Hindu Widow Remarriage Act, 1856

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Hindu_Widow_Remarriage_Act,_1856
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Act_of_Parliament
gptkbp:appliesTo Hindus in British India
gptkbp:citation gptkb:Act_XV_of_1856
gptkbp:dateEnacted 26 July 1856
gptkbp:effect removed legal obstacles to widow remarriage
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:British_Parliament
gptkbp:fullTitle gptkb:An_Act_to_remove_all_Legal_Obstacles_to_the_Marriage_of_Hindu_Widows
gptkbp:historicalSignificance first major social reform law in colonial India
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Hindu Widow Remarriage Act, 1856
gptkbp:impact improved social status of Hindu widows
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:legalized remarriage of Hindu widows
gptkbp:opposedBy orthodox Hindu groups
gptkbp:promotion gptkb:Ishwar_Chandra_Vidyasagar
gptkbp:purpose to legalize the remarriage of Hindu widows
gptkbp:region gptkb:British_India
gptkbp:repealedBy gptkb:Hindu_Marriage_Act,_1955
gptkbp:status repealed
gptkbp:supportedBy gptkb:Lord_Dalhousie
gptkb:Lord_Canning
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Hindu_Widow_Remarriage_Act
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6