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78 relations: Ahir, Amniocentesis, Aphrodisiac, Arsenic, Association for Asian Studies, Bengal Presidency, Bernard Cohn (anthropologist), Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao Yojana, British Raj, Caste system in India, Census of India prior to independence, Company rule in India, Cultural materialism (anthropology), David Arnold (historian), DCAF, District Collector (India), Dowry system in India, East India Company, Elisabeth Bumiller, Erectile dysfunction, Famine in India, Female foeticide in India, Female infanticide, Female infanticide in China, Female Infanticide Prevention Act, 1870, Femicide, Government of India, Governor-General of India, Gujarat, Gurjar, Indian Penal Code, Indian Rebellion of 1857, Infant mortality, Infanticide Act 1938, Islam in India, It's a Girl: The Three Deadliest Words in the World, Jadeja, Jat people, Jaunpur district, Jonathan Duncan (Governor of Bombay), Khatri, Kristen Hawkes, Kunbi, Kuri-mar, List of Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu, Mainpuri district, Mara Hvistendahl, Marvin Harris, Mohyal (caste), Murder, ..., National Crime Records Bureau, Neonaticide, North-Western Provinces, Opium, Partition of India, Patidar, Plumbago indica, Postpartum depression, Poverty in India, Presidencies and provinces of British India, Protestantism, Punjab Province (British India), Questia Online Library, Rajput, Resident (title), Sati (practice), Sex ratio, Sex-selective abortion, Sociobiology, States and union territories of India, Subaltern Studies, Tamil Nadu, Tapan Raychaudhuri, Tehsil, Usilampatti, Uttar Pradesh, William Divale, 1991 Census of India. Expand index (28 more) »
Ahir
Ahir or Aheer is an ethnic group, some members of which identify as being of the Indian Yadav community because they consider the two terms to be synonymous.
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Amniocentesis
Amniocentesis (also referred to as amniotic fluid test or AFT) is a medical procedure used in prenatal diagnosis of chromosomal abnormalities and fetal infections, and also for sex determination, in which a small amount of amniotic fluid, which contains fetal tissues, is sampled from the amniotic sac surrounding a developing fetus, and then the fetal DNA is examined for genetic abnormalities.
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Aphrodisiac
An aphrodisiac or love drug is a substance that increases libido when consumed.
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Arsenic
Arsenic is a chemical element with symbol As and atomic number 33.
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Association for Asian Studies
The Association for Asian Studies (AAS) is a scholarly, non-political and non-profit professional association open to all persons interested in Asia and the study of Asia.
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Bengal Presidency
The Bengal Presidency was once the largest subdivision (presidency) of British India, with its seat in Calcutta (now Kolkata).
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Bernard Cohn (anthropologist)
Bernard S. Cohn was an American anthropologist and scholar of British colonialism in India, primarily affiliated with the University of Chicago.
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Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao Yojana
Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao (translation: Save girl child, educate a girl child) is a personal campaign of the Government of India that aims to generate awareness and improve the efficiency of welfare services intended for girls.
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British Raj
The British Raj (from rāj, literally, "rule" in Hindustani) was the rule by the British Crown in the Indian subcontinent between 1858 and 1947.
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Caste system in India
The caste system in India is the paradigmatic ethnographic example of caste.
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Census of India prior to independence
The Census of India prior to independence was conducted periodically from 1865 onward to 1947.
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Company rule in India
Company rule in India (sometimes, Company Raj, "raj, lit. "rule" in Hindi) refers to the rule or dominion of the British East India Company over parts of the Indian subcontinent.
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Cultural materialism (anthropology)
Cultural materialism is an anthropological research orientation first introduced by Marvin Harris in his 1968 book The Rise of Anthropological Theory, Paperback as a theoretical paradigm and research strategy.
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David Arnold (historian)
David Arnold (born 1 October 1946) is a historian and has held the position of Professor of Asian and Global History at Warwick University since 2006.
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DCAF
DCAF (Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces; French: Centre pour le contrôle démocratique des forces armées - Genève, German: Genfer Zentrum für die demokratische Kontrolle der Streitkräfte) is an intergovernmental foundation-based think tank that provides research and project support to states and international actors in improving security sector governance and reform (SSG and SSR).
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District Collector (India)
A District Collector, often abbreviated to Collector, is an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer in charge of revenue collection and administration of a district in India.
