Discussion
The reformer who advocated widow re-marriage was:
Answer: C
Ishwarachandra Vidyasagar advocated widow remarriage and led the campaign that resulted in the Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act of 1856, which made the remarriage of Hindu widows lawful.
Raja Rammohun Roy campaigned against sati, Jyotiba Phule worked for the education of women and the lower castes and for the rights of widows in a different way, and Dayanand Saraswati founded the Arya Samaj, which also supported widow remarriage but is not the reformer most closely tied to the Act.
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