Explanation: Jagannath Shankar Seth and Bhau Daji were among the active promoters of girls’ schools in Maharashtra.

• 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.
• Karve himself married a widow in 1893. He dedicated his life to the upliftment of Hindu widows and became the secretary of the Widow Remarriage Association.

Source: Spectrum