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Sex selection in India

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Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao

Government of India initiative

female foeticide in India

Illegal abortion of females in India

Female Infanticide Prevention Act, 1870

legislative act in British India

Indian pediatrician and activist

female infanticide in India

Intentional killing of female infants in India

Kuri-mar (or Kudi-mar) is a Punjabi phrase which literally means "girl killer". Various rehat-namas including the Sikh Rehat Maryada prohibited the practice. Today, the term also encompasses female feticide and may refer to North-western regions of India which have skewed sex ratios.