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![Politics Drives Assam’s Crackdown on Child Marriage Politics Drives Assam’s Crackdown on Child Marriage](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-02-23-045243.jpg)
Politics Drives Assam’s Crackdown on Child Marriage
By Kavita Chowdhury
Most of those arrested for underage marriage in the Northeast Indian state are Muslim men.
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Indian Child Marriage Crackdown Leaves Families in Anguish
By Piyush Nagpal
In Assam, police arrested over 3,000 men on charges of marrying girls below the age of 18.
![India Proposes to Raise Legal Marriage Age for Women India Proposes to Raise Legal Marriage Age for Women](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-09-08-3.jpg)
India Proposes to Raise Legal Marriage Age for Women
By Tarushi Aswani
The communal motivation underlying the Narendra Modi government’s decision is hard to ignore.
![Early Marriages in India: No Child’s Play Early Marriages in India: No Child’s Play](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-09-08-3.jpg)
Early Marriages in India: No Child’s Play
By Neeta Lal
A toxic cocktail of the raging pandemic, economic crisis, and closed schools for months is exacerbating social ills like early marriages.
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