Question

Who founded the widow remarriage association in 1861?

Answer 1

Explanation:

Punar Vivahtojak Mandal is founded the remarriage Association in the 19th century was vishnu shastri pandit .he was an active social reformer who founded this association called punar Vivahtojak Mandal in the 1850s.

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Answer 2

Mahadev Govind Ranade founded the widow remarriage association in 1861.

• The widow remarriage association of 1861 was founded by Mahadev Govind Ranade.
• It was Vishnu Shashtri Pandit who first founded a widow remarriage association in Pune called Punar Vivahtojak Mandal in the year 1850.
• Mahadev Govind Ranade or M.G Ranade popular as Justice Ranade was an author, scholar, reformer, and judge.
• He was born in Maharashtra (1842)
• He was the judge of the High Court of Bombay and one of the founder members of the Indian National Congress party.
• He believed that to humanize and equalize a society, it is essential to uplift its women.
• He founded the widow remarriage association in 1861 to allow the remarriage of Hindu widows and later played a major role in passing a law allowing the same.