195 million out of india's population is muslim.
195 million out of india's population is muslim.
what percentage of india's population is muslim?
195 million
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the child marriage restraint act 1929 was passed during the tenure of british rule on colonial india. it forbade the marriage of a male younger than 21 or a female younger than 18 for hindus, buddhists, christians and most people of india. however, this law did not and currently does not apply to india's 165 million muslim population, and only applies to india's hindu, christian, jain, sikh and other religious minorities. this link of law and religion was formalized by the british colonial rule with the muslim personal laws codified in the indian muslim personal law (shariat) application act of 1937. the age at which india's muslim girls can legally marry, according to this muslim personal law, is 9, and can be lower if her guardian ("wali") decides she is sexually mature. over the last 25 years, all india muslim personal law board and other muslim civil organizations have actively opposed india-wide laws and enforcement action against child marriages; they have argued that indian muslim families have a religious right to marry a girl aged 15 or even 12. several states of india claim specially high child marriage rates in their muslim and tribal communities. india, with a population of over 1.2 billion, has the world's highest total number of child marriages. it is a significant social issue. as of 2016, the situation has been legally rectified by the prohibition of child marriage act, 2006.
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