TOPIC-

CHANGES IN MARRIAGE AND

F A M I LY I N C O N T E M P O R A R Y
INDIA
 STRUCTURE-

Introduction

Types and Forms

Cause of Changes

Changes in Marriage and Family in India

 It is a social institution.

It’s a legal and ritualistic agreement

between two or more human beings.

MARRIAGE-
After marriage people are allowed to
live together, produce children and have
their own family.

It consist of rules and regulations which

defines the rights, duties and privileges
of spouses, with respect to each other.
 TYPES OF MARRIAGES-

Monogamy Polygamy
(Marriage of a man to a woman at a time ) (Marriage of a man or a woman to more than one spouse)

Polygyny Polyandry
(Marriage of a man to several women) (Marriage of a woman to several men)
RULES OF SPOUSE
SELECTION-

Prohibited Rules Prescriptive Rules

Endogamy Cross Cousin Marriage
Exogamy Parallel Cousin Marriage
Incest Taboo Levirate Marriage
Sororate
F A M I LY-

- It’s a social institution.

- It Composed of People Related by

BLOOD, MARRIAGE, cohabitation or
ADOPTION.

- It’s a Social Group Characterized By

Common Residence, Economic
Cooperation and Reproduction.
 Basis of Marriage
• Polygamous Family
• Monogamous Family

Basis if Authority
TYPES OF
• Matriarchal Family
F A M I L Y- • Patriarchal Family

Basis of Structure
• Joint Family
• Nuclear Family
CAUSE OF CHANGE-

• Industrialization
• Urbanization
• Westernization
• Modernization
• Migration from Villages to Cities
• Spread of Education
• Changes in Occupational Structures
• Conferment of Political and Property Rights
• Modification in Legal Status of Women
 CHANGES IN MARRIAGE-
Ancient India
• Child Marriage were Practiced
• Prevailing Dowry System
• Endogamy and Exogamy were
Practiced Rigidly
• Bigamous were Practiced by
Limited Sections of Hindu
(E.g.- King, Headman of Village)
Contemporary India
• Child Marriage Prohibited
(Child Marriage Act 2006)
• Dowry Prohibited
(Dowry Prohibited
Act 1961)
• Hypergamy and Hypogamy are
Introduced
• Bigamous was Prohibited after Hindu
Marriage Act 1955
 Ancient India Contemporary India
• Muslims were practising Triple • Triple Talaq Banned
Talaq (Muslim Marriage Act 2019)

• Most Marriages were Arranged • Increase in no. of Love and

or by the Consent of Family Court Marriages

• More no. of Successful • Decrease in Duration of

Marriage
Marriage
• Less no. Of Divorce
• Increase in no. of Divorce
C H A N G E S I N F A M I LY-

• Change in structure of family. (Most of the families are nuclear

comparatively to ancient India)
• Separation of family members increased.
• Parents are having less no. of children in comparison of previous time.
• Slightly decrease in patriarchal system of families.
• Now a days, almost each member of family have their individual
identity.
• Now a days, decisions in a family are taken collectively.
• In contemporary India females are treated equally in the family.
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