Question

State the impact of the reform movements on India.

Answer 1

Social reform movements in India resulted in:

• Stress on education especially for women
• Equality of women
• Changing the lives of the widows for the better, their remarriages and the abolition of highly derogative practices like Sati
• Abolition of child marriages
• Demands for equality and justice for the socially downtrodden castes

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