Sharmila Lodhia
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Associate Professor of Women's and Gender Studies at Santa Clara University. Her contributions to SAGE Publications' Encyclopedia of Gender and Society (2009) formed the basis of her contributions to Britannica.
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Dowry Prohibition Act, Indian law, enacted on May 1, 1961, intended to prevent the giving or receiving of a dowry. Under the Dowry Prohibition Act, dowry includes property, goods, or money given by either party to the marriage, by the parents of either party, or by anyone else in connection with…
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