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Dowry system in India
The dowry system in India refers to the durable goods, cash, and real or movable property that the bride's family gives to the bridegroom, his parents, or his relatives as a condition of the marriage.
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East India Company
The East India Company (EIC), also known as the Honourable East India Company (HEIC) or the British East India Company and informally as John Company, was an English and later British joint-stock company, formed to trade with the East Indies (in present-day terms, Maritime Southeast Asia), but ended up trading mainly with Qing China and seizing control of large parts of the Indian subcontinent.
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Elisabeth Bumiller
Elisabeth Bumiller (born May 15, 1956) is an American author and journalist who is the Washington bureau chief for the New York Times.
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Erectile dysfunction
Erectile dysfunction (ED), also known as impotence, is a type of sexual dysfunction characterized by the inability to develop or maintain an erection of the penis during sexual activity.
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Famine in India
Famine had been a recurrent feature of life the Indian sub-continental countries of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.
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Female foeticide in India
Female foeticide in India (translation) is the abortion of a female foetus outside of legal methods.
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Female infanticide
Female infanticide is the deliberate killing of newborn female children.
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Female infanticide in China
The People's Republic of China and its predecessors have a history of female infanticide spanning 2000 years.
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Female Infanticide Prevention Act, 1870
The Female Infanticide Prevention Act, 1870, also Act VIII of 1870 was a legislative act passed in British India, to prevent murder of female infants.
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Femicide
Femicide or feminicide is a sex-based hate crime term, broadly defined as "the intentional killing of females (women or girls) because they are females", though definitions vary depending on the cultural context.
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Government of India
The Government of India (IAST), often abbreviated as GoI, is the union government created by the constitution of India as the legislative, executive and judicial authority of the union of 29 states and seven union territories of a constitutionally democratic republic.
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Governor-General of India
The Governor-General of India (or, from 1858 to 1947, officially the Viceroy and Governor-General of India, commonly shortened to Viceroy of India) was originally the head of the British administration in India and, later, after Indian independence in 1947, the representative of the Indian head of state.
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Gujarat
Gujarat is a state in Western India and Northwest India with an area of, a coastline of – most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula – and a population in excess of 60 million.
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Gurjar
Gurjar or Gujjar are a pastoral agricultural ethnic group with populations in India, Nepal, Pakistan, and a small number in northeastern Afghanistan.
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Indian Penal Code
The Indian Penal Code (IPC) is the main criminal code of India.
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Indian Rebellion of 1857
The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was a major uprising in India between 1857–58 against the rule of the British East India Company, which functioned as a sovereign power on behalf of the British Crown.
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Infant mortality
Infant mortality refers to deaths of young children, typically those less than one year of age.
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Infanticide Act 1938
The Infanticide Act 1938 (1 & 2 Geo 6 c 36) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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Islam in India
Islam is the second largest religion in India, with 14.2% of the country's population or roughly 172 million people identifying as adherents of Islam (2011 census) as an ethnoreligious group.
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It's a Girl: The Three Deadliest Words in the World
It's a Girl: The Three Deadliest Words in the World is a 2012 documentary film which explores the practice of female infanticide.
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Jadeja
The Jadeja is a Rajput clan who claim to be descended from the Hindu god Krishna and thus to belong to the Yaduvanshi Rajputs, who in turn form a part of the Chandravanshi (Lunar Dynasty).
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Jat people
The Jat people (also spelled Jatt and Jaat) are a traditionally agricultural community in Northern India and Pakistan.
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Jaunpur district
Jaunpur district is a district in the Varanasi Division in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India.
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Jonathan Duncan (Governor of Bombay)
Jonathan Duncan (15 May 1756 – 11 August 1811) was Governor of Bombay from 27 December 1795 until his death in 1811.
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Khatri
Khatri is a caste from the northern Indian subcontinent.
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Kristen Hawkes
Kristen Hawkes is an American anthropologist, currently a Distinguished Professor at University of Utah.
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Kunbi
Kunbi (alternatively Kanbi) is a generic term applied to castes of traditionally non-elite tillers in Western India.
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Kuri-mar
Kuri-mar (or Kudi-mar) is a Punjabi phrase which literally means "girl killer".
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List of Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu
The complete list of Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu consists of the heads of government in the history of the state of Tamil Nadu in India since 1920.
