why was it important to widow remarriage?
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The Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act, 1856, also Act XV, 1856, enacted on 26 July 1856, legalised the remarriage of Hindu widows in all jurisdictions of India under East India Company rule.[1] It was drafted by Lord Dalhousie and passed by Lord Canning before the Indian Rebellion of 1857. It was the first major social reform legislation after the abolition of Sati by Lord William Bentinck.
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Hindu widow's remarriage act of 1856, provided legal safeguards against losse of certain forms of
inheritance for remarrying a Hindu widow, though, under the act, the widow forsook any inheritance due her from her deceased husband.
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