Volume : V, Issue : VI, June - 2015

MADRAS DEVADASIS PREVENTION AND DEDICATION BILL 1938 – A STUDY

R. Latha

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 T The aim of this paper is to highlight the Madras Devadasis Prevention and Dedication Bill 1938. The British Government hesitated because the abolition of such practices would offend the religious feelings of the Hindu. But the Government of India had to sign the International Convention Against Prostitution in 1906. In 1912 the Indian Penal Code was amended with a view to abolish the Devadasi system and to encourage legal marriages among the members of the Devadasi Community. The English educated Hindus, carried on an agitation in the teeth of fierce opposition by the orthodox section, to remove this evil. Muthu Lakshmi Reddy took an active interest in the abolition of Devadasi System, when she was the Deputy President of the Madras Legislative Council.

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R. LATHA Madras Devadasis Prevention and Dedication Bill 1938 – A Study Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.5, Issue : 6 June 2015

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