMalabari, B.M.Sarita Mizinf3227efb2a3c20c94b23681a0d509e36b12805e9
12016-08-09T16:02:02-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Rukhmabai's Case (March 26, 1887)6Civil & Military Gazette, March 26, 1887plain2016-08-10T14:10:09-04:001887-03-26JournalismGovernment, Religion, Marriage Laws, RukhmabaiAnonymousJames McAdamsa0149a18259fd11770d8b65e3eb05a7635d5845c
12016-07-08T14:51:30-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Rukhmabai's Case (Surendra Nath Ghose) (April 23, 1887)7Civil & Military Gazette. April 23, 1887plain2016-08-10T12:55:02-04:001887-04-23NewsHinduism, Gender, Marriage Law, Civil LawSurendra Nath GhoseJames McAdamsa0149a18259fd11770d8b65e3eb05a7635d5845c
12016-08-10T11:53:09-04:00James McAdamsa0149a18259fd11770d8b65e3eb05a7635d5845cThe Case of Rukhmabai (March 10, 1887)17Civil & Military Gazette, March 10, 1887plain2016-08-14T22:09:23-04:001887-03-10JournalismRukhmabai, Child Marriage, Hindu Marriage, Hindu Law, Marriage Reform, Indian WomenAnonymousSarita Mizinf3227efb2a3c20c94b23681a0d509e36b12805e9
12016-08-09T16:51:43-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1The Case of Rukhmabai (March 24, 1887)1Civil & Military Gazette, March 24, 1887plain2016-08-09T16:51:43-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1