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Download Solution PDFWho among the following founded the Widow Re-Marriage Association?
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Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is Pandit Vishnu Shastri.Key Points
- Pandit Vishnu Shastri was a great advocate of women's rights and worked towards their empowerment.
- Raja Ram Mohan Roy, Swami Vivekananda, and Keshab Chandra Sen were also social reformers who worked towards the upliftment of women and the abolition of social evils.
- However, the founding of the Widow Re-Marriage Association specifically is credited to Pandit Vishnu Shastri in Bombay in 1854.
- This association aimed to promote the remarriage of widows, which was a taboo in Indian society at the time.
Additional Information
- Raja Ram Mohan Roy was a social reformer who worked towards abolishing Sati and promoting women's education.
- Swami Vivekananda was a disciple of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa and a great preacher of Vedanta philosophy.
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