The Guardian and Wards 1890 is a secular act that applies to every citizen and communities of India while The Hindu Guardianship and Minorities Act of 1965 is applicable only to Hindus and subsets of Hindus such as Jains, Buddhists, Sikhs, Lingayat, Arya Samaj, Followers of Brahmo, Followers of Prarthana Samaj, and Virashiva.Other religious communities such as Muslims, Parsis and Christians do