Question

Which of the following Act was passed in 1856?

1. Religious Disabilities Act

2. Sati Prohibition Act

3. Hindu Widow Remarriage Act

4. Policy of Annexation

Choose the correct option from the codes given below:

• A. i and ii
• B. i and iii
• C. iii and iv
• D. i, ii, and iv

Answer 1

Answer:

B. i and iii

• In 1856, Religious Disabilities Act was enacted to protect the civil rights of individuals converted from Hinduism.

• The Hindu Widows Remarriage 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 a remarrying Hindu widow.

• Vishnushastri and D.K. Karve were the leaders connected to widow welfare.

• D.K. Karve founded widow ashram in 1899 in Pune and also established first Women University in 1916 in Bombay.

• Sati Prohibition Regulation, 1829, was passed in the period of William Bentinck, the Governor of Bengal. Dalhousie’s policy of annexation was presented in 1848.