Abstract:
Divorce is considered to be the situation where a husband and wife terminating or dissolving their marital
bond legally. Divorce destructs the family institution severely in numerous ways. This research is aimed to find
out the reasons behind the divorce which were proposed by different researchers and scholars in the field of
sociology. This is a review article based on secondary data. Industrialisation, the advancement in gender
equality, easiness in the laws of getting divorce, foreign employment, dowry, drug addiction, sexual related
conditions, violence, disloyalty and betrayal are the underlying reasons which induce the divorce in the society.
