Multiple choice

Among the following in the 19th century who founded the Widow Remarriage Association?


  

  1. Raja Ram Mohan roy

  2. Swami Vivekananda

  3. Dayananda Saraswati

  4. Vishnu Shastri Pandit
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Explanation

Vishnu Shastri Pandit founded the Widow Remarriage Association in 1861, building on the pioneering work of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar who had successfully advocated for the Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act of 1856. While Raja Ram Mohan Roy campaigned against sati, Dayananda Saraswati founded the Arya Samaj, and Swami Vivekananda promoted Hindu philosophy globally, it was Vishnu Shastri Pandit who specifically created an association to promote widow remarriage in practice.

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