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This paper uses the “missing women” research concept developed by Amartya Sen to investigate gender bias in India. The concept uses sex ratios to assess the cumulative effect of gender bias in mortality by estimating the additional number of females of all ages who would be alive if there had been equal treatment of the sexes. Using this concept, the author shows that the number of "missing women" in India now stands in the vicinity of 41 million and contends that the magnitude of the problem has increased since it was first identified by Amartya Sen in 1990.