Question

mention any two social reforms advocated by the British which affected the religious traditions of the Indian people

Answer 1

1. Widow remarriage and was legalized.
Child marriage, polygamy etc were abolished.
2. SATI - a cruel practice was abolished.
- these reforms raised anarchy as the religious sentiments were arosed.
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Answer 2

The British advocated the two socioeconomic reforms that had an impact on Indian religious traditions were:

• The Bengal Sati Regulation, issued by then-Governor-General Lord William Bentinck on December 4, 1829, outlawed Sati practice throughout British India.
• The legislation defined sati practice as repulsive to human nature.
• To allow widows to remarry, the Widow Remarriage Act of 1856 was passed.
• The Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act was passed on July 16, 1856, making widow remarriage legal across India under East India Company control.
• On July 26, 1856, the statute became effective.
• Lord Dalhousie wrote it, and Lord Canning signed it before the 1857 Indian Rebellion.