Marriage of Hindu Widows

Isvarachandra Vidyasagara, educationist, social reformer and agitationist, and one of the architects of modern India, considered his succ essful campaign for the marriage of Hindu widows the greatest achievement of his life. But success in this sphere was not a facile one, and was gained after prolonged battle against obscurantism, which also included Pamphletur ing. The English version, slightly abridged, of his two most important and history-making tracts on the subject has been included in this volume. The perceptive social historian will at once find in them the proof of the immensity of his scholarship, humanity and daring. Vidya sagara's tracts are indispensable to any serious student of nineteenth century Indian social history.

The Introduction, written by Dr. Arabinda Podder, a noted interpreter provides interesting food as of the period, to the milieu, challanges and responses his tracts and agita tions provoked.