Question

Who was the governor-general of india when widow remarriage act was passed?

Answer 1

Lord Canning was the Governor General of India . when widow remarriage act was passed. On 16th July 1856 this act was passed. This act legalized marraige of widows in India.

This act was drafted by Lord Dalhousie. This Act came as a result of the campaign led by Pandit Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar. This Act gave Hindu widows legal right to remarry on death of their husband.

Answer 2

Lord Dalhousie was the Governor General of India in the times of enactment of the act of widow remarriage in the year of 1856.

Explanation:

The act of widow remarriage was passed in the year of 1856 with its enactment on the date of July $26^{th}$. It brought remarriages of the widow in legal purview with the application of the act in all of India with its jurisdiction ruled under the Company rule of East India Company.