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Child Marriage Restraint Act 1929 popularly kwown as the Sharda Act after its sponsor Rai Sahib Harbilas Sarda to the British India Legislature in India was passed on 28 September 1929 fixed the age of marriage for girls at 14 years.[1][2][3] It was a result of social reform movement in India. The legislation was passed by the British Indian Government.

It was the first social reform issue which was taken up by the organized women in India. They played a major role in the development of argument and actively used the device of political petition and in the process contributed in the field of politics

The objective of the Sharda Act of 1930 was to discourage

the solemnization of marriages of boys and girls

respectively, under

1 21 years and 18 years

2 18 years and 16 years

3 18 years and 14 years

4 16 years and 14 years

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