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Special Tribe in northeast India seeks to change inheritance laws

Tribe in northeast India seeks to change inheritance laws

  • Khasis, the largest ethnic community in Meghalaya state, are one of the world's last existing matrilineal societies
  • Traditional laws mean youngest daughter inherits ancestral property and becomes head of the household
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