Women Education in Bengal: A case study of Women’s rights and growth of personal law

Vol-3 | Issue-12 | December 2018 | Published Online: 10 December 2018    PDF ( 209 KB )
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2532740
Author(s)
Mrinal Kanti Das 1

1Ph.D Research scholar, Department : History, Tilka Majhi Bhagalpur University, Bhagalpur (India)

Abstract

The present study is an attempt to explore the question of Women’s rights and growth of personal laws in Bengal. The most important think of this article are transformation of power, traditional rights under British rule and remoulding of Hindu and Muslim family laws of women in Bengal.

Keywords
Hindu and Muslim women in Bengal society, Sati system under British rule, Widow re-marriage Act., Rammahan Roy, Vidya Sagar, All India Women’s conference (AIWC).
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