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With Reference to Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, an Outstanding Social and Religious Reformer, Discuss His Contribution in the Following Field: Widow Remarriage - History and Civics

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Answer the following question briefly:

With reference to Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, an outstanding social and religious reformer, discuss his contribution in the following field:

Widow remarriage

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उत्तर

The great misery and sufferings of the Hindu widows in Bengal pained him deeply. He started a bold movement advocating the remarriage of widows. His efforts bore fruit. Lord Dalhousie passed the widow Remarriage Act in 1856. The first legal Hindu Widow remarriage was celebrated in Calcutta in December 1857, with the support of Vidyasagar.

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