The 19th century Rajputana was infected with the evil of female infanticide. Col. James Tod felt the dowry system as the main causes of this curse on society. Dowry and female infanticide were the twin ulcers for the society. Many steps were taken to curb it. First attempt was made in the Mewar region where Maharana pressurised the British agent to check the female infanticide. Following in the foot steps of Mewar, Anti female infanticide law was passed in Kota too. In 1839 the Jodhpur Maharaja framed code of rules. In 1844 Jaipur Maharaja declared the female infanticide undesirable. Though there was no law in Bikaner but in 1839 the Maharaja during his Yaga travel delivered oath on the feudals that they would not let the practice of female infanticide prevail. After 1888 the female infanticide related cases have almost become extinct.
