Q. Legislature of Widow Remarriage in India was first secured by :
Solution:
The Hindu Widows’ Remarriage Act, 1856, also Act XV, 1856, enacted on 26 July 1856, legalised the remarriage of Hindu widows in all jurisdictions of India under East India Company rule.
The Act of 1856, enacted in response to the campaign of Pandit Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar provided legal safeguards against loss of certain forms of inheritance for remarrying a Hindu widow,though, under the Act, the widow forsook any inheritance due her from her deceased husband.
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