Doodh peeti

Doodh peeti was a method of female infanticide in which newborns were drowned in pails or pits of cow milk (doodh). The practice was prevalent in the Saurashtra and Kutch region of India.[1][2][3][4] The phrase is an euphemism whose literal meaning is "feeding of milk".[5][6]

History

During a census in 1805, the British officials found almost no girls in Jhareya Rajput families of Kutch and Kathiawar region.[1] The 11th edition of Encyclopædia Britannica (1910) noted under the topic Infanticide that this method was practiced by some Rajputs to avoid paying dowry later. It noted that Rajahs sometimes paid over £100,000 as dowry.[7] The British resident in Baroda, Colonel Walker, while signing pacts with the local Rajputs had insisted on banning the practice. The practice however continued until late 19th century.[8]

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References

  1. 1 2 Jill E. Korbin (1983). Child Abuse and Neglect: Cross-cultural Perspectives. University of California Press. p. 79. ISBN 978-0-520-05070-9. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
  2. ↑ Banerji, Rita (October 2009). "Female Genocide in India and the 50 Million Missing Campaign". Intersections: Gender and Sexuality in Asia and the Pacific (22). Retrieved 15 November 2015.
  3. ↑ Rath, Suresh. "Public Health Needs Modified Strategy" (PDF). Researchgate. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
  4. ↑ V. G. Pawar; R. V. Kachare (May 2015). "Illegitimate: Is it a Motive for Homicide? - A Case Report" (PDF). Unique Journal of Medical and Dental Sciences. 03 (02): 23–25.
  5. ↑ Anantanand Rambachan (7 November 2014). A Hindu Theology of Liberation: Not-Two Is Not One. SUNY Press. p. 160. ISBN 978-1-4384-5457-3. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
  6. ↑ Aḥsānulḥaq (1 January 2007). Sociology of Population in India. Macmillan India. p. 128. ISBN 978-0-230-63013-0. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
  7. ↑ "Infanticide". Encyclopædia Britannica (11 ed.). 1910. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
  8. ↑ Achyut Yagnik (24 August 2005). Shaping Of Modern Gujarat. Penguin Books Limited. p. 77. ISBN 978-81-8475-185-7. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
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