The Act to make daughters an equal co-heir with the sons was enacted in :
1955
1956
1961
1975
Answer is Wrong!
Answer is Right!
This question was previously asked in
UPSC CISF-AC-EXE – 2022
– Before this act, succession was largely governed by various schools of Hindu law and local customs, often discriminatory against women.
– The Act of 1956 gave daughters inheritance rights in their father’s separate property (self-acquired property) equal to sons, but not equal co-parcenary rights in ancestral joint family property (which was limited to sons).
– The Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005, finally made daughters equal co-parceners with sons in ancestral property. However, the question asks about “The Act” implying the original legislation framework.