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Gandhi in 1942, the year he launched the Quit India Movement. Gandhi's arrest lasted two years, as he was held in the Aga Khan Palace in Pune. During this period, Gandhi's longtime secretary Mahadev Desai died of a heart attack, his wife Kasturba died after 18 months' imprisonment on 22 February 1944, and Gandhi suffered a severe malaria attack ...
A poll conducted in April 2024 by United Surveys showed growing support for recognition of same-sex families in Poland with 50% of respondents supported same-sex marriage and 66% supported same-sex civil partnership. 86% of supporters of the ruling coalition supported same-sex marriage and 97% supported same-sex civil partnership.
Ethiopia banned forced and child marriage with up to 20 years in prison. [71] 2005: Saudi Arabia banned forced marriages. [72] Germany made it a criminal offense to force someone to marry. [73] 2006: Austria criminalized forced marriage. [74] Democratic Republic of the Congo outlawed forced marriage. [75] 2007:
People under the age of 20 were overwhelmingly in favor of same-sex marriage (72% support), whereas people aged 70 and over overwhelmingly opposed (24% support). [104] However, a September–October 2016 survey by the Varkey Foundation found that 53% of 18–21-year-olds supported same-sex marriage in Japan. [105]
The first same-sex marriage that was performed by the founding church in Los Angeles, USA, was in 1969 between two lesbians. The time of the wedding was symbolic as it was the year when the globally-historic Stonewall riots took place, sparking the beginning of the LGBT rights movement. [129]
2000 Alabama Amendment 2, also known as the Alabama Interracial Marriage Amendment, was a proposed amendment to the Constitution of Alabama to remove Alabama's ban on interracial marriage. Interracial marriage had already been legalized nationwide 33 years prior in 1967, following Loving v. Virginia, making the vote symbolic. The amendment was ...
The Celebration of the 2,500th Anniversary of the Founding of the Persian Empire [1] (Persian: جشن سالگرد دوهزار و پانصدمین سال بنیانگذاری تمدن پارسی) was a national event in Iran that consisted of an elaborate set of grand festivities during October 1971 to celebrate the founding of the ancient Achaemenid Empire by Cyrus the Great.
The San people were joined by the Khoe people approximately 2,300 years ago when the Khoe migrated to the region from eastern Africa. [4] Agriculture and ceramics first appeared in the region at this time, [5] and the domestication of animals first took place approximately 2,000–2,200 years ago.