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    "book_name": "History of Christianity in India: Source Materials",
    "book_author": "M. K. Kuriakose",
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      "chunk_data": "63. REGULATION TO PREVENT THE SACRIFICE OF CHILDREN (1802 A.D.)\nOn 20 August 1802, Regulation VI was passed by the Governor-General in council prohibiting the practice of sacrificing children by drowning or throwing them to the sharks.",
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      "chunk_data": "Children, thrown into the sea at Saugor have not been generally rescued, as is stated to be the custom at other places; but the sacrifice has, on the contrary, been completely effected, with circumstances of peculiar atrocity in some instances.",
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      "chunk_data": "This practice, which is represented to arise from superstitious vows, is not sanctioned by the Hindoo law, nor countenanced by the religious orders, or by the people at large; nor was it at any time authorised by the Hindoo or Mohamedan governments of India.",
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