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1. Name a few social evils prevailing in 19thcentury India.

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The Indian society comprised of various social evils, malpractices and prejudices since the beginning of the ages.

Some of them that were prevalent in the 19th century are discussed below:

• System of giving dowry to the groom’s family by the bride’s family

• Sati or immolation of the wife after the death of her husband in the same pyre with the husband

• Child marriage

• Female infanticide

• Disapproval of re-marriage of windows and so on



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