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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}<br /> {{Unreferenced|date=February 2007}}<br /> The &#039;&#039;&#039;Malabar Marriage Commission&#039;&#039;&#039; was formed in 1891 by the [[Madras Presidency|Government of Madras]], [[British India]] in response to a bill that was introduced to the [[Madras Legislative Council]] in 1890 by [[Sir C. Sankaran Nair]], a lawyer of the [[Madras High Court]]. The Commission was to inquire into matrilineal customs among the [[Hindus]] of [[Malabar District]] and explore the desirability of introducing changes in marriage, inheritance and family organization through legislation. The response of the Madras Government to the Commission&#039;s report was to pass the [[Malabar Marriage Act, 1896]]<br /> <br /> [[Category:1891 in India]]<br /> [[Category:Social history of Kerala]]<br /> [[Category:Kerala society]]<br /> [[Category:Commissions in Colonial India]]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{India-hist-stub}}</div>

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