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What is the minimum legal age of marriage for girls and boys in India?

What is the minimum legal age of marriage for girls and boys in India? Correct Answer 18 years and 21 years

Key Points

Minimum age for marriage: 

  • The term refers to the age before which no man or woman can marry.
  • In India, the legal marriage age has gone through several changes.
  • But since 1978, the legal age for marriage for boys and girls are respectively 21 and 18 years.
  • However, recently in Dec 2021, the Central government raised the legal marriage age for women from the current 18 to 21, at par with men.
  • Due to the below reasons, the minimum age for marriage is set for the following reasons:
    • To prevent child marriage.
    • To empower girls and prevent them from pre-mature sex.
    • A person should be mature enough to get married.

Hence, from the above points, we see that the minimum age of marriage for girls and boys are 18 & 21 respectively.

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