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Facts about Periyar - Maniammaiyar marriage?
Age : Periyar - 72; Maniammai - 31
1. Maniammai was neither Periyar’s daughter nor his adopted daughter. She was a fellow comrade in DK, who also looked after the ailing Periyar.
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Age : Periyar - 72; Maniammai - 31
1. Maniammai was neither Periyar’s daughter nor his adopted daughter. She was a fellow comrade in DK, who also looked after the ailing Periyar.
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2. Their marriage happened in ‘1948’.
3. There was no provision for a female to be adopted in 1948. Only a male could be adopted under the Brahminic Hindu law.
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3. There was no provision for a female to be adopted in 1948. Only a male could be adopted under the Brahminic Hindu law.
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4. Only after The Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956, adoption of a female was possible. Section 10 of the act deals with the capacity of a child/person (both male and female) to be adopted.
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