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Hindu Inheritance (Removal of Disabilities) Act, 1928

act during British India

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionMar 25, 2026
Entity authorityQ7739724 ↗
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The Hindu Inheritance (Removal of Disabilities) Act, 1928 was enacted to abolish the exclusion from inheritance of certain classes of heirs, and to remove certain doubts and ambiguities regarding their ability to inherit property. The Act specifies that individuals who are diseased, deformed, or physically or mentally handicapped cannot be disqualified from their right to own or share joint family property, unless otherwise specified by law. This Act effectively abolishes the ancient Hindu legal practice of treating handicapped individuals as ineligible to inherit property from their family.

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Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1928—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Hindu, Inheritance and Removal can be independently traced.
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This entry incorporates text from “Hindu Inheritance (Removal of Disabilities) Act, 1928” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.