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 | | Thus, in 1851, at a meeting in Surnaon in Mainpuri held under the aegis of Colonel Raikes, a group of Chauhan Rajputs agreed to sign a document proposing a graduated scale of the amount to be demanded as dowry by those in different income groups. |
 | | Similarly, in Mainpuri, the compulsory registration of the births and deaths of all female children was being carried out by village watchmen: local police kept a close watch on the suspected Chauhan and Ahir families, and the bodies of children who died in strange circumstances were examined by the Civil Surgeon. |
 | | Similarly in Mainpuri, figures were cited to show that between 1866 and 1869 female children constituted 43 to 46 per cent of the total minor population amongst the groups suspected of practising female infanticide, a definite improvement on earlier figures gathered in 1851. |
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