reconstruct the life of girl in 19 century
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19th century India was far far away from being the ideal society for a
girl child to live in. The state of girls and women at that time was
worse than any one could imagine. The male child was considered superior
than her (as it still is the reality for many of Indian families). She
had no right to study either. By the time a girl crosses the age of 6 or
7, she was stopped from setting foot outside her home and the
preparation for her marriage would have already begun. By the age of
10-11 most of the girls were married and that too with men way too older
than them. And soon they were forced to give birth. The only thing
worse than getting married without her will, was to become a widow. In
the early period of 19th century Sati was still prevalent in the
society. So a girl had to go through mental and sexual trauma until her
husband was alive and after his death she had to sit on his pyre and get
burned to death. Even after the horrific Sati practice was abolished, a
widow s life was not easy. She had to go through living hell.
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