INDIAN GRETNA GREEN
«. CHILD MARRIAGES IN FRENCH TERRITORY (Received February 20, 11.30 p.m.) CALCUTTA, February 20. The Government of India is considering officially protesting against the French Government's action in permitting marriages between children from British India which occur in Chandernagore. It is declared that this town has been converted into an Indian Gretna Green for Bengal, Bihar, and Assam Hundreds of Hindu child marriages are being performed every month. All arrangements are made by wellfinanced organisations.
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Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21404, 21 February 1935, Page 13
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