| 11. | In 1986, the Indian Parliament added dowry deaths as a new domestic violence crime.
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| 12. | Full-length plays on dowry deaths include'The Bride Who Would Not Burn'
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| 13. | In dowry deaths, the groom s family is the perpetrator of murder or suicide.
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| 14. | The existing law only provided for life imprisonment for dowry deaths and three years for rape.
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| 15. | The National Crime Records Bureau in Delhi reported about 6000 dowry deaths a year in the 1990s.
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| 16. | Dowry death rates per 100, 000 people map for Indian States and Union Territories in 2012.
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| 17. | The ratio of dowry deaths are about the same as the ratio of population in India by religions.
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| 18. | When a dowry death is done by setting the woman on fire, it is called bride burning.
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| 19. | Simultaneously, there had been a rise in dowry deaths in society, which added to his despair.
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| 20. | Most dowry deaths occur when the young woman, unable to bear the harassment and torture, commits suicide.
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