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- Child marriage is one of the social evil present in our society.
- It is related to marrying children before their marriageable age.
- This evil badly affects the whole life of children and takes away their opportunity to have a normal childhood.
- The girl child is the major victim of this social evil.
- The major reasons for marrying a child are poverty, dowry, illiteracy, religious and cultural pressure.
- Many famous personalities like Raja Ram Mohan Roy have raised their voice against this evil in the past.
- After the introduction of the Sarda act of 1929, it became illegal in India.
- The marriageable age is 18 for girls and 21 for boys in India.
- Though illegal, it is still in practice in some far flung rural areas.
- It must be completely stopped and education can prove to be a major milestone for eradication of this evil.
