Which of the following social reformer/reformist was/were fight for widow re – marriage in India? 1. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar 2. Karsondas Mulji 3. Veerasalingam Pantulu Choose the correct answer from below given codes: |ForumIAS

[A] 1 only

[B] 1 and 2 only

[C] 2 and 3 only

[D] 1, 2 and 3

Answer: D

Notes:

Explanation: The Brahmo Samaj had the issue of widow remarriage high on its agenda and did much to popularise it.

But it was mainly due to the efforts of Pandit Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (1820-91), the principal of Sanskrit College, Calcutta, that the Hindu Widows’ Remarriage Act, 1856, was passed. Vishnu Shastri Pandit founded the Widow Remarriage Association in the 1850s.
Another prominent worker in this field was Karsondas Mulji who started the Satya Prakash in Gujarati in 1852 to advocate widow remarriage.
Similar efforts were made by Professor D.K. Karve in western India and by Veerasalingam Pantulu in Madras.

Source: Spectrum Modern India