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After Vidyasagar's intervention, which Bengali print initiative defended widow remarriage in the 1850s?
AHarijan
BSambad Kaumudi (typical)
CHindu Patriot
DHis own essays on widow remarriage
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. His own essays on widow remarriage
1. NCERT highlights Vidyasagar's public-print role.
2. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar wrote and printed extensive essays defending widow remarriage in the 1850s.
3. His mobilisation through print led to the Widow Remarriage Act of 1856.
_Source: NCERT Class 10 History India and the Contemporary World - II, Ch 5 "Print Culture and the Modern World", §Reform ¶1_
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