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'''Hindu personal laws''' refer to the laws of the [[Hindu]]s as it applied during the colonial period ([[British Raj]]) of [[India]] beginning from the [[Anglo-Hindu Law]] to the post-independent [[Modern Hindu Law]]. The British found neither a uniform canon administering law for the diverse communities of India nor a Pope or a [[Shankaracharya]] whose law or writ applied throughout the country.<ref name=kishwar>Kishwar, Madhu (13 August 1994). Codified Hindu Law: Myth and Reality. Economic and Political Weekly, Volume 29, Number 33, pp.2145-2161.</ref> Due to discrepancies in opinions of [[pandit]]s on the same matter, the [[East India Company]] began training pandits for its own legal service leading to the setting up of a [[Sanskrit]] College in [[Banaras]] and [[Calcutta]], to help them arrive at a definitive idea of the Indian legal system.<ref name=kishwar/> It is from here that the Hindu Personal Law had its beginnings; and more appropriately so in 1772, when [[Warren Hastings]] appointed ten [[Brahmin]] pandits from [[Bengal]] to compile a digest of the Hindu scriptural law in four main civil matters—marriage, divorce, inheritance and succession.<ref name=kishwar/> The Hindu Personal Laws underwent major reforms over a period of time, and created social and political controversies throughout India.{{fact|date=November 2018}}<br />
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==Effects==<br />
The Hindu Personal Laws beginning with the creation of the [[Anglo-Hindu Law]] lead to widespread changes, controversies and civil suits in Hindu society across all strata and in monastic orders. Between 1860 and 1940, the issue of succession in the [[Anglo-Hindu Law]] led to legal issues of ownership and distribution of property in ascetic-run institutions. The early twentieth century witnessed ascetic orders seeking to 'purify' their genealogies through the medium of property disputes fought in [[Colony|colonial]] courts, which also led to the removal of women and children from certain ascetic orders with varying degrees of success.<ref name=Kasturi>Kasturi, Malavika (Sep., 2009). 'Asceticising' Monastic Families: Ascetic Genealogies, Property Feuds and Anglo-Hindu Law in Late Colonial India. Modern Asian Studies, Volume 43, Number 5, pp. 1039-1083.</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Christian Personal Law]]<br />
*[[Muslim Personal Law]]<br />
*[[Special Marriage Act, 1954]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Legislation in British India]]<br />
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