{"id":30221,"date":"2024-08-29T06:19:43","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T06:19:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entri.app\/question-answer\/the-remarriage-of-hindu-widows-was-first-legalised-during-the-governor-generalship-of\/"},"modified":"2024-08-29T06:19:43","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T06:19:43","slug":"the-remarriage-of-hindu-widows-was-first-legalised-during-the-governor-generalship-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entri.app\/question-answer\/the-remarriage-of-hindu-widows-was-first-legalised-during-the-governor-generalship-of\/","title":{"rendered":"The remarriage of Hindu widows was first legalised during the Governor -Generalship of ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Hindu Widows&#8217; 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. It was drafted by Lord Dalhousie, but it was passed by his successor Lord Canning before the Indian Rebellion of 1857. It was the first major social reform legislation after the abolition of Sati by Lord William Bentinck.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Hindu Widows&#8217; 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. It was drafted by Lord Dalhousie, but it was passed by his successor Lord Canning before the Indian Rebellion of 1857. 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