Gudiya

Gudiya (d. 2 January 2006) was an Indian Muslim woman affected by the Kargil war, whose plight was highlighted by the print and electronic media. She was married to a sapper named Naik Arif in 1999, 10 days before he was called on duty to Kargil. Arif disappeared on September 16, 1999, Because Arif was thought to be dead, Gudiya's relatives married her to a relative whom she had known since childhood, Taufiq on April 20, 2003,

When Arif was released by Pakistan in August 2004, he returned home to a warm welcome. Gudiya, who at the time was living with her parents in Kalunda village on the outskirts of Delhi, moved about 75 km away to her in-laws house in Mundali village in the Meerut district of Uttar Pradesh. She told the media at the village panchayat that she wanted return to living with her first husband. The Islamic scholars present in the audience applauded her decision, proclaiming it to be in accordance with Sharia. According to the scholars, her second marriage was illegal, as she had not annulled her previous marriage. Doctors attributed her death to gynecological problems induced by a stillbirth from three months prior.