GK
INDIAN HISTORY
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Raja Rammohan Roy
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Keshub Chandra Sen
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Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
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Gopal Krishna Gokhale
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Detailed explanation-1: -The act was enacted due to the tireless efforts of social reformer Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Hindu Widows’ Remarriage Act 1856, also Act XV, 1856, passed on 16 July 1856, legalised the remarriage of widows in all jurisdictions of India under East India Company rule. The act was enacted on 26 July 1856. It was drafted by Lord Dalhousie and passed by Lord Canning before the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
Detailed explanation-3: -LAW COMMISSION OF INDIA EIGHTY FIRST REPORT Hindu Widows Re–marriage Act, 1856 GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LAW CHAIRMAN Justice P. V. Dixit. LAW COMMISSION GOVERNMENT or INDIA New Delhi.
Detailed explanation-4: -Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar was an educator, a moderniser, and a social reformer. He campaigned for the remarriage of widows and helped in the passing of the Hindu Widow Remarriage Act in 1856 by the British government.