Explanation
- A
1870
(a) 1870. Too early. The Native Marriage Act (Special Marriage Act / Act III) is a 1872 statute, not 1870.
- B
1872
(b) 1872. The Native Marriage Act, 1872 provided a civil form of marriage for persons who declared they did not belong to specified religions (later the lineage of the Special Marriage Act). That year is the official key.
- C
1874
(c) 1874. No such landmark marriage statute in this series; 1872 is the date.
- D
1876
(d) 1876. Again late; do not slide the Act to the mid-1870s famine years.
Summary. Official key is (b) 1872. The Native Marriage Act belongs to 1872, not 1870, 1874 or 1876. It is the civil-marriage ancestor later recast as the Special Marriage Act. Honour the stored letter (b).
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