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This is the picture of a Governor-General.
Mention four social reforms introduced by the British.
Solution
- Abolition of Sati.
- Abolition of female infanticide.
- Abolition of sacrificing little children to please gods and goddesses.
A strong movement in support of widow remarriage. Lord Dalhousie passed a law which allowed widows to remarry
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