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The Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act of 1856, [9] provided legal safeguards against loss of certain forms of inheritance for remarrying a Hindu widow, [8] though, under the Act, the widow forsook any inheritance due her from her deceased husband. [10] Especially targeted in the act were child widows whose husbands had died before consummation of ...
Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act, 1856; I. Infanticide Act (Sweden) S. Spanish Draft Constitution of 1856 This page was last edited on 19 November 2018, at 01:51 (UTC). ...
Before he left for England he took personal interest and introduced the Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act, 1856, permitting widow remarriage which became an act after being approved by his successor, Lord Canning. [20] [21] [22] [23]
Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act, 1856 This page was last edited on 5 November 2022, at 05:44 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955; Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act, 1856; M. Malabar Marriage Act, 1896; Marriage Laws Amendment Bill; Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on ...
Even adolescent widows were expected to live a life of austerity and denial. [91] [92] [93] The Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act, 1856, enacted in the waning years of Company rule, provided legal safeguards against loss of certain forms of inheritance for a remarrying Hindu widow, though not of the inheritance due her from her deceased husband ...
Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act, 1856; L. List of people who remarried the same spouse; P. Lata Pada; Pooja (1954 film) S. Sororate marriage; Starter marriage; W. Widow ...
As early as the Charter Act 1813 Christian missionaries were encouraged to come to Bombay and Calcutta under EIC control. The British Governor-General of India from 1848 to 1856 was Lord Dalhousie, who passed the Widow Remarriage Act of 1856, which allowed widows to remarry, like Christian women. He also passed decrees allowing Hindus who had ...