The Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act was passed in the year ____________ legalising the remarriage of widows in all jurisdictions of India under East India Company rule.

Correct option is A

•    The Hindu widow remarriage act was passed in the year 1856.
•   The Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act 1856, also Act XV, 1856, legalised the remarriage of widows in all jurisdictions of India under East India Company rule.
•   The Hindu widow remarriage act was drafted during the tenure of Lord Dalhousie.
• The act was passed on 16 July 1856 by Lord Canning.
• The law was enacted on 26 July 1856.
• The remarriage of Hindu widows was first legalized by Lord Canning.
• Hindu widow remarriage act was considered as the first major social reform legislation after the abolition of Sati in 1829.
•    Indian social reformer Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar was the most prominent campaigner of the Hindu widow remarriage act.