Government of IndiaHindu Infanticide: An Account of the Measures Adopted for Suppressing the Practice of the Systematic Murder by Their Parents of Female Infants
Keywords: Infanticide, Hindu, Report, British
Publisher: J. Johnson, London
Description: This is a report on the efforts of the British officials to suppress the practice of infanticide within the Hindu community. The report is demarcated into chapters corresponding to different regions in which systematic measures are undertaken to weed out this custom. These regions are Benares, Gujarat, Kathiawar, Bombay, etc. In all these regions, this practice is prevalent only within few castes and communities, which are also the subject of discussion in the report.
Source: Central Secretariat Library
Type: Rare Book
Received From: Central Secretariat Library
| DC Field | Value |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-05-11T07:12:18Z 2018-06-07T03:05:07Z |
| dc.date.available | 2017-05-11T07:12:18Z 2018-06-07T03:05:07Z |
| dc.description | This is a report on the efforts of the British officials to suppress the practice of infanticide within the Hindu community. The report is demarcated into chapters corresponding to different regions in which systematic measures are undertaken to weed out this custom. These regions are Benares, Gujarat, Kathiawar, Bombay, etc. In all these regions, this practice is prevalent only within few castes and communities, which are also the subject of discussion in the report. |
| dc.source | Central Secretariat Library |
| dc.format.extent | xxvii, 312p. |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf |
| dc.language.iso | English |
| dc.publisher | J. Johnson, London |
| dc.subject | Infanticide, Hindu, Report, British |
| dc.type | Rare Book |
| dc.date.copyright | 1811 |
| dc.identifier.accessionnumber | AS-001419 |
| dc.format.medium | text |
| dc.contributor.director | Moor, Edward |
| DC Field | Value |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-05-11T07:12:18Z 2018-06-07T03:05:07Z |
| dc.date.available | 2017-05-11T07:12:18Z 2018-06-07T03:05:07Z |
| dc.description | This is a report on the efforts of the British officials to suppress the practice of infanticide within the Hindu community. The report is demarcated into chapters corresponding to different regions in which systematic measures are undertaken to weed out this custom. These regions are Benares, Gujarat, Kathiawar, Bombay, etc. In all these regions, this practice is prevalent only within few castes and communities, which are also the subject of discussion in the report. |
| dc.source | Central Secretariat Library |
| dc.format.extent | xxvii, 312p. |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf |
| dc.language.iso | English |
| dc.publisher | J. Johnson, London |
| dc.subject | Infanticide, Hindu, Report, British |
| dc.type | Rare Book |
| dc.date.copyright | 1811 |
| dc.identifier.accessionnumber | AS-001419 |
| dc.format.medium | text |
| dc.contributor.director | Moor, Edward |
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