4 3. Why was the condition of widows in India miserable? What measures were introduced to improve their condition?
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Hindu women in the 19th century were married off at a very young age. Since widow remarriage was usually restricted at that time, once their husbands died, the women were forced to jump into their husband's funeral pyres. This custom was called as sati.
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the first thing is that condition of widows were miserable and has changed now
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in old times it was miserable because:
they were avoided
whey were not allowed to remarry
they were expected to do sati when their husbands die
it was mostly considered by the aristocratic people
they though that widows are a bad omen
it was changed by the Mughals and the company
they did it by banning sati and allowing widows to remarry
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