11.10.2007 - Source: Guardian

Rajasthan: 3 worshippers at Ajmer Sharif shrine reportedly killed by bomb on eve of the end of Ramadan; more than 20 injured ("Bomb at Muslim shrine in India kills three") [ID 21345]

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11.10.2007 - Source: BBC News

Rajasthan: At least two people die in explosion at famed Sufi shrine ("Blast at famed Sufi shrine") [ID 21346]

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06.03.2007 - Source: US Department of State

Two-Child Laws ("Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2006") [ID 19235]

"Seven states (Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, Orissa, Himachal Pradesh, and Maharashtra) enacted two-child laws for village council members with very low levels of enforcement. The laws provide government jobs and subsidies to those who have no more than two children and sanctions against those who do. National health officials in New Delhi noted that the central government was unable to regulate state decisions on population issues."

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06.03.2007 - Source: US Department of State

Law against forcible conversion ("Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2006") [ID 19776]

"In March the Rajasthan government introduced and the state assembly passed legislation banning conversions by "force, allurement, or fraudulent means," but by year's end it was not signed into law after both the state governor and President Abdul Kalam refused to endorse the legislation.
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