INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar was an Indian Bengali polymath and a key figure of the Bengal Renaissance, was also the prime advocates of widow remarriage in modern India.

Detailed explanation-2: -The introduction of the widow remarriage act was a major change in the state of women that prevailed during that period. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar played a major role in the establishment of the act. Before this act, the Sati custom was also abolished by Lord William Bentick.

Detailed explanation-3: -The prime advocate of widow remarriage in modern India was Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar.

Detailed explanation-4: -The greatest contribution of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar can be for his fervent push for the introduction of widow remarriage and girls education in Indian society. It is due to his efforts that the Hindu Widow Remarriage Act of 1856 was enacted.

Detailed explanation-5: -Pandit Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (1820-91), the principal of Calcutta’s Sanskrit College, was largely responsible for this law to be included in the constitution. He pushed tirelessly to establish a widow remarriage culture in the nation.