An Indian bride has walked out of her wedding after her bridegroom-to-be failed to solve a simple maths problem, according to police in Uttar Pradesh.

The bride asked the groom to add 15 and six. When he replied 17, she called off the marriage.

Reports say the groom's family tried to convince the bride to return, but she refused saying the man was illiterate.

Local police said they mediated between the families, and both sides returned all the gifts given before the wedding.

Most marriages in India are arranged by the families, and it is common for a bride and groom to get married without spending time in each other's company.

A police official of Rasoolabad village where the incident happened told BBC Hindi that local resident Mohar Singh had fixed his daughter Lovely's wedding to a man called Ram Baran.

"But just before the marriage ceremony Lovely came to know that Ram Baran is illiterate and she refused to marry," he said.

Mohar Singh told the Associated Press news agency that the "groom's family had kept us in the dark about his poor education".

"Even a first grader can answer this [the maths test]," he said.

Last month, another bride in Uttar Pradesh married a guest at her wedding after her groom-to-be had a seizure and collapsed.

Reports said the groom was epileptic and he had kept the information from the bride and her family.

Culled from : http://bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-31865479

Nawa oh.. The groom's illitracy might be "Original Copy Collected By Me..

BeeBeeOoh:
Nawa oh..

azin Stark illiterate

15+6=156 abi?? She shoulda said 15girls+6boys or use one popular Indian food or snack as example.

How can he fail 15 plus 6 too, you dont even need to see the gate of a school to be able to add..
Better luck to him next time

The tin no be here oo..

53cur3m0d3:

azin Stark illiterate

She probably never even wanted to marry him in the first place. His lack of mathematical knowledge is just a flimsy excuse. I'm sure the guy wouldn't have had any problem adding 15 rupees to 6 rupees...

EfemenaXY:
She probably never even wanted to marry him in the first place. His lack of mathematical knowledge is just a flimsy excuse. I'm sure the guy wouldn't have had any problem adding 15 rupees to 6 rupees...

The weird things that happen in that country is funny AF! Imagine a bride marrying one of her wedding guests when the groom had a seizure. Apparently, the groom was epileptic but hid it from the bride and her family. Na so breeze blow sotey fowl yansh open

EfemenaXY:
She probably never even wanted to marry him in the first place. His lack of mathematical knowledge is just a flimsy excuse. I'm sure the guy wouldn't have had any problem adding 15 rupees to 6 rupees...

My sixth (weird) sense tells me it's the other way round. He prolly intentionally failed the test cos he never wanted to marry her and sought the easiest way out!