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India: 45% of girls are married before their eighteenth birthday
Feb 24 2007, Pooja

It is a matter of shame on the part of society that almost 45% of girls in India are tied in a wed lock before they reach the age of eighteen, the legal age to marry. The number easily crosses 50% in eight states.

While 52.5% of the cases of under-18...

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