Widow Remarriage Act:

Widow Remarriage Act:

Prominent among there reformers were Raja Rammohan Roy and Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar. They carried out large scale campaigns in this regaed mainly through books, pamphlets and petitions with scores of signatures. In July 1856, J.R Grant, a member of the governor general’s council finally tabled a bill in support of the widow remarriage, which was passed on 13 July 1956 and came to be called the widow Remarriage Act, 1856.