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16 April - A family planning initiative involves the vasectomy
of thousands of men and tubal ligation of women, either for payment
or under coercive conditions. (The minimum age for marriage is also
raised to 21 years for men and 18 years for women.) The son of
then-Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, Sanjay Gandhi, is largely blamed for what
turned out to be a failed program.[1] A
strong backlash against any initiative associated with family
planning followed the highly controversial program, which continues
(in part) into the 21st century.[2]
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