Question

the condition of women in 19th century India was pitiable. Elaborate this statement with regards to the social evils that plauged them​

Answer 1

Answer:

The conditions of women in 19th century is pitiable because of the discrimination and the social evils that plagued them is there was no freedom for women at that time. They are confined to work only in household works and there no education for girls at that time

Answer 2

Explanation:

Women were not allowed to study. They did not have the right to inherit property. The social evils were:

1. The practice of window burning or ‘sati’
2. The pitiable condition of windows

3.lack of education among girls

4.Child marriages

5.Female infanticide, that is the practice of killing a girl soon after birth

6.Polygamy, that is, the practice of having more than one wife and

7.Purdah System