Rammohan Roy initiated a movement for widow remarriage (WR) in the 1820s, as did Derozio and the Young Bengal group in the 1830s. The Indian Law Commission (1837) considered the issue seriously and concluded that infanticide could be curbed only if WR was legalized.

Who introduced widow remarriage?

Option C)Under East India Company rule, The Hindu Widows' Remarriage act 1856, also Act XV enacted on 26 July 1856, legalized the remarriage of Hindu Widows in all jurisdictions of India. The Act was passed by Lord Canning and was personally drafted by Lord Dalhousie.

Who started the widow remarriage society and when?

The first Widow Remarriage Association was founded by Vishnu Shastri Pandit in the year 1850.