how did the british try to remove social evils from india?give three example
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The British attempted to eradicate social immorality from India mainly by passing numerous Bills, is the right answer.
The demand for social and religious reform in the early decades of the 19th century arose as a response to Western education and culture. Indians who received western education recognize the fact that socio-religious improvement was a necessity for the development of the nation.
There began a period of social reforms in India, with the efforts of Raja Ram Mohan Roy's assistance to the British governor-general, Lord William Bentinck. The British attempted to eradicate social immorality from India mainly by passing numerous Bills. For instance, the practice of Sati (burning widow with the corpse of his husband) was announced illegal in 1829. In 1856, Lord Dalhousie passed the Widow Remarriage Act with the assistance of Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar. Child sacrifice to please God was a common practice in the tribes, this inhuman practice was banned by Governor General Lord Hardinge