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Contact the Registrar General’s Office or address enquiries to the ‘Chief Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages’ of the capital city of the relevant state, union or territory. Civil registration of births and deaths was introduced in Bengal in 1873 and throughout India in 1886 but outside major towns and cities compliance was very low. Registration of marriages became compulsory for some faiths by special Acts: for Christians (1872 and 1955), Parsees (1936) and Hindus (1955). In practice, the best way of finding out about a marriage is to contact the place of worship where the event is thought to have taken place.