Question

In whose rule the Widow Remarriage Act was implemented in

• A. Lord Dalhousie
• B. Lord Canning
• C. Sir Henry Harding
• D. Lord Lawrence

Answer 1

Answer:

B. Lord Canning

The Widow Remarriage Act was passed in 1856 during the period of Lord Canning by the extraordinary eff ort of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, an important fi gure of the Bengal Renaissance. Under the term 15 (XV) of the Act Widow Marriage was presumed legalized and the children born after the marriage were declared legal.