HISTORY
MODERN INDIA
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Bengal Regulation Act XVII of 1829
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Sharda Act, 1930
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Bengal Regulation Act XXI of 1795
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Minto-Morley reforms
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Detailed explanation-1: -Hence, in order to reform the perception of Indian society, the Bengal Regulation Acts of 1795 and 1804 declared murdering of female infants illegal, and thus in 1870 an act was passed for the prohibition of female infanticide. This was influenced by the step of Raja Ram Mohan Roy’s frontal attack.
Detailed explanation-2: -XXIX OF 1871. PASSED BY THE GOVERNOR GENERAL OF INDIA IN COUNCIL. (Received the assent of the Governor General on the 19th October 1871). An Act for repealing certain Regulations of the Bengal Code which have ceased to be in force or have become unnecessary.
Detailed explanation-3: -Bentinck prohibited female infanticide and the custom of certain of newly born girls to be killed and against human sacrifices.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.