{"id":2591,"date":"2025-05-04T20:09:24","date_gmt":"2025-05-04T14:39:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=2591"},"modified":"2025-05-04T20:09:25","modified_gmt":"2025-05-04T14:39:25","slug":"q-in-the-context-of-indian-history-the-rakhmabai-case-of-1884-revolved-around","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-in-the-context-of-indian-history-the-rakhmabai-case-of-1884-revolved-around","title":{"rendered":"Q. In the context of Indian history, the Rakhmabai case of 1884 revolved around"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>women\u2019s right to\u00a0<strong>gain education<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>age of consent<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>restitution of conjugal rights<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Select the correct answer using the code given below:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list mcq\">\n<li>1 and 2 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 and 3 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 and 3 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1, 2 and 3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Answer:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>(b) 2 and 3 only<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"notes\">Notes:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Rakhmabai Case (1884):<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Rakhmabai case of 1884, a pivotal event in Indian history, revolved around\u00a0<strong>the issue of the age of consent and the right of a woman to refuse to live with her husband after a child marriage, leading to a heated debate on marriage and women\u2019s rights.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dr.<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Rukhmabai<\/strong><strong>\u00a0(1864 \u20131955)\u00a0<\/strong>was an\u00a0Indian\u00a0physician\u00a0and\u00a0feminist. She is best known for being one of the first practising women doctors in\u00a0colonial India\u00a0as well as being involved in a landmark legal case involving her marriage as a\u00a0child bride\u00a0between 1884 and 1888.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>She was married off at the young age of eleven with\u00a0<strong>Dadaji\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Bhikaji<\/strong>, who was nineteen years old. She stayed at her parent\u2019s house\u00a0and\u00a0she educated\u00a0herself under the guidance of her stepfather.\u00a0In 1885, after 12 years of marriage,\u00a0Bhikaji\u00a0filed a petition in the court and sought \u201crestitution of conjugal rights\u201d.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rakhmabai\u00a0Defense\u00a0Committee<strong>\u00a0was formed by\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Behramji Malabari and Pandita\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Ramabai<\/strong>\u00a0in her defence.\u00a0The case continued for 4 years until Dadaji was compensated in 1888, outside of court. The case was instrumental in the drafting of the\u00a0<strong>Age of Consent Act in 1891<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Age of Consent:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The case highlighted issues related to the age of consent, as Rakhmabai was married at a very young age and had not yet reached the legal age of consent for sexual relations.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This was a crucial aspect of the case that drew attention to the need for legal reforms regarding marriage and consent.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Restitution of Conjugal Rights:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The case also revolved around the husband\u2019s petition for restitution of conjugal rights, which was a legal provision allowing a husband to seek the return of his wife to the marital home.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Women\u2019s Right to Education:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>While Rakhmabai\u2019s case had broader implications for women\u2019s rights, particularly in the context of education<strong>, the specific legal proceedings primarily focused on the age of consent and the rights related to marriage.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Select the correct answer using the code given below: Answer:&nbsp;(b) 2 and 3 only Notes:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,3],"tags":[42],"years":[53],"class_list":["post-2591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-upsc","category-prelims","tag-modern-history","years-53"],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":1,"label":"UPSC"},{"value":3,"label":"Prelims"}],"post_tag":[{"value":42,"label":"Modern History"}],"years":[{"value":53,"label":"2020"}]},"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"LotusArise","author_link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/author\/team-lotusarise"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":1,"name":"UPSC","slug":"upsc","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":1269,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":1,"category_count":1269,"category_description":"","cat_name":"UPSC","category_nicename":"upsc","category_parent":0},{"term_id":3,"name":"Prelims","slug":"prelims","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":3,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":1,"count":1251,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":3,"category_count":1251,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Prelims","category_nicename":"prelims","category_parent":1}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":42,"name":"Modern History","slug":"modern-history","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":42,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":87,"filter":"raw"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2591"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2591\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2591"},{"taxonomy":"years","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/years?post=2591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}