alleryStart learning →Whose campaign helped secure the 1856 widow-remarriage law?
ASwami Vivekananda
BDayanand Saraswati
CIshwar Chandra Vidyasagar
DSir Syed Ahmad Khan
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Correct answer: C. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
Vidyasagar mobilised support for legislation permitting Hindu widow remarriage in 1856.
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