Women in India have the legal right to own and control property. Under the Hindu Succession Act of 1956, Hindu women were entitled to enjoy the benefits of property during their lifetimes but did not have equal inheritance rights. The act was amended in 2004 to give Hindu women equal rights to ancestral property by birth. Muslim women's inheritance rights are outlined in the Quran, where males typically receive two shares of inheritance compared to one share for females. For Christian women, both sons and daughters, as well as fathers and mothers, receive equal shares of inheritance from intestate family members.