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Mainpuri district
Mainpuri district is one of the districts in Agra division of Uttar Pradesh state of India.
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Mara Hvistendahl
Mara Hvistendahl is an American writer.
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Marvin Harris
Marvin Harris (August 18, 1927 – October 25, 2001) was an American anthropologist.
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Mohyal (caste)
Mohyal Brahmins or Mohyal is caste of Hindu Brahmin community in India.
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Murder
Murder is the unlawful killing of another human without justification or valid excuse, especially the unlawful killing of another human being with malice aforethought.
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National Crime Records Bureau
The National Crime Records Bureau, abbreviated to NCRB, is an Indian government agency responsible for collecting and analysing crime data as defined by the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
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Neonaticide
Neonaticide is the deliberate act of a parent murdering their own child during the first 24 hours of life.
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North-Western Provinces
The North-Western Provinces was an administrative region in British India.
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Opium
Opium (poppy tears, with the scientific name: Lachryma papaveris) is the dried latex obtained from the opium poppy (scientific name: Papaver somniferum).
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Partition of India
The Partition of India was the division of British India in 1947 which accompanied the creation of two independent dominions, India and Pakistan.
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Patidar
The Patidar are a caste found in the state of Gujarat, India.
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Plumbago indica
Plumbago indica (syn. P. rosea), with the common names Indian leadwort, scarlet leadwort or whorled plantain, is a species of flowering plant in the family Plumbaginaceae.
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Postpartum depression
Postpartum depression (PPD), also called postnatal depression, is a type of mood disorder associated with childbirth, which can affect both sexes.
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Poverty in India
Poverty is a significant issue in India, despite having one of the fastest-growing economies in the world, clocked at a growth rate of 7.6% in 2015, and a sizable consumer economy.
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Presidencies and provinces of British India
The Provinces of India, earlier Presidencies of British India and still earlier, Presidency towns, were the administrative divisions of British governance in the subcontinent.
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Protestantism
Protestantism is the second largest form of Christianity with collectively more than 900 million adherents worldwide or nearly 40% of all Christians.
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Punjab Province (British India)
Punjab, also spelled Panjab, was a province of British India.
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Questia Online Library
Questia is an online commercial digital library of books and articles that has an academic orientation, with a particular emphasis on books and journal articles in the humanities and social sciences.
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Rajput
Rajput (from Sanskrit raja-putra, "son of a king") is a large multi-component cluster of castes, kin bodies, and local groups, sharing social status and ideology of genealogical descent originating from the Indian subcontinent.
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Resident (title)
A Resident, or in full Resident Minister, is a government official required to take up permanent residence in another country.
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Sati (practice)
Sati or suttee is an obsolete funeral custom where a widow immolates herself on her husband's pyre or takes her own life in another fashion shortly after her husband's death.
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Sex ratio
The sex ratio is the ratio of males to females in a population.
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Sex-selective abortion
Sex-selective abortion is the practice of terminating a pregnancy based upon the predicted sex of the infant.
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Sociobiology
Sociobiology is a field of biology that aims to examine and explain social behavior in terms of evolution.
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States and union territories of India
India is a federal union comprising 29 states and 7 union territories, for a total of 36 entities.
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Subaltern Studies
The Subaltern Studies Group (SSG) or Subaltern Studies Collective is a group of South Asian scholars interested in the postcolonial and post-imperial societies which started at the University of Sussex in 1979-80.
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Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu (• tamiḻ nāḍu ? literally 'The Land of Tamils' or 'Tamil Country') is one of the 29 states of India.
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Tapan Raychaudhuri
Tapan Raychaudhuri (8 May 1926 – 26 November 2014) was an Indian historian specialising in British Indian history, Indian economic history and the History of Bengal.
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Tehsil
A tehsil (also known as a mandal, taluk, taluq or taluka) is an administrative division of some countries of South Asia.
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Usilampatti
Usilampatti is a Town and a Municipality in Madurai District in the Madurai Region at Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
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Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh (IAST: Uttar Pradeś) is a state in northern India.
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William Divale
William Tulio Divale is a professor of anthropology at York College, City University of New York in Jamaica, New York, USA.
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1991 Census of India
The 1991 Census of India was the 13th in a series of censuses held in India every decade since 1871.
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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Female_infanticide_in_India
