steps taken to ameliorate womens position

Question 1

abolition of sati

Answer 1

regulation xvii 1829; applicable to bengal first
1830, extended to madras and bombay presidency
raja ram mohan roy’s efforts

Question 2

preventing female infanticide

Answer 2

bengal regulations of 1795 amd 1804 declared it as murder
practiced among bengalis and rajputs

an act of 1870: register girl at birth, show if hse is alive later

Question 3

widow remarriage

Answer 3

act; 1856

ishwar chnadra vidyasagar
jagannath shankar seth and bhhau daji

vishwa shashtri pandit— formed WRA in 1850s

karsondas mulji started satyaprakash in 1852; advocated WR

DK KARVE in western india

VEERSALINGAM PANTULU MADRAS

BM MALABARI
NARMAD
JUSTICE MAHADEO GOVIND RANADE
K NATRAJAN

Question 4

CONTROLLING CHILD MARRIAGE

NATIVE MARRIAGE/ CIVIL MARRIAGE ACT

Answer 4

1872;

Limited impact as wasnt applicable on hindu muslims or recognised faiths

Question 5

CONTROLLING CHILD MARRIAGE

age of consent act

Answer 5

1891
on effort of B M MALABARI
FORBADE MARRIAGE OF GIRLS BELOW 12

Question 6

CONTROLLING CHILD MARRIAGE

SARDA ACT

Answer 6

1930

MAARIAGE AGE pushed to 14 for girls and 18 for boys

Question 7

child marriage restraint act

Answer 7

1978
15–> 18 girls
18—> 21 boys

Question 8

education of women

Answer 8

chrisitian missionaries setup calcutta female juvenile society 1819

bethune school by JD bethune

pt ishwar chandra vidya sagar

charles wood’s despatch1854
women medical service 1914 trained nurses and mid wives
DK karve 1916

Question 9

women organisation

Answer 9

1910; sarla devi chaudhrani ; first meeting of bharat stree mahamandal, in allahabad
1904, ladies social conference (bharat mahila parishad) under ramabai ranade, bombay

1925
national council of women in india; mehribai tata played an imp role in its formation

cornelia sarabji; india’s first barrister

tarabai prem chandra
amaharani subcharu devi