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“Of the evils which corroded Indian society in the nineteenth century were probably those [that] stunted its womanhood.” Comment.

  • UPSC 2007
  • Social and Religious Reform Movements in Bengal and Other Areas

Among the many social maladies nineteenth-century reformers confronted, none were more pervasive or more deeply institutionalised than the cluster of practices that systematically diminished Indian women's dignity, autonomy, and very survival.

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  • Sati: The Ultimate Extinguishing of Womanhood
  • Child Marriage, Denial of Consent, and Polygamy
  • The Enforced Austerity of Widowhood
  • Denial of Education and Property
  • How Far Was the Corrosion Reversed?

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