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Who founded the Vidhava Vivahottejak Mandal, a society for encouraging widow remarriage, in 1865?

  1. ARaja Rammohan Roy
  2. BPandit Vishnu ShastriCorrect answer
  3. CSwami Vivekananda
  4. DKeshav Chandra Sen
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B. Pandit Vishnu Shastri

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Vishnu Shastri Pandit founded the Vidhava Vivahottejak Mandal in 1865. It promoted widow remarriage, with reformers including Ranade supporting its work.

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