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Vishnushastri Pandit was a prominent social reformer born in 1827 in Badhava in the Satara District of Maharashtra. On 28 January 1866, Vishnushastri Pandit established an institution called the Punar Vivahtojak Mandal. The primary objective of this association was to promote and facilitate widow remarriage. At a time when society viewed widows as outcasts and remarriage as a stigma, the establishment of the Punar Vivahtojak Mandal was a revolutionary act.
Vishnushastri Pandit's Punar Vivahtojak Mandal was part of a broader social reform movement in Maharashtra. It worked in conjunction with other reformers like Gopal Hari Deshmukh (Lokhitwadi), Jyotirao Phule, and Mahadev Govind Ranade, who also advocated for the upliftment of women and the eradication of harmful social practices.
The efforts of Vishnushastri and like-minded reformers eventually led to increased awareness and legislative changes, such as the Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act of 1856, which legally permitted the remarriage of Hindu widows.
