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Child Birde has Marriage Annulled

Blushing brides wear white gowns made of silk and lace, but for Laxmi Sargara her wedding attire included a diaper. The India n bride was wed at just one-year-old, to her husband, Rakesh, who was just three-years-old. Seventeen years later, the child bride has had her marriage annulled, setting a history-making precedent.    Laxmi Saragar, who is a young woman of just 18-years-old, has taken a bold step to annul her marriage and break an age-old tradition of child marriage. According to the National Family Health Survey, 47 percent of women in India between the ages of 20 and 24 are married before the legal age of 18-years-old. These statistics might seem shocking to others around the globe. However, in poor rural areas of India, families rely on these unions to provide financial stability. Families use this as a means to alleviate having to feed and care for children long-term. "The girls are expected to play the role of obedient wife and daughter-in-law...