"ABOUT DOWRY SYSTEM 🙁 booked under 304B (Dowry Death), 498A (Cruelty), Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961.,Even though dowry has been illegal in India since 1961 the northern state of Uttar Pradesh in India had the highest number of reported dowry deaths with more than two thousand cases registered with the authorities. The country recorded nearly seven thousand cases of dowry related murder cases that yearthe states from other parts of India that consistently show fare in the list are Goa and Himachal Pradesh. While Goa consequently recorded zero dowry deaths in both 2013 and 2014, Himachal fluctuated with only one case of dowry death in 2014, while the state recorded none in the previous year. ©Sanawrites_______"