Position of Women during East India Company

• Social reformers like Raja Ram Mohan Roy, Ishwarchandara Vidyasagar, and Jyotiba Phule worked to improve women’s status.
• Peary Charan Sarkar initiated the first girls’ school in India in 1847.
• Raja Ram Mohan Roy succeeded in abolishing the Sati system with the help of Governor Bentinck.
• Efforts to introduce the concept of widow remarriage and movements for women’s freedom.
• Examples of women who played crucial roles in the fight against British rule, such as Rani Lakshmi Bai.
• Legislative enactments introduced for the protection and promotion of women’s rights.
• Examples include the Act of Sati (abolish) 1829, The Hindu Widow Remarriage Act, 1856, and The Dowry Prohibition Act of 1961.